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Originally posted by BetaRose
I was surprised to see some of the names on this list, like Maurice (I've never met a black Maurice, but I know a few middle aged white men white that name)
But then I read the Slate article that the lists came from. Turns out these lists are based only on babies born in California after 1961. That doesn't seem like a very representative sample of what the rest of the country is naming their children. I would be interested to see a list that uses a nationwide dataset to see what names are on it.
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I know several Black Maurices. Born after 1961 outside of California.
From the point of view of many Blacks, we know someone with the names mentioned in the original post and by and large, the people we know with those names are people who are Black.