tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post115886118283227937..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: What’s in a name? A Bitch's Sermon…Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-28060541339656589422011-02-20T23:56:06.409-06:002011-02-20T23:56:06.409-06:00Wear my name for a day and see how comfortable it ...Wear my name for a day and see how comfortable it feels to be given the name of an alias.I was taken aback when being question by an intake worker at the unemployment office in the eightys if "I was sure that it was my name,"because she had at least 200 joan smiths in the system for my state,and all joan's with that last name were white.I had to produce all kinds of ID that day just to get into a name poole of more joan's. So what's in a name..I don't know..But what I am sure of is that I would rather mine be different....upboldjoannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1163982038075428602006-11-19T18:20:00.000-06:002006-11-19T18:20:00.000-06:00I understand your concern, however why are you bas...I understand your concern, however why are you bashing stossel or the other woman? they are stating facts that employers download non-made up black names more often and both white and black kids correlate made-up black names or " unique " ones with negativity. They are stating the facts. Personally I laugh at names like " Resume " " Chiante" " " Tequila " "LaCoka" all of which are real names of black people i know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159530467538310412006-09-29T06:47:00.000-05:002006-09-29T06:47:00.000-05:00my coworkers and I were just talking about this ph...my coworkers and I were just talking about this phenom... incredible how blatant the racism is, and the crap is packaged to be swallowed whole. bullshit. <BR/><BR/>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2470131&page=1storm indigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352709421859616057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159472275508776352006-09-28T14:37:00.000-05:002006-09-28T14:37:00.000-05:00LOL!Where did I acquire this reputation for attack...LOL!<BR/><BR/>Where did I acquire this reputation for attacking folks (wink)?<BR/><BR/>Racist...no. A wee bit too judgemental? Yes!<BR/><BR/>Years ago I met a black man who was named Denmark. I went around thinking his parents must have been ghetto as hell...until another friend pointed out that Denmark was named after Denmark Vesey.<BR/><BR/>A bitch tries not to leap to conclusions.<BR/><BR/>As for odd spelling...well, a bitch's people are southern so my ass is rather forgiving of odd spelling...Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159471452547305102006-09-28T14:24:00.000-05:002006-09-28T14:24:00.000-05:00I'm probably asking for a verbal smackdown here, b...I'm probably asking for a verbal smackdown here, but:<BR/><BR/>What about people whose names are just misspellings of common names: Dwyane, Antawn, Dahntay, and so on? I gotta admit, I see a name like that and think, "Man, how could your parents be so ignorant as to name their kid a name they couldn't spell, and not bother to look it up?" It's not a negative reaction to the actual person with the name, but to their parents...<BR/><BR/>So, am I being racist, and if so, why? Bring it on, I can take it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159412865457820512006-09-27T22:07:00.000-05:002006-09-27T22:07:00.000-05:00I'm a middle aged white guy and I say AMEN!I'm a middle aged white guy and I say AMEN!MAWGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167694200613078368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159399911782772542006-09-27T18:31:00.000-05:002006-09-27T18:31:00.000-05:00Actually, if I remember right, the trend of giving...Actually, if I remember right, the trend of giving children an "original" name really got going in the 70s with Rock Stars and hippies. Frank Zappa's kids, for instance. Think Moonbeam has had a hard time making it in the world now that she is grown?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159365880175333412006-09-27T09:04:00.000-05:002006-09-27T09:04:00.000-05:00By the way, Deltoid has a whole series of posts on...By the way, Deltoid has a whole series of posts on the DDT thing:<BR/><BR/>http://timlambert.org/category/science/ddt/<BR/><BR/>Long story short, there <I>are</I> some appropriate uses for DDT for combating malaria in the developing world, but the whole "Rachel Carson killed more people than Hitler by banning DDT" crap is a pernicious right-wing myth (there was no global ban on DDT for fighting malaria--there were <I>agricultural</I> bans, but besides the direct environmental harm of the stuff, one reason they were put in place was that mosquitoes were developing resistance, rendering DDT less useful for malaria prevention--so to some extent the Carson-as-Hitler trope is completely backwards).<BR/><BR/>Right now, the adoption of DDT as a conservative cause celebre even seems to be distorting the selection of strategies in the global fight against malaria, which is particularly sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159346879452897432006-09-27T03:47:00.000-05:002006-09-27T03:47:00.000-05:00Speak on it, Bitch. Damn, do I hate for people to ...Speak on it, Bitch. Damn, do I hate for people to tell me my kids names (Darkim, Prince, DivineAsia and Alasia) will hold them back as if its something wrong with me for naming them that as opposed to smething being wrong with the cracka ass crackas who discriminate based on racist profiling.