re: Are names like Mike and Mary gone forever?

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Shameka
Keisha
Tara
Shonda
Sabrina
Crysta
Daronda
Theresa
Felicia
Tenisha
Sha'von
Monica
Monique
Christina
Yolanda

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I mean, if we're being real, these names aren't any worse than travel ball names. It comes from the same principle of parents wanting their child to have a "unique" name. Black parents and white parents just prefer a different aesthetic.

Is Jaxston really a better name than Tyrone? I'd argue that it's worse.

There was
Brenda
LaTisha
Linda
Felicia
Dawn
LeShaun
Ines
and Alicia

Theresa, Monica, Sharron, Nicki (uh-huh)
Lisa, Veronica, Karen, Vicky (damn)
Cookies, well I met her in a ice cream parlor (aight?)
Tonya, Dianne, Lori and Carla (okay)
Marina (uh) Selena (uh) Katrina (uh) Sabrina (uh)
About three Kim's (what?) Latoya, and Tina (woo)
Shelley, Bridget, Cathy, Rasheeda (uh-huh)
Kelly, Nicole, Angel, Juanita (damn)
Stacy, Tracy, Rohna, and Ronda (what?)
Donna, Yolanda (what?) Tawana, and Wanda (what?)