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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
Well, it wasn't apparent to me until it was suggested that this is the reason that people give their kids these names. Sure, people don't pick their own names, but they were raised by the same folks who named them in a lot of cases.
I'm not really defending the practice, but if unique names are a way of saying F you to the man, and you can choose a candidate who wasn't so transparently raised by people saying F you to the man and someone who might have been, is it racism alone on which you are basing your decision?
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Actually, most Black kids are raised by their grandparents... Most of the time, their birth mothers that actually named these kids "Tautauniquwa", were high and left these kids somewhere, till the State found a grand-somebody to take care of them...
Then, as a result, these kids grow up to think they can be something and work in menial labored jobs or be lucky enough to go to somebody's college and apply in the mail room. But "Tautauniquwa" never knew that her name would stop her from sorting mail or checking the voicemail...
Otherwise, homegirl could hold up and rob a liquor store while assaulting a passerby, then get 7 years...
Versus, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer getting 2 days...
That is what a lot folks think on the street...