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Re: Name Sighting
by Wisteria (Tawnee)
7/17/2018, 12:18 PM
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
How do you know the parents are black? Honest question. Was this a celebrity BA?
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/72895"It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." ~ Anatole France
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- Rachel Shaina (Evil)
7/17/2018, 12:50 PM
She cited the names of two black celebrity children, for one thing. Black parents are more likely to pick names like 'Sir' and other titles (King, Prince, Major, Messiah, etc) as baby names. This article mentions why briefly:
https://appellationmountain.net/sir-baby-name-of-the-day/
QuoteOr perhaps the name picks up on another custom. I’ve read that African American parents sometimes gave their children titles as names, from the humble Mister to the loftier General. Why? Because, by custom, white adults were addressed as Mr. LastName or Mrs. LastName. But adults of color would forever be FirstName, regardless of age.
It's sort of a way to command respect; after generations of not being addressed by a title or being called 'boy' (or worse).
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