like that matters when your dad is L'il Stevie Wonder...
Posted on 06/09/2005 9:26:31 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Black children who are given exotic names at birth are at more of a disadvantage than children with more common names, according to USA Today.
“Afrocentric” names, which were popular in the 1970s and have since rebounded, are typically associated with low socioeconomic status. Indeed, economist David Figlio of the University of Florida examined data on 55,046 children and found:
Children whose names began with “lo,” “ta,” and “qua,” or ended with “isha” or “ious” were more likely to score lower on tests and less likely to meet teacher expectations. They were also less likely to receive high-quality instruction or attention; they are also less likely to be referred to gifted programs than siblings with common names. In one example, two twins, Damarcus and Dwayne, had nearly identical test scores, yet Damarcus was slightly less likely to be recommended for a gifted program than Dwayne. In fact, Figlio found that about 15 percent of the black-white test score gap is correlated with naming patterns, an even greater effect than class size or teachers’ qualifications.
Furthermore, the disadvantage continues through adulthood. A study by the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that resumes with “white-sounding” names received 50 percent more responses than those with “black-sounding” names.
Source: Yolanda Young, “A Name Doesn’t Have to be a Burden,” USA Today, June 3, 2005; and David N. Figlio, “Names, Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap,” University of Florida and the National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2004.
More like "your leftie...right...lay-eft!"
The ole crack plus a scrabble board naming convention.
"Buy low, sell high" will get you a Nobel prize in economics.
"Beaufort Michael.
It's French for "handsome and strong."
Especially works if he's an after-dinner port. I'm naming my kid Voiturenez. It 's French for "Automobile nose."
My favorite name given by a black Brazilian dad to his new son was: Um Dois Tres (one two three). Pretty clear ID.
Penn Jillette just gave his new daughter the middle name "Crimefighter"
I had a pastor friend who named his first son Matthew Mark, and his next on Luke John.
When his wife got pregnant again, I asked him if he was going to name the next one Acts Romans.
They had a daughter, don't remember what they named her.
My friends befriend a Chinese woman whose last name was "Do" (pron. "Doe"). They talked her out of naming her newborn daughter Jane.
I suggested "Ninten".
like that matters when your dad is L'il Stevie Wonder...
The prejudice for those groups is that they are smart, the opposite for blacks.
ShirleyQ Liquor's Whose My babies' Daddy is hilarious, but it offends some folks who are pc conscience. Have you checked it out yet?
Well, there you go:
between Daiquiri and Condoleeza, we have proof that you CAN be successful, in spite of a naming handicap!
You're fooling yourself. Kids like I was will taunt him mercilessly.
Yep...I did a double snicker on that one.
I saw
I conquered
I came...
There's always one who throws the grading curve off
I don't know that I'd call Daiquiri a success, really . . . the only thing she succeeded at was nailing three varsity guys in one day.
That I know of.
Believe she went by middle name & had it changed at age 18.
Also, in the military knew a Captain America and a Colonel Sanders. They were anxious for promotions.
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