DeVonte? Seriously?
Isn't this kid going to feel like the odd man out compared to the names that his brothers and sisters have?
shareIt's just a name. It shouldn't matter what someone's name is. Character is more important. Besides I am not sure why Dre said all his kids have white names Jr's name is ANDRE. He won't be Jr in the corporate world.....
sharePlenty of white people named Andre besides Andre the Giant.
shareYeah there are plenty black and Latino people with the name john too my point is when you hear Andre or Dre you are not going to think of a white person because most Andres are black. And to me Andre the giant isn't white he is french. Technically french people are white but so are latinoes so I don't classify all "white" people as white just the ones in America.
shareIt shouldn't matter, but unfortunately society is a strange bird and even something as seemingly trivial as a person's name can impact how they are perceived by others. This doesn't just apply to names that might reveal a person's race or ethnicity.
Here's a little activity: Imagine 5 women and try to describe as much about them as you can, what they look like, what they do for a living, their personalities, ages, etc. Their names are your only clue.
The first is named Susan, the next is named Cherry, the third is Betty Sue, the fourth is called Hulga and the last is named Mackenzie. Are you already imagining different traits in these women? I have a feeling you might be, oh and just to make things even more interesting, since Mackenzie was six years old, everyone's called her Mack. Did your image of her change at all?
So yes names do matter as far as people's perceptions, but I wanted to add that doesn't mean I think a parent should bow to pressure and kid a "safer" sounding name, nor am I saying they should rebel against societal norms and give their kid a more unconventional name. I'm just saying that these facts do exist and its up to parents have to decide how much weight they're going to give those factors when they name their child.
Um, Dre is in the corporate world. Marketing VP of urban sales. Why wouldn't Jr. be able to be in the corporate world too?
shareWhy wouldn't Jr. be able to be in the corporate world too?
I think you misread what dazfx2 was saying. He didn't say Jr. wouldn't be in the corporate world, in fact, he implied that he would. He said that he wouldn't be Jr. in the corporate world. As in, his co-workers wouldn't call him that. They will call him Andre, which is predominately a "black" name in America. share