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Is this another good reason to homeschool your kids? |
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where do people get names like this? |
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Ms. Chambers best have her resume handy. |
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Just exactly what does this have to do with the story posted?
Perhaps she may find a job in Georgia... 
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idiots doing idiotic things are common i was just struck by the intersection of these oddball monikers |
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"Quonterious Thomas"
"Jameeka Chambers" where do people get names like this Orangjello dont like to be called Orange Jello Lemonjello dont like to be called Lemon Jello makes ya wonder if mom has just ran out of names or maybe they do it on purpose due to a hard childbirth, to get back at the kids and make their childhoods miserable. Kindy like being called Woody or Arty as a kid. I'm sure someone will turn this racial, before you do My name is Alex and I'm American Indian , put that in your peace pipe and smoke it |
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My observation has been that it only makes CERTAIN people wonder anything.
Maybe... JUST maybe... it's just people from different cultures doing things differently in order to give their children some kind of identity of their own in a world that has reduced all us Toms, Dicks and Harrys to mere numbers. |
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*shrug*
an identity that might get their applications ignored in many quarters whats in a name? a good deal... just like 'Myron' or 'Poindexter' will get your butt abused on the playground 'Quonterious' will severely reduce your call backs for jobs links to read and learn from: http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/02/name-discrimination-how-it-affects-job-and-career-choices-life-status-overall-success/ http://www.chicagogsb.edu/capideas/spring03/racialbias.html when i see names like that, my thought is "why handicap your kid with a name like that?" i'm a realist, and i've SEEN applications laughed at because of the names on them. i'm not saying its right, i know its illegal... but i am saying its a bad idea |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: | |||
But why? Because those names point pretty surely to a specific race or ethnicity? What kind of an asshole employer or HR slug would blow off a job candidate because of his name? Actually the name sounds Roman to me, like Marcellus or Cassius or like that there. |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: | |
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exactly because of race
read the two links i provided they did a quantifiable survey and discovered that was exactly the consequence of an uncommon and/or ethnic name |
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But that reflects worse on the bigots doing the hiring than it does anyone else.
What you're saying then, is that these folks shouldn't give classical African names to their kids if they want them to grow up and be able to get a job in our color blind, classless society? That rather than try to right the wrong they should just go along to get along? With racists? [quote]when i see names like that, my thought is "why handicap your kid with a name like that?" i'm a realist, and i've SEEN applications laughed at because of the names on them. i'm not saying its right, i know its illegal... but i am saying its a bad idea [quote] Illegal isn't the word I would use. Way too mild. |
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Well damn, just look at it. You're not saying it's right and you know it's illegal... therefore you know it's racists and elitist as hell... and yet you HAD to call attention to the names in you're initial post? Sounds like more than "realism" to me.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject: | |
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or (and here's a far more plausible explanation for you) having seen first hand resumes being rejected for oddball names, and having read the summaries of that well known 2004 study.... those names jumped out at me as a self imposed workplace handicap  and i was reminded of the effect when i saw those two rather uncommon names in an intersection of events.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: | |
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Clears it right up of course.
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