05-21-2005, 02:34 PM
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Re: Exotic Names
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Originally posted by Dollebabie
Has anyone read this article or heard about this saying that children with Exotic names do not do as well as African-American children who don't have exotic names. I don't agree with the article.
http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4482169/detail.html
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I disagree with the article on that point also but what I have noticed also (which was pointed out in the article)
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"And it could be that teachers start to make inferences about a student's parents, the parent's education level and the parents' commitment to their children's education based on the names the parents give their children," he said.
Figlio found that poorly educated black women overwhelmingly gave their children names that begin with certain prefixes, such as "lo," "ta" and "qua," and certain suffixes, such as "isha" and "ious."
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Names are important because they can reveal a parent's educational level and parental aspirations, and help to mold a person's identity, becoming information that people use in forming expectations about a child, Figlio said.
"On one level, people are aware of this because the No. 2 segment of the book sales market is baby name books, after Bibles,"
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