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in reply to a message by Billina
I mean, there are probably more white non-Hispanic boys named Cruz than Hispanic boys named Cruz. Blame Hollywood for making a random Spanish name trendy on non-Spanish people. I mean, non-Hispanic Americans don't name their kids names like Anunciacion, Gualtiero, Nereida, Ximena, or Fulgencio, so what makes Cruz any different?
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Hispanic-American people are AMERICAN too, is the point.
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I mean, sometimes name popularity is mostly associated with one group. While the names Juan, Jesus, Guillermo, Octavio, Guadalupe, Carmen, and Paloma are all on the top 1000, they are almost exclusively popular with Hispanics.
You can't expect everyone in America to have names that are considered English. For example, an Indian woman named Vijaya, a Turkish man named Mehmet, and a Mexican man named Hipolito may all be American citizens, but their names are still not considered English.
You can't expect everyone in America to have names that are considered English. For example, an Indian woman named Vijaya, a Turkish man named Mehmet, and a Mexican man named Hipolito may all be American citizens, but their names are still not considered English.
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I know. Actually in this post, you're saying what I was trying to explain to you. But in your original post that Billina objected to, you said this hispanic name was bad for an "American," though. Lots of hispanic people are Americans. America has mostly white people with English-speaking backgrounds, but not all. So it seemed like you were excluding hispanics from the multicolored quilt of American culture, as it were.
Anyway, I know what you're saying, and culture-borrowing is a separate issue, but I know tons of little white babies named Cruz. I don't think it's dominated by hispanic people anymore. Probably mostly used by them, but not to the point where I'd assume a Cruz was hispanic. I think it's inspired largely by Tom Cruise bringing the sound into style, and the fact that "Cruz" happens to mean "cross" and therefore has a more palatable meaning than just Cruise itself.
Anyway, I know what you're saying, and culture-borrowing is a separate issue, but I know tons of little white babies named Cruz. I don't think it's dominated by hispanic people anymore. Probably mostly used by them, but not to the point where I'd assume a Cruz was hispanic. I think it's inspired largely by Tom Cruise bringing the sound into style, and the fact that "Cruz" happens to mean "cross" and therefore has a more palatable meaning than just Cruise itself.
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It was "too ethnic for an American baby" that made me react the way I did. It's just a stupid, short-sighted thing to say...what makes an American?
It's pointless to argue over it, though. Nothing ever changes.
It's pointless to argue over it, though. Nothing ever changes.
This message was edited 3/22/2012, 7:50 PM
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