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How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by ektbear: 7:22am On Sep 22, 2013 |
I've never met a white Dion, Tyrone, Latesha, Shaquisha, etc before in my life. So in the UK evidently the name "Winston" is also a black name...there is supposed to be some historical reason for why this is. So what is the story behind this? |
Re: How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by tpia5: 7:26am On Sep 22, 2013 |
ekt_bear: I've never met a white Dion, etc before in my life. you have. just passing by. |
Re: How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by Nobody: 9:36am On Sep 22, 2013 |
And WINSTON Churchill wasn't black |
Re: How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by Nobody: 10:16am On Sep 22, 2013 |
ekt_bear: Tyrone Tyrone is Irish I think |
Re: How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by Nobody: 10:56am On Sep 22, 2013 |
Certain names appear to be distinctly black tho. Lateesha, Nashawn etc. Most of them are modifications or variations of traditional European names. Probably, Diaspora Blacks felt they needed a distinct identity and they took to creating unique versions of typical white names. Some other such names used by Diaspra blacks are clearly Muslim or indigenous African in origin. 1 Like |
Re: How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by tpia5: 1:19pm On Sep 22, 2013 |
Shawn is most likely a derivative of the irish name. |
Re: How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by Nobody: 1:32pm On Sep 22, 2013 |
tpia@: Yea, Shawn is from Sean. Nashawn however (as a variation of Shawn) appears to be unique to African-Americans. |
Re: How Did Certain Names Become Stereotypically Black? by Afam4eva(m): 6:33am On Nov 11, 2013 |
Those Lateesha and Shareefa names used by African Americans sound like Muslims names. Is it their own version of Muslims names? Are they Muslims? |
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