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Just an observation, but I've noticed that the white people of "elite" distinction have a preponderance of unusual surnames. I have noticed this having grown u
by georgeburdell 1y ago
Just an observation, but I've noticed that the white people of "elite" distinction have a preponderance of unusual surnames. I have noticed this having grown up working class, then attending both an elite/non-elite universities and then working at both elite and non-elite employers. Given the hereditary nature of most white surnames, it's thought provoking to think that one's eliteness was predestined hundreds of years ago, even in a society such as ours.
- paleotrope 1y agoNot sure what you mean here, but you know, you can change your last name if you want to. It's not uncommon to change your surname to a prestige name if you want.
- _dain_ 1y agoIt is quite uncommon.
- paleotrope 1y agoHistorically it's not uncommon. An easy example is Nguyen. The British isles are another great example, of nobility and upward movers, adapting the most advantageous surname, hence all those long lived Norman names. Also, all the the angle-saxon strivers that adapted Norman names after the conquest.
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- daseiner1 1y agoI'm a fan of nominative determinism as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure what you're referring to, exactly? None of the surnames here strike me as particularly unusual.
- _dain_ 1y agoNot sure why you're being downvoted, this has actually been studied and the broader historical data matches your observations: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691162546/the-son-also-rises https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691162546/th... Funny-sounding elite names in English-speaking countries are often Norman or Huguenot in origin.