<BR/><BR/>Another Bitch had mentioned in her post that she hates when people play the race card. Let a Bitch know: Whats the race card for Black people? Is it like the two of clubs, the eight of diamonds or the five of hearts? "Cause soon as we bring up our color, my oh my do we NOT get our way...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159286183998847762006-09-26T10:56:00.000-05:002006-09-26T10:56:00.000-05:00Uh...thanks Anonymous?!?Whatever gives your life m...Uh...thanks Anonymous?!?<BR/><BR/>Whatever gives your life meaning!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and a bitch isn't a blog critic...perish the thought.<BR/><BR/>Toodles.Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159248983646984862006-09-26T00:36:00.000-05:002006-09-26T00:36:00.000-05:00Shark-fu, if thats the limit of your capabilities...Shark-fu, if thats the limit of your capabilities, then I say go for it, but it seems to me that you could do much much more without say bitch every 5 words...but I guess thats your M.O., I still like your blog though. I would give you mine, but your probably rip it apart anyways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159232647362431182006-09-25T20:04:00.000-05:002006-09-25T20:04:00.000-05:00We could be named Latin (or old-fashioned Chinese)...We could be named Latin (or old-fashioned Chinese) style - Primus, Secundus, Tertius, etc. Just our birth order. Now, wouldn't that be the pits - named after a stove...<BR/><BR/>or even worse, we could have names assigned at random by something like the word verication program, in which case I would be named Gpdqij Z. instead of<BR/><BR/>NancyPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159224344075386902006-09-25T17:45:00.000-05:002006-09-25T17:45:00.000-05:00Cool Anonymous!You mean I could volunteer on campa...Cool Anonymous!<BR/><BR/>You mean I could volunteer on campaigns...teach voter education classes at local shelters...and even mentor an at-risk teen?<BR/><BR/>Wow!<BR/><BR/>Who would have thunk it?<BR/><BR/>Lawd, where is the digital divide when you need it...Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159217411891953212006-09-25T15:50:00.000-05:002006-09-25T15:50:00.000-05:00Wow, that is some anger...if you could channel tha...Wow, that is some anger...if you could channel that into something useful, imagine all the good you could do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159212280888925902006-09-25T14:24:00.000-05:002006-09-25T14:24:00.000-05:00Now, John Stossel is an asshole...Now now, John St...<I>Now, John Stossel is an asshole...</I><BR/><BR/>Now now, John Stossel isn't an asshole... he is a dickless idiot, a sellout, <B>and</B> an asshole! You ought to read the tripe he writes for <I>Newsmax</I>: pure neo-con bullshit if I ever saw it. (Sure John, it's a great idea to send DDT to African nations dealing with anthrax; no, they won't get cancer but they will get Parkinson's!)<BR/><BR/>It's this sort of tripe that has made me loathe <I>20/20</I>. I haven't watched the show in over a decade. I can easily say that was one of the best choices I ever made. And one I won't go back on.Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059654085619607002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159200576641197332006-09-25T11:09:00.000-05:002006-09-25T11:09:00.000-05:00That post is a FINE example of why I keep you book...That post is a FINE example of why I keep you bookmarked. I value all the clarity, honesty, bitchitute and acts of empowerment I can expose myself to - helps keep my eyes forward.<BR/><BR/>And as for what's in a name to me?<BR/><BR/>I have a somewhat uncommon first name (Troy), a garden-variety middle and a hyphenated last name that rhymes with itself. Not enough? I'm "the Third" on top of it. In short, a real mouthful. (ha)<BR/><BR/>BUT, both my first and middle came from my grandfather who was one of the most loving, honest and thinking people I've met. He was (and is still) one of my heros and the fact that I am a living legacy to the fact that he was once here makes me all the prouder because people ask where it came from and I can tell them about him.<BR/>My name is the first means through which the world gets to relate to me as a person (not an object standing in the distance) and it's the first thing I ever owned. It's mine and the world will just have to live with all the letters it takes to spell.<BR/>Empowerment for me starts with saying this is WHAT and WHO I am, and you may call me THIS. Without it, generic, boring, hard to pronounce or wierd, that is the baseline.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for another great post.<BR/><BR/>oh, macarena - <BR/>I live in Japan. I hear you on being surrounded by people who have pronounciation issues. Then again, my Japanese grandmother isn't very clear with my name either, but she still loves me.<BR/><BR/>cheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159159887664107012006-09-24T23:51:00.000-05:002006-09-24T23:51:00.000-05:00I'm still laughing because you used "silent fart" ...I'm still laughing because you used "silent fart" in an analogy.