Re: Honest Question About Cultural Appropriation and Names
in reply to a message by RuralRuna
I don't think it's nice to lift names from another culture without an understanding of how they work in that culture. I think it's really offensive, for example, how gentiles use the surname "Cohen" as just another cute surnamey name when it's a sacred title in Jewish culture. If I liked a name that came from another culture, I would make a concerted effort to find out what it would be like to use it.

