It's ignorant because slaves took their masters names, their parents didn't get to name them. So when it became available it was like, "we make our own destiny" which is actually pretty awesome and admirable. Malcom X, Kareem. The most famous is Ali. He is where I am from Louisville, and Clay was the most respected African American name there was there. It carried weight. Below 1st the next street is Clay named after his ancestors not Cassius.
Ali is a real name. Kareem is a real name. Cassius is a real name. Clay is a real name.
All of these names you're mentioning have some kind of history and etymology.
Blacks started borrowing from Muslim culture at that time and changing to common Muslim names was a trend. These were all real names with meaning. Kareem Abdul-Jabaar means "Noble servant of the powerful one." I respect that name. It's meaningful and there's symbolism behind it. Awesome.
On the other hand, Barkevious LaCayden Alcindor means nothing.
I'm not beefing with people borrowing from other cultures for their names. Romans and Greeks have AWESOME fucking names. Cassius is one of them.
If my wife would go along with Julius or Marcus (more commonly black names now), I'd name a son that in a heartbeat.
When you are talking about making up names it is. along history of improvisation and not buying into white bullshit.
See above. What I'm talking about is... it's 2015. Languages have been established. Words have been established. These things have meaning now.
So yeah, you don't get a job, but is it any surprise that people don't want to be the white man's cog? Plenty of white people execute people in movie theatres for the same reasons.
Dude, I am not following this line of thought at all.
So yeah...you don't get a job with a bizarre name. That's a real thing. Are you suggesting I'm saying that people not getting jobs due to their name leads to theater shootings? Or that my irritation over stupid names means I'm going to shoot up a theater?
Dumb spellings are the most common "white ways" of fucking up a name. Heard of Jaxon? Keesha? Bryan? Allyson? I even just found out Gaia is spelled Ghaia in this instance!! They just aren't straight going for it like black people, which IMO is a bigger sin.
Right. I hate this just as much as the made up names. I edited my above post while you were typing this.
Brian is a real man's name btw, unless you're saying there's girls with the name Brian and we're expected to pronounce it "Bree-ann." In which case, that's white trash and stupid.
I like you, but you look stupid with this and the hip hop culture thing to be honest.
That's your opinion. The only thing I regret about the hip hop culture post (from 10 years ago btw) was that I called it hip hop. I should have called it rap. And what I said about rap then holds true about rap today. It's a dumb fucking culture. I think you'll find that my opinion on this isn't as unreasonable as you're making it out to be.
The most together dudes I have ever met are probably Snoop and Wacka Flocka. They have tq world on a string and they made up 2 stupid names that everyone loves and goes crazy for.
They are artists who operate in the entertainment industry. They made these stylized names up for themselves as part of their craft. These aren't given names that automatically put them behind the 8 ball in life. They've established their careers at this point. They know they're going to be rappers.
Both of those are awesome, iconic names within their own sphere of influence.
I'm not criticizing Marshall Mathers for being Eminem or Calvin Broadus for being Snoop. I'm criticizing stupid assholes for naming their kids stupid shit. Talking about given names.
As far as their talent...they're talented rappers and have developed tremendous brands for themselves. I don't have beef with their talent and success within their sphere either.
