Why Many Blacks Cannot Succeed
I have often written that the problem with many black mothers is that they are so stupid with their Afro-centric jive-silly names they give their children that they make it an almost given that the poor child will fail in life. Yes, I know there are successful guys like Shaquille, but that's one in ten million. The other Lyshons and Taniqwas and Monishas are doomed to failure unless they are the top 99.999999% in talent for some given sport.
The sad truth is that most employers who see an idiotic Afro-name generally toss that resume into the waste basket - after all, who wants to take a chance in asking the applicant to come down for an interview when he might turn out to be a reject from the ghetto? This has nothing to do with racism. I certainly wouldn't hire someone who didn't have the sense while job-hunting to get rid of any impediments to his possibly getting a job. If your name is La-trina and you don't have the sense to correct the stupidity of your parents, then you are too stupid to work for me.
And yes, a bunch of idiots did name their daughter Latrina: the name ranked 2313th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Take for example the following email I received: How would you pronounce this child's name?
Le-a
Leah?? NO.
Lee - A?? NOPE.
Lay - a?? Again, NO.
Lei?? Guess Again.
OK, unless you are a complete moron, you will never guess it. The answer is - it's pronounced "Ledasha." The email tells me that a child with this name attends a school in Kansas City, Mo. and that her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.
When the Mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said, "the dash don't be silent."
First off, I have not been able to document this email as true. Snopes says it's undetermined, but since there doesn't appear to be anyone named Le-a in the last US Census, it is probably just another Internet rumor.
Although the email may be bogus, the idea that some black woman somewhere might have actually done this is totally believable. That's what's sad about this - stereotypes do not come out of thin air. But unless you just arrived off the boat from Tanzania, you should not be going around with a name like Ufanisi, Afifa, Mbaya, Chandumaya, Mbaya, or any other name no one in your office can spell or pronounce.
Certainly if you were born here, it's insulting to the rest of us that your parents somehow glorify an African culture that for the most part even unto the present day is still selling blacks to Arab slave-traders and they certainly would not be friendly to any American black unless a lot of money is going to change hands .
You live in America - glorify this country. You are not stuck with your name - you can change it. I did.
Please note for those who have not read my other articles on race: I write this to help blacks become successful in America.
