tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post883941252307686213..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Signaling theory: black first namesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79076289735181207692012-07-07T15:17:44.823-07:002012-07-07T15:17:44.823-07:00Three groups of people in the US tend to give thei...Three groups of people in the US tend to give their kids weird names: poor ghetto blacks, wealthy white celebrities, and Mormons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74805490264958756282012-07-04T12:12:31.049-07:002012-07-04T12:12:31.049-07:00"Truth said...
"Everyone saying that Ke..."Truth said...<br /><br />"Everyone saying that Kevin is not a black name are misconstruing the point. The name has been co-opted."<br /><br />LMAO: White flight from names."<br /><br />Yes, it is funny. Hell, people like you, "Truth", will give Truth a bad name.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25964364409884002472012-07-04T08:00:13.716-07:002012-07-04T08:00:13.716-07:00Andrea Hill
Andrea pronounced Arn-drea Hill is on...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Hill" rel="nofollow">Andrea Hill</a><br /><br />Andrea pronounced Arn-drea Hill is on administrative leave because of behaving like someone with an exotic name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61335470911383775262012-07-03T06:03:18.010-07:002012-07-03T06:03:18.010-07:00"It's Kevin. Not strange or flamboyant, y..."It's Kevin. Not strange or flamboyant, yet not white sounding either. Problem solved. <br /><br />As for females, I knew a black girl named Summer, which I still think is pretty good. Creative but not crazy."<br /><br />Kevin is not a black name, though there are certainly blacks named Kevin. Kevin is a name common among the Irish--there was a famous hero of that name.<br /><br />It's also the name of a paranormal talk show host (and ex-international cop). And then the director of gross, sort of adolescent flicks, is a Kevin Smith. Both these guys are white, though the former Kevin does claim some amerind ancestry, as do a lot of whites. But Kevin a black name? When did that happen? Next thing you'll be telling me George Washington is a black name.<br />"Summer" is a pleasant hippy name. One of RFK's grandchildren is named Summer Rose--happened to see photo of them somewhere.averynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43956951605875421212012-07-02T19:52:24.123-07:002012-07-02T19:52:24.123-07:00How ironic, all those black people who named their...<i>How ironic, all those black people who named their children "Jason" and "Becky"...<br /><br />only to end up with a president of the United States named,<br /><br />wait for it,<br /><br />Barak Obama.</i><br /><br />Yeah, a guy who went by "Barry" until he graduated from an elite college and decided to get into black politics.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330712047609650184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83057704770277197232012-07-02T18:18:21.725-07:002012-07-02T18:18:21.725-07:00"Everyone saying that Kevin is not a black na..."Everyone saying that Kevin is not a black name are misconstruing the point. The name has been co-opted."<br /><br />LMAO: White flight from names.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91400953932611566112012-07-02T13:13:33.815-07:002012-07-02T13:13:33.815-07:00Steve:
http://www.ftiinstitutionalasia.com/asia/j...Steve:<br /><br />http://www.ftiinstitutionalasia.com/asia/jsp_cm/perin_vinton.jspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58276366094744070962012-07-02T09:19:13.291-07:002012-07-02T09:19:13.291-07:00I knew a black of middle class parents who, in the...I knew a black of middle class parents who, in the early 1970s, gave her child a Sawhili name.[She didn't note the irony of Swahili being a lingua franca for Arab slave traders.]<br /><br />The child attended elite private schools for high school and college, and has had a successful career.<br />Who names you is more important than what you are named.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20205576514594471742012-07-02T09:07:35.911-07:002012-07-02T09:07:35.911-07:00wait for it,
Barak Obama.
Obama would never have...<i>wait for it,<br /><br />Barak Obama.</i><br /><br />Obama would never have made it anywhere near the White House if his name were "Barry Washington" or "Daryl Johnson."Paul Mendeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34635569774524250022012-07-01T20:05:57.096-07:002012-07-01T20:05:57.096-07:00--concluded that black children who get saddled by...--concluded that black children who get saddled by their parents with oppositional ghetto names were probably doomed anyway by everything else they get (or don't get) from their parents. <br /><br /> Either way, nurture or nature both fit Levitt's argument. Someone bright enough to give their child the name Elizabeth has other traits to give as well and likely a decent society for them to exist in, too. Likewise, some one too dull to realize giving your child a ghetto name is bad for you isn't likely to nurture you out of the ghetto either.<br /><br /> Pinker states heritability of intelligence is 50%, shared environment accounts for <10%, and the rest is likely peer group. Parents exert influence by picking peer group. Elizabeth and Gabrielle know their peer group is the one with other girls with names like theirs.Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2557404819789226422012-07-01T15:36:41.342-07:002012-07-01T15:36:41.342-07:00Everyone saying that Kevin is not a black name are...Everyone saying that Kevin is not a black name are misconstruing the point. The name has been co-opted. I'm sure there used to be white guys named Calvin all over the place, but the name has been taken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61445362663621467372012-07-01T14:49:31.487-07:002012-07-01T14:49:31.487-07:00Barack comes from Barak (with a kaf in Hebrew) whi...Barack comes from Barak (with a kaf in Hebrew) which is related to Baruch (Hebrew) or Mubarak (Arabic).<br />Baraq with a qoph (Hebrew Barak or Arabic al-Buraq) means "lightning" or "thunderbolt". It seems to have been a common name for ancient Semitic military leaders, eg. Barak from the Book of Judges or the Carthaginian Barcid family (Hannibal Barca, and his father Hamilcar Barca- namesake of the city of Barcelona.)patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79385196077939298832012-07-01T14:01:12.052-07:002012-07-01T14:01:12.052-07:00"Barack (lightning) is an ancient semitic nam..."Barack (lightning) is an ancient semitic name (like Hannibal Barca= Barack)and is common between Jews or Arabs."<br /><br />baraq with a qoph would be a cognate of arabic for lightning.<br /><br />barak with a kaf would be a cognate of arabic for blessing. cf. BenedictAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24950021017331205042012-07-01T13:42:32.632-07:002012-07-01T13:42:32.632-07:00My brother-in-law has two daughters. They both ma...My brother-in-law has two daughters. They both married Kevins. One is Italian, and one is Irish. Both born in the 80's. So I second the point of view that Kevin is a typical suburban name of that period. I can't image why anybody would call it a black name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73903613570209990312012-07-01T11:14:35.858-07:002012-07-01T11:14:35.858-07:00I thought Kevin was a typical 70's-90's su...I thought Kevin was a typical 70's-90's suburban white kid name.IHTGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543091238926738309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14868568574724765612012-07-01T09:57:10.230-07:002012-07-01T09:57:10.230-07:00Anonymous Anonymous said...
