I hate racism, it makes me feel so sad.

to me it was very narrow minded, rude and insensitive but not racist.
it's a fine line though... he sounds like a young, niave, brat. Maybe he was only a High School student? I dunno

sirnozedevoidofunk said:

why did you assume this remark was about you? were you being loud?

i hope it wasn't intended as an insult toward your race

JediMaster said:

Good point. They really should do a more expansive and thorough study on this,
it would be very interesting to see the results. I suspect that the results
would quite likely show not just a bias against 'African sounding' names, but
any particularly 'foreign' sounding ones be they 'black' or 'white'. in fact
I wouldn't be surprised if the most discriminated against names were currently
the very 'middle eastern' sounding ones. This is really quite concerning, and
deserves a serious study.

BorisFishpaw said:

Couldn't agree more.

i think this fits in a another different forum after all these other posts...


a forum in which i dare not trudge.

I'm not so sure it's racist. WHy wuld it be? Because a white guy said it?? If a black person said it, it wouldn't be a big deal


If a white guy was being loud, I would probably make a comment about "John Boy" or "Opie", so.....

Shaniqua is a ghetto name and I frequently use it in reference to ghetto girls....with the likes of "Tamika", "Tanisha", and "Shante"


Smooches;)

MsMisha319 said:

Well, yeah, it's all about intent: If a Black dude said to your pops "You my nigga" you probably wouldn't trip from a racial point of view...now...let a white dude say that ya pops...

lilgish said:

And was she loud???

JediMaster said:

Unusual names ... are an issue.

I've heard of someone who was named Bertie Bassett at birth ... changed his name to Clint Liquorice.

I guess it takes all sorts.


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I think it is.


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So.....I'm a white boy, maybe I'll marry a white girl....who knows.....maybe we'll have a baby-girl....again, who knows (this is not an announcement!).....maybe we would like to call her Shaniqua.....would black folks be offended? What about LaFawnduh?

lilgish said:

SOMEBODY ANSWER ME, DAMNIT!!!!!

abierman said:

Your child...

funkpill said:

what's that supposed to mean???

no joke here.


But these names, Shaniqua, Quatar, etc. Are they truly african names? Or a product of the 60's ?

Again, seriously, does anyone know?

abierman said:

It means you can name your child however you want to name them...

Good luck..

Wouldn't name my child no Shaniqua...


And I'm black!!!
[Edited 9/14/05 15:32pm]

funkpill said:

My argument is that, being from a somewhat creative culture, everyone should make up names. I mean, biblical names have become boring. More power to the people who either make up names or name their children unique names.


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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

To each its own.....

If you're going to spin out on this sought of trivial shit you arn't going to enjoy life all that much. Save your rage for real racist behaviour not these little bursts of stereotyping.

bkw said:

I disagree, if it bothered her this much to ask us about it, they hey it was a big deal, at least to her. I'm a female black woman, and I would have taken offense if it were me, but I probably would have said something back.

lilgish said:

she don't live here no mo. damn, how ironic is that I do a thread that song and then this thread pops up.

Racist thought it may be, I find myself a little impressed a white college jock was able to form words that wern't "I'M RICK JAMES, BITCH!" or "SHOW US DEM TITTIES!".

I agree that it was a rude and insensitive thing to say. But my question is - why did you feel it was necessary to point out that the guy was Caucasian? Even though you also said he was college-aged and a male, his ethnicity overshadows those facts due to the nature of this thread.

I'm not trying to jump down your throat, sirnoze. I just love semantics!

I think as far as the names thing goes everyone always judges on the name they hear. its in our nature to try to form an idea about a person before we meet them. these cultural or ethnic or whatever names give a really strong idea of the persons ethnicity, whwther it be Shaniqua or Seamus. So i think its normal to categorise like this. Its not very nice, but its normal. I guess this guy was just stereotyping, following on from what Ive just said. He didnt have to group black women togather like that though, and he didnt have to say it out loud in public just to be smart. So while I dont know it that kind of stereotyping is necessarily racist, it was definitely rude. Silly boy.

funkpill said:

as much as I make fun of some of these names, you'd be surprised that some of these names have meanings to the parents. It maybe a combination of various family names or may have some other meaning. It really just shows all of our ignorance that we judge ppl just based on a name. That's all this thread and this topic is really demonstrating.

Natsume said:

Because the story wouldn't have had a point barring that fact....

Soulofmysoul said:

$8.50??? The movies here in NY are like $10.00 a pop and i agree.. I dont go to the movies to listen to other people talk, or yell, or speak on their cell phones or listen to babies cry... Its rude, ignorant and just inappropriate! If you wanna talk, take your ass outside! Have some respect for others who WANT to see the movie!

Rhondab said:

I will be naming my twin children, TECHRON and CHEVRON. That's because of the gas prices today.


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