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HelpRe: Cultural appropriation
in reply to a message by Francisinfp5w4
The issue is simple to me. Too often people make a big deal out of foreign names and historically people were pressured to "Americanize" their name. Think of how many names were changed at Ellis Island.
Then people fought back and reclaimed their culture, and now it's cool to give your kid cultural names - if the culture is a trendy one. Irish, Swedish, Italian, Japanese- but not Igbo, Korean, Nigerian, or anything "too weird."
To each their own but I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it. I love Hindu mythology, but I'd never use a name from it.
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. G.K. Chesteron
Then people fought back and reclaimed their culture, and now it's cool to give your kid cultural names - if the culture is a trendy one. Irish, Swedish, Italian, Japanese- but not Igbo, Korean, Nigerian, or anything "too weird."
To each their own but I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it. I love Hindu mythology, but I'd never use a name from it.
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. G.K. Chesteron
