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HelpRe: Can you imagine these names on a grown woman?
in reply to a message by Janan
I don’t think that’s fair. People aren’t disliking Pixie because of racist ot ethnic reasons. They’re disliking it because it sounds perpetually childish. If there was a candidate with a name of a different origin from the norm, I would assume they had a diverse background, and wonder if it might give them a more unique worldview than you usually see in a politician. If they had a childish name, I would assume their parents were twits and worry that they’d inherited the twit gene.
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THANK YOU. I was upset after reading this that somehow not liking a fantasy creature as a name made me racist/xenophobic.
I was a little unsure about voicing the "twit gene" idea, but I fully appreciate that you soldiered on it with it. Thank you.
I was a little unsure about voicing the "twit gene" idea, but I fully appreciate that you soldiered on it with it. Thank you.
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Eh, it's not racist to dislike Pixie (although bringing up genes as a reasoning doesn't help one's case in that respect), but I agree with the point Janan was making. It seems no less demonstrative of a cultural bias to me if someone says "I wouldn't vote for someone named Pixie" than if they said "I wouldn't vote for someone named Hussein"...of course, that doesn't mean people won't be biased (subconsciously or not) against them based on their name either way.
This message was edited 12/21/2018, 12:52 AM
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