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I understand that. What I'm saying is that even if that were true, unless you're saying only "objectively" Black and White people are to judge the social statu
by endisneigh 5y ago
I understand that.
What I'm saying is that even if that were true, unless you're saying only "objectively" Black and White people are to judge the social status of Black and White names (such that each race judges their own name) - it would end up being no different than the exercise in the paper.
For example:
Let's say Denise is an "high status" Black name and LeShawn is a "low status" Black name. "Billy" is low status White and "Alexander" is high status.
Even if you knew this you'd need to know how the other race perceives the name since that's ultimately what's being judged here, hence it would be moot.
- epicureanideal 5y ago> Even if you knew this you'd need to know how the other race perceives the name since that's ultimately what's being judged here, hence it would be moot. And that could be done through research surveys to account for that variable in this research.
- endisneigh 5y agoI'm still not understanding what magical survey could separate the class aspect of a name from the race aspect. Since Black people can discriminate against other Black people and Black names both racism and classism can be "double counted", thus the exercise is pointless as there's no way to separate the two things. Perhaps if Black people and White people had a "pure" view of other Blacks and Whites, unaffected by history you could do what you're saying.