Email forwards just get better and better!

So this one gets me thinking about urban-black-ghetto-”special”-creative-ethnic-cultural names. Now let me first state, that I do not believe that a person should be discriminated against or judged based on their name. I believe parents can name their kids whatever they’d like but me – myself , I like to keep things SIMPLE!! (in case you haven’t gotten that point on this blog yet)

But in the spirit of uniqueness and in this instance not-so uniqueness (i think I made that word up) here’s today’s best e-mail forward!

I was pleasantly surprised today(about 10 days ago when I originally started this blog) as I caught 10 minutes of the Tyra Banks show (running late) before work.  The episode was addressing the issue of names and whether a child’s name impacts the level of success they will achieve in the future.  It was a topic extracted from the book Freakonomics! 

READ ABOUT IT:  www.freakonomicsbook.com ! 

  The short is that this economist dispels popular cultural myths (stereotypes really) by explaining the situations using his economist logic.  It is very thought provoking.  I don’t know if I would have really read the book on my own – or own a copy if it wasn’t required reading for one of my grad school classes, but I am very happy I made that investment –  even if it was only on amazon.com!  I even had to do a group project (in the same group as my husband no less) – we presented on the chapter that is explaining why drug dealers still live with their mamas! (shout out to Kuma and Natalie:)

Names are hard right ?

Shaquana, Moniqua, Lexus?  No offense to anyone reading this with those names, but really – I wonder what goes through the names of HR people when they get a resume with Shaquana Jackson vs. Sarah Simon? Is Shauana rejected? Is she thought to be some g-fabulous sista with brightly colored extensions, equally bright nails and no skills?  Is Sarah a quiet, reserved, well-mannered people pleaser?  HMMMMM????

I leave you to ponder that – and to battle with any thoughts you had there.  I encourage you to read the book or try to catch the Tyra episode to dispel any name myths you may have.

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(side-note I am singing – what’s m’n – f”n name – snoop doggy dog – in my head

WIERD!!