Lot's of Black kids don't know until they learn a bit more. I mean they can take the p** out of their African student class associates that have African names with some meaning but forget that their own names are European in having European descent (this is a huge percent of Black kids with European names) and we knwo where they come from.
Fernandez - SPANISH
Jones - I believe Anglo-European
Ok, for the white kids/people to have those names, cause its cool it comes from their native continent but....
2006-11-18 10:24:49 · 8 answers · asked by gary m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
but blacks don't know where they came from in Africa and have no culture from there or language from there not even a recipe from there so how could they begin to know names that had meaning ?all the blacks here know is what the whites have taught them.that's why you use to hear names like Jefferson and Lincoln and what ever .These newer names that some have adopted are so different ,but you usually can tell if the person wearing the name is black.Although some say these names are a hold back and they may be,I understand the need the people have to have something their own.That's why Hip-Hop and music is so important to them because they want to feel as if they are a part of some thing their own.I like my name and I can't think of a more Euro name than Regina,but hey my parents were here and all they knew of Africa was not enough to give me any thing else.
2006-11-18 11:09:26 · answer #1 · answered by punkin 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've an old friend. His Birth name is Ugochuku Anoceke. He's the only "REAL" "African-American" I've ever met. His father immgrated the family here in the early 1970s from Nigeria. We have always called him "Mike," as this is what he prefers. Mike was incharge of sickbay on a U.S. Navy destroyer that went to port somewhere on the African continent. Where, I don't recall. Mike said he had never laughed so hard in all of his life. All of his black shipmates dressed in what their parents and friends had decided was traditional African garb. They walked off the prow proclaiming their great return. A short while later, they were all chased back to the ship by an angry mob. The people thought they were being made fun of. They said that these guys all looked like circus clowns.
I've studied a great deal about the history and institution of slavery. Most people today, have no clue about the true origins of the practice, from where the Europeans got their cargo of slaves or what actually happened to those enslaved. It's not politically correct to tell the truth.
As for the question at hand. Imagine if the shoe were on the other foot. If you could only go on myth and lore and you had no set history. If you're not welcome in your own country, would you try and assimilate or would you try and carve out an identity for yourself and your family? Your birth name is most likely in direct relation to whomever "owned" a member of your family a century and a half ago or longer. What would you do? Would you maintain the name? Or, would you try and find or make a history for yourself and give your children a name based on that?
2006-11-18 19:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, my real name is Irish. In one of my classes the teacher said that the Irish and the Italians were considered black in this country at one time. So technicially...
I'm proud of my name because of what it means and because my parents picked out that name for me. It's not like I had an African name and had it whipped out of my head! There aren't very many African baby name books running around here.
If the person has a problem with their name they'll change it. If not they'll keep it. And you'll be just fine either way.
2006-11-19 02:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a very white person name. When I go for an interview, I can tell by the looks of some of the people face that they are shocked that I am black.
2006-11-18 23:49:52 · answer #4 · answered by Apple 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm proud of my name,it means watchman in Greek,which is what I am.
2006-11-18 18:42:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
- I like my name and that is all that matters; I'm not worried really about the origin, it's not too out there
2006-11-18 18:31:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering I think my first name is of Greek origin, and I am anything but, I don't think it matters anymore...
2006-11-18 18:28:39 · answer #7 · answered by Indigo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know several people who have changed their names to something more "ethnic". Ho hum.
2006-11-18 18:27:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