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Originally posted by StrangeFruit
A friend of mine is having a baby and I asked if she and the father were thinking of names yet? I told her also about the concern over "exotic" names and the job situation.
Her response was profound and I admirable. As an entreprenuer herself she said, "I'm not concerned about that b/c we are going to be raising an entreprenuer."
Good idea I thought. Especially since I'm on the road to self-employment.
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Did she consider that the same reservations that people have hiring someone with an "ethnic" name might make them hesitant to associate their business dealings (read purchase from, sell to, enter into contracts with) with the 'ethnicaly' named person as well? Her perspective is interesting to me because it completely misses the ROOT of the problem.
If people think "ethnic" names denote "Ghettoness," or whatever they think they denote
-- wouldn't the same reluctance to hire transfer to reluctance to enter business? I mean if Tashika is too
whatever to hire, wouldn't she still be too
whatever to support/use/patron/contract with/etc... her business?