Quote: (06-03-2014 12:18 AM)Days of Broken Arrows Wrote:
Here is some food for thought. Do parents deliberately give their kids ethnic names to cockblock (or pussyblock) them from dating people from other nationalities or races?
Interesting point. If they're not Western-born, obviously doubtful. If they are, I think it's more out of reverence for their heritage than anything -- though that in itself is a huge cause of the whole marrying/dating-within-your-race hangup.
Not hugely pertinent to East Asians (AFAIK) but given names can also be huge signifers of class/caste. Certain cultures do pass down names indicating an occupational background the family might've had and it sticks as a mark of honour.
Remember that it's a Catch-22 in that their favouring a Western name for career purposes -- these ethnicities being more work-oriented as a matter of course. We're not as hung up on names and jobs here though.
It's funny thinking about it -- I have a feeling that those races most likely to retain ethnic names among their children would be inversely proportional to their success with Western women. Case in point, Middle-Eastern races are least likely to give their kids Western names, yet are less likely to be endogamous. South-Asians would be somewhere in the middle; not very likely to give their children Anglo names either but do slightly worse with Western women. East and South-east Asians tend to most often adopt Western names yet remain most endogamous, notwithstanding a male-female marrying discrepancy.
Mind you, most Hong Kongers and Macanese are given English names at birth,
but many of them are instant cockblocks in themselves. Poor kids.
We're also referring to non-European names aren't we? I wouldn't think introducing yourself as Jean-Pierre, Sven or Slavko would have you instantly rejected Stateside.
Lastly I think the whole ethnic name thing is vastly prejudiced against guys then girls.
Quote: (06-03-2014 12:18 AM)Days of Broken Arrows Wrote:
If nothing else, this should give the guys here reason to think carefully before naming their kids, esp. boys. And speaking of "guys," that was supposed to be my first name, "Guy," if my dad had his gotten way. Luckily, he didn't. I've spoken on here about how he used to cockblock me in high school but that name might have cockblocked me from the get-go.
Believe me, I've heard far more compromising Anglo given names than Guy.