<BR/><BR/>On the serious side though, an asshole is an asshole regardless of what color/race they belong to. We're all one race, HUMAN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159110767799748492006-09-24T10:12:00.000-05:002006-09-24T10:12:00.000-05:00Thank you for deconstructing the racist and hegemo...Thank you for deconstructing the racist and hegemonic referents that are destroying the spirit of black women everyday.<BR/><BR/>.....by the way, my now deceased father's name was tyrone. For real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159108457058808152006-09-24T09:34:00.000-05:002006-09-24T09:34:00.000-05:00(Sorry for the double-post. I thought it was my co...(Sorry for the double-post. I thought it was my computer erasing it. Then I saw the note about you seeing it first! <BR/><BR/>- heebie-geebie.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159108324094003182006-09-24T09:32:00.000-05:002006-09-24T09:32:00.000-05:00My boyfriend is a white guy named Jamaal, and he g...My boyfriend is a white guy named Jamaal, and he gets treated with white privilige. You're dead on - the black names are only a problem to the patriarchy when they serve to remind them of cracks in the patriarchy. When a white guy is named Jamaal, everyone thinks it's a little weird, but treats him like a white guy named Mike or Richard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159108039995422772006-09-24T09:27:00.000-05:002006-09-24T09:27:00.000-05:00My boyfriend is a white guy named Jamaal. You're d...My boyfriend is a white guy named Jamaal. You're dead-on - the article is about racism, not the name. He gets treated with white privilige, the same as if his name were Mike or Richard. <BR/><BR/>The black names are only a problem to the patriarchy when they are reminded of cracks in the patriarchy. Name a white guy 'Jamaal' and everyone thinks it's weird, but that's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159064483317263442006-09-23T21:21:00.000-05:002006-09-23T21:21:00.000-05:00A little known fact about Utah is that in rural Ut...A little known fact about Utah is that in rural Utah, many white Utahns give their children names that are often confused by outsiders with names that might be common among African-Americans. Example: near DC, a community of course with a very large black community in the District and in Maryland, the Giant Food Store hired Odonna Matthews as its radio and TV customer spokesperson. Many a customer, black or white, has been surprised to learn that Odonna Matthews is white. Utah.<BR/><BR/>LaPrell, Taudene, and LaNondus are white Mormon Utahn names. I swear, upon my children and my grandmother. They have a culture which they consider distinct, don't feel the need to accommodate outsiders and are proud of having persevered with their own ways despite persecution. Gee.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwesclark.com%2Fubn%2F&ei=UOkVRdfKC6iMaKXllPgE&sig=__wrn6lIRCwUCHf76Y4FJiLG_ZkeA=&sig2=FioEHqJQMvSfD-A133UOPQ" REL="nofollow">This will prove</A> that I am not pulling your leg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159049035436313672006-09-23T17:03:00.000-05:002006-09-23T17:03:00.000-05:00I saw the aired segment last night on 20/20! Did ...I saw the aired segment last night on 20/20! Did you see the part where they interviewed several young children and the interviewer read to each child two names (ie: Shaniqua and Anne), asking them which of the two names they would rather play with, and the child always gave the 'white' name? You couldn't always tell the child's race, but this reminded me of a spectacular short film I saw as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. It was called "A Girl Like Me" and was made by this brilliant young teenager named Kiri Davis. In it, she examined the way racial stereotypes continue to infect African American children's self-images, and she re-performed the Kenneth Clark test from the 50s (used in Brown v. Board of Ed.), interviewing several small children from Harlem day care centers, asking them which of two dolls (one black, one white), they would like to play with. They almost all prefered the white doll. It was so disturbing, especially when one little girl, barely four years old, angrily pushed the black doll away from her when asked which doll resembled her. The name test was the same exact test as the doll test, and yet no one on the 20/20 show commented on the racist aspect of it...tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275588661342630474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159041881987639792006-09-23T15:04:00.000-05:002006-09-23T15:04:00.000-05:00Girl preach. I loved this.We've got to get past th...Girl preach. I loved this.<BR/>We've got to get past this some day. We just need to respect the differences between us all.<BR/><BR/>Preach on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1159027057712285072006-09-23T10:57:00.000-05:002006-09-23T10:57:00.000-05:00I love this post, ABB. Why isn't it clear to every...I love this post, ABB. Why isn't it clear to everyone alive that insulting people's names, hair, etc., is just another way of saying "I don't like people of color"? How did they get through writing that entire article without suggesting that maybe the problem is RACISM, not the inappropriateness of names? When Racist Dude schedules an interview with "Donna" and she shows up in the "wrong" skin, does she stand any more of a chance for the job than if she'd had the "wrong" name on paper? Infuriating. I wrote a response at my place.A White Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378226135352153241noreply@blogger.com