I have a traditionally black sounding first and last name particularly from the South where I grew up. I believe due to my name I was looked over for many jobs based solely on my name sounding black. The qualifications I had meant nothing. So yeah... Names definitely hold power.
Thats an all too common story unfortunately
Indeed.
What are your thoughts on changing names for cultural assimilation? I’m pretty sure the Vietnamese women in the nail salon near me aren’t given “Sue” and “Jenny” at birth.
I'm South Asian, I've gone under the name Friedrich at times
I personally don't feel my first name is that special (Martín), but i absolutely LOVE my last name (Contreras), which means "Contrary" AKA "The One Who Opposes". ✊🔥
The name Martin comes from the Roman God of War Mars, so your name basically means "The warrior of Opposition" and that is fuckin badass
I know and it's great. 🤩
But like a 1/3 of men in my country (Chile 🇨🇱), share the same name 😆, so that's why it doesn't feel that much "unique" to me (unless i travel ✈️🌏).
You should start using Mars instead, surely more unique!
Saint Martin of Tours, a Roman soldier who later became a Christian bishop and is considered a patron saint of France, basically made Martin such a famous name in Europe!
Names of medical conditions can stigmatise unrelated people. Such as 'Spanish flu', or the old term for Down's syndrome 'Mongolism'.
Or they can misrepresent the nature of the condition, such as 'elective mutism' giving the impression that its sufferers are choosing to be mute (later changed to 'selective mutism' which has the exact same problem)
On yea that's good
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