May 6, 2002 at 12:00 am #42462
EJ-Lockwood
Participant
If Europeans name themselves after European names that have meanings, the equivalent for African Americans would be to give themselves African-American names. However, I am African American and don’t know very many African names and/or their meanings. How can I give my children names that mean something to my race/culture if I have no tie with my past? That is why many African Americans ‘make up’ names for their children. We don’t have a close-enough bond to our history because of the slavery migration to the United States