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That I don't really have a problem with, I mean a lot of Caucasian Americans are just a mesh up of all the Europe countries so it isn't as jarring or viewed as appropriation, at least not to the same extent. There is a line somewhere of course, we shouldn't be shoe horning people into only using names of their culture of course. Especially when a lot of people don't even know their heritage (in the states at least) I think it would be silly to only use names of your country of origin that seems too extreme.

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I'm only about a quarter French but even if I wasn't a drop of it I'd still feel comfortable using it. I just think using some names on the far end of the spectrum are a bit extreme if you are white and aren't connected to a minority in any way but want to use their names, but I do think there are still situations where naming outside of one's immediate ancestry are fine.

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