[Dayle]

I sadly agree. I don't understand why African-American parents give their children often unpronouncable names. And yes, I believe it can be detrimental when job seeking. An unusual (African?) name is automatically stereotypical (in a negative way), especially when the interviewer cannot even pronounce it. I am a white female who not only has a male name, it's spelled differently. I am 46 and have spent my whole life telling people how to spell my name - and it's not that unusual, just spelled in a more 'female' way. Imagine a poor child with an unusual name - they too have to tell everyone how to spell it. My nieces (white females) all have little girls with 'traditional' names, but basically spelled wrong. Jazmyn (Jasmine) and Khloe (Chloe) - we in the family can't even spell them; poor girls will have that for the rest of their lives...

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Name : Dayle, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Methodist, Age : 46, City : Jacksonville, State : FL Country : United States, Occupation : Retired Navy, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Middle class, 

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