DeLinda, Jamaal, Shawanda, Tavarious, etc. African-Americans say you can't tell black from white on the telephone, that would be racist. What say you about names? Do the names at the beginning of this article sound black, or white? Try these on for size, Robert, Mary, Steven, Jane, Michael, etc. OK, black or white!
Certainly ethnic names like Guido, Spiro, Juan, Yao, etc. tell you what ethnicity the individual hails from, well most of the time. With so much inter-marriage these days, it gets a little more difficult than it was in past years. Even last names aren't as easy to tell as they used to be. Lets play with a name, and see if you can decifer the background. Moses Rodriguez is the given example.
With the first name being Moses, you probably think Jewish. With a last name of Rodriguez, who wouldn't say Spanish or Hispanic. The answer is simple. You may be right, or you may be wrong. If the father was from the Philippians, the last name is common. The first name of Moses, has been adopted by many.
When we get down to the recent names created by African-Americans, everyone knows what color their skin is when hearing their name. Hypocrisy, well kind of. They have gone from wanting to assimilate, to making sure everyone Knows exactly what their color is. African-Americans I speak to want Mexicans to assimilate into our society, but yet they have chosen a path so they can be distinguished. Where did this come from? Was there a decision made by some African-American Organization? I don't think so, unless it was done secretly.
With 70% of African-American children being born out of wedlock, especially to young mothers their education level was not very high. The young mothers made spelling mistakes on many of the birth certificates. After that everything went out the window. Young moms began putting letters together to make up names. Suddenly you had names that were never heard of before being used frequently. Never being heard of before meant the mothers could call them African-American. The origin of the name was, MOM. But does this help African-Americans?
Looking over resumes, a company may need to add African-Americans. Conversely they may have too many African-Americans. After all quotas go both ways. The name may be hard to spell, or remember. A company may not want people whose name is too difficult to remembering, or pronounce. Equality, and assimilation is what the civil rights movement was about, can it be achieved this way? A new conspiracy theory!
Certainly ethnic names like Guido, Spiro, Juan, Yao, etc. tell you what ethnicity the individual hails from, well most of the time. With so much inter-marriage these days, it gets a little more difficult than it was in past years. Even last names aren't as easy to tell as they used to be. Lets play with a name, and see if you can decifer the background. Moses Rodriguez is the given example.
With the first name being Moses, you probably think Jewish. With a last name of Rodriguez, who wouldn't say Spanish or Hispanic. The answer is simple. You may be right, or you may be wrong. If the father was from the Philippians, the last name is common. The first name of Moses, has been adopted by many.
When we get down to the recent names created by African-Americans, everyone knows what color their skin is when hearing their name. Hypocrisy, well kind of. They have gone from wanting to assimilate, to making sure everyone Knows exactly what their color is. African-Americans I speak to want Mexicans to assimilate into our society, but yet they have chosen a path so they can be distinguished. Where did this come from? Was there a decision made by some African-American Organization? I don't think so, unless it was done secretly.
With 70% of African-American children being born out of wedlock, especially to young mothers their education level was not very high. The young mothers made spelling mistakes on many of the birth certificates. After that everything went out the window. Young moms began putting letters together to make up names. Suddenly you had names that were never heard of before being used frequently. Never being heard of before meant the mothers could call them African-American. The origin of the name was, MOM. But does this help African-Americans?
Looking over resumes, a company may need to add African-Americans. Conversely they may have too many African-Americans. After all quotas go both ways. The name may be hard to spell, or remember. A company may not want people whose name is too difficult to remembering, or pronounce. Equality, and assimilation is what the civil rights movement was about, can it be achieved this way? A new conspiracy theory!
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