The Fallacy of White Privilege

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(09-30-2016, 05:31 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Sorry for Fred-ing your post by pointing out just one tiny part in all of it, but I really need to ask.

Have you ever heard of anyone in Africa with the name of De'Shawn/Mo'Nique/etc?

I'm pretty certain that those names are not traditional at all, and became a more recent (relatively speaking, the 70s or whatnot) trend.

It was part of an effort to intentionally distance themselves from the rest of America, to make themselves unique culturally or whatnot, and then there's complaints that it's distanced themselves from the rest of America.

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EDIT: If you refuse to integrate yourself to a country's culture, you're really just creating your own troubles for yourself. Not just America, it applies everywhere.

So, were all those people who went to Oktoberfest Zinzinnati trying to distance themselves from the rest of America. What about the ones that go to the St. Patrick's Day parade? If you name your kid Otto, or Shamus, or Leonid are you telling the rest of America to go **** itself? Just asking.