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But what is your ethinicity and what does rap music have to do with that? I mean are they gonna fire you for saying you like Jayz?
Man Changed His Name From Jose To Joe And Immediately Got More Job Interviews
But what is your ethinicity and what does rap music have to do with that? I mean are they gonna fire you for saying you like Jayz?
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I know that feel
I have a very ghetto name and I have two career type jobs so idk
I have a very ghetto name and I have two career type jobs so idk
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Crazy to think this happens. Most people think I'm a girl if the gender isn't listed though lol.
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Indeed. At the end of the day, some of them are gonna play the game & tap dance their way into positions while others of us aren't willing to sacrifice the little bit of humanity that the devils haven't already attempted to strip from us. All a matter of how you view things I guess.
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I meant even subcultures are not really highly looked at within work. Rap music just creates stigmas with people. From my experience, corporate work can be like high school. If you want to be that different guy that likes (these are my own personal things) rap, sneakers, skateboarding, art, graffiti, and photography, you'll literally alienate yourself from the rest. I know people are above these petty things but it just makes your work experience crappy. It's like I had to tell my old department that I listened to MGMT, played fantasy football and go to german bars just to have conversations with these guys.
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Actually a lot of immigrants did change their names when they got here. Mark Cuban's family is one example, but I know there are many more. Another example is Anthony Pettis (UFC Fighter). Although Pettis' family didn't come from Europe, his family Anglicized their last name from Perez to Pettis to avoid discrimination.
The point is that people that immigrate often do their best to assimilate, which includes taking on the naming customs from their adopted countries. Beyond that, it is stupid to expect one generation after another to keep the naming customs from their immigrant ancestors.
I'm a second generation American and I don't consider my parents culture to be MY culture. I consider myself to be American first and foremost, so why would I use a naming custom from a culture that I don't really associate myself with?
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What are you even getting at? You HAVE to choose a name from your home land or you're denying your culture?
No, but purposely naming your child an American name when your not from there to make life easier for them is denying your culture. That's like my parents naming me Bob or some **** like that
But if your child was born in America, would he not be from America?
Yes he would be, but the immigrants from England, Italy, Ireland etc didn't change their names when they got here. You still see these names generations later, why would you name your child after a culture that's not yours?
I think we're talking about two different things now. Im talking about people making up ridiculous names.
Ill throw in my 2 cents anyway. Its not about where you're from, its where you're at. Its good to be proud of your culture, but it another thing to be arrogant with it. You cant force your culture down other peoples throat(looking at you "flamboyantly pronouncing my Hispanic name to someone who is CLEARLY not a Spanish speaker".) Sometimes you have to compromise.
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That's why we as minorities need to be in the position to hire other minorities. I'm lucky I work a government position where my office is mostly black people and I was hired by black people.
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I know a lot of people in Hollywood change their names and even their last names to sound less ethnic or just easier to read. Some examples:
Natalie Portman — Natalie Herschlag
Louis C.K. — Louis Szekely
Jamie Foxx — Eric Marlon Bishop
Woody Allen — Allan Stewart Konigsberg
Charles Bronson — Charles Dennis Buchinsky
Eric Bana — Eric Banadinovich
Jackie Chan — Chan Kong-sang
Winona Ryder — Winona Laura Horowitz
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wow never knew that......a lot of eastern european names
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I'm on my phone so replying to a post like this is hard
I'll try to address this thoughPeople are free to do whatever they want to do, but I think changing your family name to assimilate is almost shameful. In your example of the dude changing his name from Perez to Pettis, I don't know what his situation was. But from an outside point of view his family should have kept their name.
Changing your name 50 years ago was almost mandatory for immigrants, that's not the case anymore. And my thing is, what is an American naming custom anyway? The names Smith, Johnson and others came from Europe and the people that came here from there kept them, why change your name to that if your not from there?
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didnt watch vid but this just shows racism/prejudice/whatever you want to call it is still prevalent and probably will be for the rest of existence.
People do not like their own, sad but true
People do not like their own, sad but true
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a lot of jewish ppl change their names
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What are you even getting at? You HAVE to choose a name from your home land or you're denying your culture?
No, but purposely naming your child an American name when your not from there to make life easier for them is denying your culture. That's like my parents naming me Bob or some **** like that
But if your child was born in America, would he not be from America?
Yes he would be, but the immigrants from England, Italy, Ireland etc didn't change their names when they got here. You still see these names generations later, why would you name your child after a culture that's not yours?
I think we're talking about two different things now. Im talking about people making up ridiculous names.
Ill throw in my 2 cents anyway. Its not about where you're from, its where you're at. Its good to be proud of your culture, but it another thing to be arrogant with it. You cant force your culture down other peoples throat(looking at you "flamboyantly pronouncing my Hispanic name to someone who is CLEARLY not a Spanish speaker".) Sometimes you have to compromise.
You can compromise, for example when people pronounce my name wrong I don't go nuts. I'm aware it isn't a common name, and I act accordingly.
Were you talking about people naming their children Sharkeisia and **** like that?
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I'm on my phone so replying to a post like this is hard
People are free to do whatever they want to do, but I think changing your family name to assimilate is almost shameful. In your example of the dude changing his name from Perez to Pettis, I don't know what his situation was. But from an outside point of view his family should have kept their name.
Changing your name 50 years ago was almost mandatory for immigrants, that's not the case anymore. And my thing is, what is an American naming custom anyway? The names Smith, Johnson and others came from Europe and the people that came here from there kept them, why change your name to that if your not from there?
Anthony Pettis' grandfather changed their last name because they lived in a mostly white community and he thought it was easier for him and his family to get by without a Spanish sounding last name. Ultimately, if it's about getting by and making things easier for your family, how is that shameful?
Anyway in my original post I wasn't implying that their is a specific American naming custom, but there are names that seem more American than others and there are names that are specific to certain cultures or customs. Names like Jose, Oscar, Guillermo, etc. are obviously Spanish sounding names, whereas names like Robert (Bob), William (Billy), Joe, etc. sound more American.
It doesn't matter that all those names probably originated in European countries. All that matters is that people perceive those names to be common American names. If you like one of these names and it's easier to get by with them, then why not adopt one of these names or name your child one of these names?
You can't possibly expect all immigrants to continuing using traditional names from their countries 2, 3, 4, and 5 generations later. Again, I'll go back to my example of my family. I was born here and there are very few Latin American names that I like, so why does it matter if I adopt a name that is perceived to by White, American, or European?
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I wanna give my kid a very Asian name. Bad idea?
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What's so "ethnic" about Mark Bishop?
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Wats a very asian name lol
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Despicable. My company recruited me through a diversity program, so I guess they were expecting the names we had.
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Again like I said earlier in my post, first names don't matter as much as last names. You can tell the race/ethnicity of a person instantly by their last name not by their first. I think people emphasize the first name too much.
I don't care what my kids will be named as long as they will carry my last name. First names don't carry culture, history or importance like last names do.
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My post was mostly addressing what AZwildcats said when he specifically mentioned first names like Bob, but since you can tell "instantly" where a person is from based on their last name, then tell me where I'm from without referencing my previous posts? My last name is Anleu.
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Guatemala?
