Reply To: African-American children’s names

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Nyla
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Names in the African-American community are usually originated from something the parent has made up to display originality. This is not really a feat of 'who can make up the wierdest names' or anything, it's just that many of us may do someting like use unused letters and sounds like 'Q,Z,X,Sha,Qua, La, Na,or -ita; or even place different names together to make one. (Not like Mary-Ann or anything, which to many blacks is a type of bland and unoriginal name.') African Americans just like to stand out from the crowd and be unique. It's also not really that serious to us, either. Hey, what's in a name? It really doesn't make or break you.

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Name : Nyla, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 17, City : Willingboro, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,