sucka4chix
02-19-2008, 06:00 PM
Sitting here forced to watch "Tyra" and she's doing a show on names. A roundtable was given a list of kids names and gave their reactions to them.
These people were making ridiculous assumptions about folk based on a name. The first name was "Deedrica". Everyone thought she was black and ghetto and lazy... She was white.
Does a name really mean that much? Sure, I assume someones ethnicity at times, based on names, but not really their character.
Is it embarassing when someone names kids after cars (Lexus), or potent potables (Alize)?
Does an escort named Heather attract a different clientele than one named Coco Bootilicious?
(BTW the white girl named "Deedrica" has a sister named "Lakiesha". I'm sorry, ethnicity not withstanding, their mom is ghetto,LOL.)
These people were making ridiculous assumptions about folk based on a name. The first name was "Deedrica". Everyone thought she was black and ghetto and lazy... She was white.
Does a name really mean that much? Sure, I assume someones ethnicity at times, based on names, but not really their character.
Is it embarassing when someone names kids after cars (Lexus), or potent potables (Alize)?
Does an escort named Heather attract a different clientele than one named Coco Bootilicious?
(BTW the white girl named "Deedrica" has a sister named "Lakiesha". I'm sorry, ethnicity not withstanding, their mom is ghetto,LOL.)