[Batrachian]

Most of these supposedly black names are made up out of thin air anyway. They certainly aren't real African names. Can anyone recite a real African name, anyway? Kunta Kinte is about the only one I can think of off the top of my head.

[Agnes Heep]

Most of these supposedly black names are made up out of thin air anyway. They certainly aren't real African names. Can anyone recite a real African name, anyway? Kunta Kinte is about the only one I can think of off the top of my head.

Typical African names are Robert, John and Thomas.

[Henrietta]

"Most of these supposedly black names are made up out of thin air anyway. They certainly aren't real African names. "

Exactly. They're just names that mom and (sometimes) dad made up to "sound" black, whatever that means. Really, they're just stupid names picked by people who don't want to fit into the American culture. You're right; I probably wouldn't want to hire the offspring of people who don't want to fit into the American way of life.

I heard once (although I don't know if it's true) that one woman in a big city (welfare mom) named her girl Gonnorhea (pronounced "Gone-a-or-ia" because she liked the spelling!

I do know for sure though that the black ruffian that lives next door to my sister is named Courvoisier. I kid you not.

[Centurion2000]

Can anyone recite a real African name, anyway?

Desmond Tutu (Bishop)
Nelson Mandela - terrorist
Botha (South African)
Idi Amin : Cannibal

That's a start off the top of my head.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Kuja is kind of a cool African name. He's the 320-lb silverback gorilla at the National Zoo.

Kwame-- as in Kwame Brown of the NBA's Washington Wizards is authentically African, too. Another gorilla there shares that name.