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in reply to a message by LiaMaria
I'd be surprised by a white girl named Shalondra but I know that it does happen that whites are given African-American names, though rarely.
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One of my name orgins is African-American, being LaKendra which shorts to my name of Lakin with a minor change in the spelling!
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I suppose this might be geographical... but in rural NY I think what many people consider "African American" naming is what we see as "low-socioeconomic-class" names.
It's unfortunate, but true. I would not be surprised to meet a white girl named Shalondra, Sha'miah or De'Shawn from smaller villages/trailer parks near where I grew up.
I would be surprised to meet one where I live now in Ohio.
It's unfortunate, but true. I would not be surprised to meet a white girl named Shalondra, Sha'miah or De'Shawn from smaller villages/trailer parks near where I grew up.
I would be surprised to meet one where I live now in Ohio.
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Man....I'm sorry to hear that, because one of the things I fight against is the perception that African American name necessarily = low-socioeconomic class. That perception is what really causes people to deny that there even is such a thing as an African-American name, because they think that to identify it as such is the same thing as assuming low-socioeconomic class and thus they think it's racist to say, "This is an African-American name." I've always said that what is racist is to deny that there is such a class of names, because the wish to do so springs from racist assumptions.
Anyway, I live in a state where there is a high percentage of African-Americans, my SO is African-American (although he personally hates being called that, preferring to be called black), my workplace employs many African-Americans, so I know darn well that there are African-American names.
Anyway, I live in a state where there is a high percentage of African-Americans, my SO is African-American (although he personally hates being called that, preferring to be called black), my workplace employs many African-Americans, so I know darn well that there are African-American names.
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