How do you categorize...Anonymous Anonymous said...<br /><br />How do you categorize the names "Serena" and "Venus"?"<br /><br />Serena is a perfectly normal name. Venus is a little pretentious.<br /><br />Anyway, it's not like white people have much ground to stand on anymore in making fun of black names. Sure, "shitavious" is still pretty ridiculous, and we all can - and should - make fun of them. But the names that a lot of whites give their kids now are just awful - stupid-sounding and awful. It often seems as though the only people who give their kids traditional western names anymore are chinese immigrants.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34962052951432534902012-07-01T08:27:36.173-07:002012-07-01T08:27:36.173-07:00You know what the best black male name is? It'...<i>You know what the best black male name is? It's Kevin. Not strange or flamboyant, yet not white sounding either.</i><br /><br />The name "Kevin" is of Irish origin, and plenty of whites are named Kevin (e.g. Costner, Federline, etc.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90869629167586506252012-07-01T07:49:02.820-07:002012-07-01T07:49:02.820-07:00"I think nurture works most effectively throu..."I think nurture works most effectively through class and caste. Unfortunately, the challenges of coming up with a methodology to prove this are daunting."<br /><br />Can you explain this further because I can't see how this is daunting at all. There are plenty of studies about how kids fare when rich families adopt them vs. how they fare when less rich families adopt them. (Granted, the floor here is probably the upper range of lower middle class, except for kids who stay in foster care.) And what you're really studying there is how kids fare when raised by the upper class raise kids. Those kids aren't just part of that family. They're part of that family's world.William Bootnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7835953530066335192012-07-01T07:01:10.688-07:002012-07-01T07:01:10.688-07:00"something that teachers serving ghetto popul...<i>"something that teachers serving ghetto populations see all the time. It comes from people who can't spell deciding on a suitably unique name, and then spelling it phonetically."</i><br /><br />White underclass and reverse mode :<br /><br />http://ukcommentators.blogspot.co.uk/2005/09/names-from-hell.html<br /><br /><i>"Recently, at the school where my mother teaches, a mother took her child to be registered. When asked the child's name she said SHLORE (apparently she had found the name in a baby book). When asked to spell the name as it was unusual, she replied 'C H L O E'."</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22947094866462288032012-07-01T06:56:17.035-07:002012-07-01T06:56:17.035-07:00It's also a fact that there are black girls na...It's also a fact that there are black girls named Shitonia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42905722075418720132012-07-01T06:44:52.276-07:002012-07-01T06:44:52.276-07:00"LaTrinas are out there too. That's not a..."LaTrinas are out there too. That's not a joke, you can Google that name if you doubt me. Linkedin profiles, Facebook pages."<br /><br />LOL.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/latrina.wilcheralexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88938062979877109242012-07-01T02:48:01.431-07:002012-07-01T02:48:01.431-07:00Barak is as muslim as Muhammad.Not african. Is it...Barak is as muslim as Muhammad.Not african. Is it becoming popular?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16033362161136487212012-06-30T21:43:15.246-07:002012-06-30T21:43:15.246-07:00You know what the best black male name is?
It'...You know what the best black male name is?<br /><br />It's Kevin. Not strange or flamboyant, yet not white sounding either. Problem solved. <br /><br />As for females, I knew a black girl named Summer, which I still think is pretty good. Creative but not crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33767296479197034052012-06-30T21:24:19.409-07:002012-06-30T21:24:19.409-07:00"I know somebody named Moneeka. That's bl..."I know somebody named Moneeka. That's black. What's wrong w/ Monica? I call her Monica."<br /><br />Then there's the ubiquitous, egregiously superfluous apostrophe.<br /><br />Ex:<br />Mo'nique.<br /> <br />Just what, exactly, is that apostrophe supposed to stand in for? An r-e on the end of Mo and a u on the front of nique such that Mo'nique is a contraction of "more unique"? It's a clever play on the normal, White, French name of Monique, right?<br /><br />Except, to be unique is a singular condition. So how is it possible to be *more* unique?JSMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82982227019753322212012-06-30T21:13:52.621-07:002012-06-30T21:13:52.621-07:00Barack isn't exactly a ghetto name, it's a...Barack isn't exactly a ghetto name, it's an African name. While there may be black people who want to name their kids names from the mother continent, it does not have the specifically ghetto quality of Shitavious or Shaniqua. Plus, Barack has <i>bona fide</i> foreign roots, and it was his father's name, so it seems naturally exotic rather than something an idiot came up with trying to be exoitc.Glaivesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867323638154972101noreply@blogger.com