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HelpRe: English opinion on German names
in reply to a message by Gingersnap
I hope it will be a very long time before most people in the US don't know about the ideology of Nazi Germany.
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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Yes, people need to know about the ideology of Nazi Germany and the history that took place, but this Aryan thing seems to be more modern and based on Nazi ideology and most people don't get that deep into the knowledge or know much of what happened after WWII and Hitler's death, so I was surprised that so many users knew Aryan was anything.
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The concept of an Aryan race emerged in the 19th century and thus predates Nazi Germany.
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Well I don’t think the name, especially when spelled Arian, is going to be a problem in the U.S. when all I can find is a gang from 1964 with the name Aryan. So, maybe they wouldn’t want to use it on principle, but the question of it being a problematic name in the United States, I think is unlikely.
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What do you mean by "all I can find is a gang from 1964 with the name Aryan"? Find where?
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I think they mean the Aryan Brotherhood, which was established in 1964 and is very much an active white supremacist group. They are probably one of the better-known prison gangs in the United States due to how large, well-organized, and deadly they are. I am happy that for Gingersnap that they were previously unfamiliar with the AB, but I wouldn't call it a niche thing to have heard of. They come up in almost any kind of media that deals with prisons.
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