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Originally posted by MsSweetness
From the article:
"What kind of parent is most likely to give a child such a distinctively black name? The data offer a clear answer: an unmarried, low-income, undereducated, teenage mother from a black neighborhood who has a distinctively black name herself. Giving a child a super-black name would seem to be a black parent's signal of solidarity with her community—the flip side of the "acting white" phenomenon. "
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While I agree that inner city African Americans often give their children 'unique' names, I don't agree with the reasoning here. I think it's more what we think sounds attractive, or religious reasons, and yes I'm saying we because my name is Malika and my daughter's name is Imani, I guess 'black' names. Like I said, my mother was white, so we really don't fit in this example. I also wasn't a teenage mother nor am I undereducated. So I don't know, I would like to see the 'data' that this person is referring to.
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