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This reminds me of a funny conversation I had with a coworker: he's black and was complaining that his sister named his nephew "Lashawn" (for those outside the
by tdfx 7y ago
This reminds me of a funny conversation I had with a coworker: he's black and was complaining that his sister named his nephew "Lashawn" (for those outside the US: it's a very stereotypically African-American name). He remarked: "do you want his resume to go directly to the trash bin every time?" Funny at the time but kind of depressing in retrospect.
- sooper 7y agoI have to add the obligatory reference to Freakonomics and the impact your name has on "how a child performs in school and even her career opportunities". Great write up in either the first or second Freakonomics book about how adversely impacting being called Jasmin is in the the US. [0] http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-your-name-matter-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-your-name-matt...
- jonathankoren 7y agoDr. Marijuana Pepsi, holds a doctorate in higher education leadership. Her dissertation was entitled, “Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions." https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/columnists/jim-stingl/2019/06/18/stingl-her-name-marijuana-pepsi-and-she-just-got-her-doctorate/1477709001/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/columnists/jim-stingl/20...
- blaser-waffle 7y agoWe call her Mary Jane Pepsi
- jonathankoren 7y agoShe goes as Marijuna, but in some situations, she goes as “M P”.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoI know your coworker was probably exaggerating for the point of the joke but Lashawn isn't even that bad. It's when people slam together parts of three different names to make some four syllable albatross of a name that your resume gets trashed by default. There's also white people names that will get your resume trashed for implying low class but they tend to lack the aural flare that stereo-typically low class black people names have.
- valarauko 7y agoExamples of low class white names? I'm curious.
- dplgk 7y agoJeb, Cecil, Jethro, Dustin...
- blaser-waffle 7y agoCecil is lower class? I'd say the opposite, that makes me think mortarboard and prep school. Similar for names like Percival. Lower class names are going to be the cliche'd, trying-to-be-different names like Corbin, Jameson, McKenna, Liam, Elijah, Aiden, Kaydon, Grayson, Mason, etc.
- big_chungus 7y agoThat's, "Jeb!", for your information.
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