it use to be no one would hire any murphy, kelly, mcgowan, byrne, etc… before that, they would not hire any taylor, walsh, brown, campbell, etc… and, they would not hire any steins, hirsch, cohen, berger, blumberg, etc…we still have prejudices and stereotypes of names.
“Raven,” as well as the non-English version Brynn, have been used as names for a long time, implying “beautiful, smart and black haired” in cultures where they don’t imply “beautiful, smart and black.” The victim blaming comment is still thoughtless, though. The cure for name discrimination—which certainly does exist!—is not “name camouflage.”
vwdualnomand over 8 years ago
it use to be no one would hire any murphy, kelly, mcgowan, byrne, etc… before that, they would not hire any taylor, walsh, brown, campbell, etc… and, they would not hire any steins, hirsch, cohen, berger, blumberg, etc…we still have prejudices and stereotypes of names.
Joy Sabl Premium Member over 8 years ago
“Raven,” as well as the non-English version Brynn, have been used as names for a long time, implying “beautiful, smart and black haired” in cultures where they don’t imply “beautiful, smart and black.” The victim blaming comment is still thoughtless, though. The cure for name discrimination—which certainly does exist!—is not “name camouflage.”
hippogriff over 8 years ago
Joy SablThe same name might come from different sources. Raven (the bird) in the form of Coloneh (Cherokee) was Sam Houston’s other name.