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re: Why do we assume that names are race specific?
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:44 am to btnetigers
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:44 am to btnetigers
Depending on how fast they’re traveling in the race I guess ????
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:45 am to LSU Coyote
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her name is so rare in this area that for the longest thought it was made up.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:47 am to btnetigers
What's funny is that the most famous Jayden us black, and the most famous Leroy is white.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:50 am to btnetigers
A lot of Asian guys are named Tyrone
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:52 am to Pepe Lepew
3 guesses as to what race any name ending in "eka" is.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:52 am to Pepe Lepew
Seen a chef on the travel channel named Javier Wong
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:55 am to WhiskeyThrottle
Oh you done messed up, A A Ron!
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:59 am to btnetigers
Perfect example was last weekend when that guy smashed into two houses in the nice hood behind the Governors Mansion. Without a picture readily available on the FB Post from WBRZ, several posters assumed Christopher Pender was a white guy.
When someone mentioned "Wonder why he just got a ticket? Hmmmm."
Another said something like "All that damage and just a ticket? Oh the irony."
Another replied, "Because he looks like those who run the system."
WBRZ about the crash
If they would have watched the entire video clip, they would have seen this. Furthermore, he was implicated in a murder in 2011 and lives in the ghetto by Valley Park.
When someone mentioned "Wonder why he just got a ticket? Hmmmm."
Another said something like "All that damage and just a ticket? Oh the irony."
Another replied, "Because he looks like those who run the system."
WBRZ about the crash
If they would have watched the entire video clip, they would have seen this. Furthermore, he was implicated in a murder in 2011 and lives in the ghetto by Valley Park.
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:01 am to btnetigers
I have a cousin named Janaki and she's white.
I have to say, though- I don't recall ever hearing about a white guy named LaDarius.
The reason certain names are usually assumed to be for people of a certain race is because they usually are. No big deal.
I have to say, though- I don't recall ever hearing about a white guy named LaDarius.
The reason certain names are usually assumed to be for people of a certain race is because they usually are. No big deal.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:04 am to rowbear1922
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I have a white friend named Jerome.
Jerome is a pretty common white name. Jerry Seinfeld for instance is actually Jerome.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:07 am to LZ83
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I know a white Lakreisha
South Terrebonne?
in her late 30’s possibly right at 40?
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:17 am to LSU Coyote
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Why do we assume that names are race specific?
Because I don't know any white people with apostrophes in their name
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:00 am to btnetigers
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Why are names like Xander, William, Tyler, Jayden, and Jace, mostly associated with with the white folk?
Why are names like Leroy, Latoya, Lakeshia, Jamarcus, JaMichael, and Tyrone, mostly associated with black folk?
For instance, when a name (for example - Shareeka Williams) is called out over an intercom or on TV and we do not see a face - one would automatically assume that this would be a black woman. Also, if Barbara Smith is called out in the same situation, most would assume it is a white woman. Weird.
water is wet
its not making assumption to go by established proven facts backed up by solid data
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For instance, when a name (for example - Shareeka Williams) is called out over an intercom or on TV and we do not see a face - one would automatically assume that this would be a black woman.
find one example in the entire world where a person named Shareeka or lacreesha or lawanda is not black?
i'll wait .........
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Is this something that is new, or was this going on 60-70 years ago? Is it that "white" people are sticking to "white names" and "black" people are sticking to "black names?"
not sure when it happened, but it was the same time that blacks started using african names and wearing african outfits because "we wuz kangs and shite"
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:28 am to btnetigers
I’m in my 50’s and I don’t think culturally predominant African American names became prevalent until the early to mid-90’s.
Just an observation and opinion based on my own experiences.... I could be wrong but that’s what it seems like to me.
Just an observation and opinion based on my own experiences.... I could be wrong but that’s what it seems like to me.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:30 am to btnetigers
Same reason when you hear Jose Gonzalez you think Hispanic.
Cultures have different name preferences.
Cultures have different name preferences.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:31 am to LZ83
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I know a white Lakreisha.
uh...no, you don't
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:32 am to Commandeaux
I know a black guy named Hiram Jefferson Cunningham, III
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:33 am to btnetigers
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Xander
The only one I know is black.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 11:35 am to btnetigers
I know a white guy named Dewayne.
He’s from Slidell, so it’s understandable.
He’s from Slidell, so it’s understandable.
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