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.

Which is why I said "Black American" too. You even bolded me saying that.

What's funny about this post is that most of the top 10 popular baby names in the US aren't even English in origin. They're Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, French, or even Persian in origin. Some are Anglicized versions, some are not. The reality is that US culture annexed other groups as they came to the US and included them into the fold, expanding the concept of "White" in the US. We don't teach the concept of the melting pot anymore because it's not accurate. America is more of a "tossed salad" with aspects of the various ethnic groups remaining intact to create one larger America culture. 

The other funny part about this post is that you're not even disagreeing that name discrimination occurs, you're blaming these people for having different names. Because it's not like white people name their kids different things too. Giving them states, cities, and last names as their first names. Replacing vowels with "Y's". Adding in random X's. Making up fake Irish sounding names. Finding random old English, Scottish, Irish, German, Welsh words. "Oh, you names your daughter 'Brynn'? That means 'hill' in Welsh. Good job."