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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 09:35 PM Original message |
Are Emily and Greg more Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Names |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, then maybe they should have normal names. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Having worked 25 years in job placement, I say |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 09:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So, in other words, still systemic racism |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Absolutely |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I'd dispute that it "naturally" follows |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. it's not natural...it is the very unnatural, but logical |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. I phrased that poorly |
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Clark Can WIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Rowdyboy |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Perhaps both of us |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Some of those names are hard to remember, spell and |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. I Never Worked in Placement |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is well-known stuff. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. I don't have any doubts about this happening, |
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Clark Can WIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ugly truth is still the truth |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wonder what affects neighborhoods had with it |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 07:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Why do you wonder - It says so right in the post! |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 11:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Ok |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well I lived in NMB, FL |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. addresses are probably a problem as well |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Ok |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-03 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. There were large gaps between black names |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. why is a name a "problem?" |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. They are symptoms of the race/ethnicity problem |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. that is INSANE, to put it mildly |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Refute it then |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. that is INSANE, to put it mildly |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I am not surprised |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. are you SERIOUS...you think "names" = racism?!!? |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Response |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. culture, language, and tradition |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Your name response is valid |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 08:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Absurd |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Read post #17 |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 03:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Sheer Cowardice masquerading as pragmatism |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 05:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Why do they value them? |
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BevHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I was with you until your last statement. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thank you. N/T |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. some black parents will see this as a "warning" |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Different groups will always develop prejudices against other groups... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. the melting pot hasn't worked so great for EVERY group |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. Why the name obsession? |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 03:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. So it is incumbent on the people being victimized |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 04:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I have nothing to add to your well-phrased statement except |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 05:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. There are two issues |
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Lady President (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 02:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Ebony is easy to pronounce |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 08:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Here's one for thought |
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Some Moran (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not in our business...:) |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
30. This problem will be extinct within the next generation... |
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economic justice (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I hope you're right. nt |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. you are right...something the article mentions |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I have Chinese friends who own a restaurant |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 08:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Many Chinese names are difficult for Americans |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 10:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. that's part of it |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. I know this is true. My son has a baby boy due next month... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 10:20 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Make that his middle name.. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Well if Clark is elected. . . |
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GregW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
52. I think Greg is an excellent name! |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. ... and that is why I named my 'brown' baby daughter |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 04:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. when I was a manager, granted at a non-profit |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. Back in the sixties, these things would make it hard for you |
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