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in reply to a message by Avatar Yangchen
I’m sorry, but is there some wrong with choosing a name for your kid because you like the look of it? That’s literally the reason why parents chose a name for their child. They might regret it, sure. But I don’t see what’s wrong with that to be honest with you, no matter what culture it is.
If an Indigenous couple thinks a name outside of their culture is cool and want to use it on their daughter, why stop them? Because it isn’t their culture?
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Depends on the tribe and their naming practices. Some tribes put a lot of thought and spirituality into their names, and if a white couple use the name just because they think it sounds pretty, they're ignorant of the meaning of the name itself and why it might be used. They are not really honoring the name or the culture, they're cherry-picking what they like.
Colonization makes it very different for white people to "take" things from the very cultures they annihilated/enslaved. It's like punching down, instead of up, if that makes sense.
Not saying that white people who use certain names are bad people or anything, but these are reasons why some people might feel the way they do. It's more complicated than just *liking* a name.
Colonization makes it very different for white people to "take" things from the very cultures they annihilated/enslaved. It's like punching down, instead of up, if that makes sense.
Not saying that white people who use certain names are bad people or anything, but these are reasons why some people might feel the way they do. It's more complicated than just *liking* a name.
This message was edited 4/7/2021, 8:42 AM
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