Acceptable Unique Names for Black Children

[CapitalB]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

They probably got they nose up because they feel like we don't embrace them. I'm from columbus, one of the biggest Somali immigrant landing spots in America. Had a lot of Somali homies once upon a time, they look up to us to help them adjust to their new life just like I used to ask them what shit was like over there. One of them niggas showed me a flick wit him a chopper and a rocket launcher. It always felt good fuckin wit em, that food is crazy spicy I almost died the first time I ate peanut butter soup, but it's love tho. We was slaves there but we was kings and queens too, mansa must wasnt gettin sold nigga, neither was Khemet or however you spell it. We was up. All I'm really sayin is you can be the biggest coconut in the forest, but don't act like the tree you came from don't have roots.

coconut bein the fruit i rather plant my own roots and be the foundation for the fruits after me..

sometimes the best thing u can do is start from scratch..

but i hear u tho..

and i had african homies too..

but u wanna know how they really feel about u like i said.. like one of they sisters or let the father find out his daughter think u cute..

In all fairness tho...you were a gangbanging pimp..fathers universally be frowning on that type of shit

nigga i was 15/16 yrs old.. fuck are u talkin about!?!

i had mexican girlfriends amd they fathers loved me.. white bitches.. fathered loved me.. i looked twice at a nigerian tho i damn near lost a friend behind his parents..

try again..

 

[CapitalB]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

They probably got they nose up because they feel like we don't embrace them. I'm from columbus, one of the biggest Somali immigrant landing spots in America. Had a lot of Somali homies once upon a time, they look up to us to help them adjust to their new life just like I used to ask them what shit was like over there. One of them niggas showed me a flick wit him a chopper and a rocket launcher. It always felt good fuckin wit em, that food is crazy spicy I almost died the first time I ate peanut butter soup, but it's love tho. We was slaves there but we was kings and queens too, mansa must wasnt gettin sold nigga, neither was Khemet or however you spell it. We was up. All I'm really sayin is you can be the biggest coconut in the forest, but don't act like the tree you came from don't have roots.

coconut bein the fruit i rather plant my own roots and be the foundation for the fruits after me..

sometimes the best thing u can do is start from scratch..

but i hear u tho..

and i had african homies too..

but u wanna know how they really feel about u like i said.. like one of they sisters or let the father find out his daughter think u cute..

You can start your own, but everybody get they start somewhere. We may be more successful than our parents, but we all somebody's baby, literally, and figuratively. Even if they didn't give you the oppurtunities, they gave you the tools to create them genetically, and guess where them genes came from? My peoples ain't do shit for me on the money side but I got a world of intelligence and vision from my parents. Can't do nothin but thank em for that. Even my pops who ain't play his position. Haven't tried to fuck with any of their women so I don't know, I bet you right tho, and there were times when I had to check that "I'm from the motherland so im better" mentality.

drivin..

ill get back to u shortly..

 

[Stiff]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

They probably got they nose up because they feel like we don't embrace them. I'm from columbus, one of the biggest Somali immigrant landing spots in America. Had a lot of Somali homies once upon a time, they look up to us to help them adjust to their new life just like I used to ask them what shit was like over there. One of them niggas showed me a flick wit him a chopper and a rocket launcher. It always felt good fuckin wit em, that food is crazy spicy I almost died the first time I ate peanut butter soup, but it's love tho. We was slaves there but we was kings and queens too, mansa must wasnt gettin sold nigga, neither was Khemet or however you spell it. We was up. All I'm really sayin is you can be the biggest coconut in the forest, but don't act like the tree you came from don't have roots.

coconut bein the fruit i rather plant my own roots and be the foundation for the fruits after me..

sometimes the best thing u can do is start from scratch..

but i hear u tho..

and i had african homies too..

but u wanna know how they really feel about u like i said.. like one of they sisters or let the father find out his daughter think u cute..

In all fairness tho...you were a gangbanging pimp..fathers universally be frowning on that type of shit

nigga i was 15/16 yrs old.. fuck are u talkin about!?!

i had mexican girlfriends amd they fathers loved me.. white bitches.. fathered loved me.. i looked twice at a nigerian tho i damn near lost a friend behind his parents..

try again..

You saying Mexicans in Cali fuck with Black americans more than Africans?

 

[#1hiphopjunki3]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

Immigrants are sold on the american dream bullshit. They simply don't understand how AA's can waste all the "opportunity we are given in this country". Its the same bullshit that causes most people with talents to come here instead of using those skills in their home country. I suggest your learn your history and encourage people around you too. Cause you still have chains on if you truly feel that way about your homeland.

I've also been to a few countries in Africa ( Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome) and the people are beautiful and very friendly. I also got the family reunion type vibe while there.

I will also admit like some have said that a bit of the African immigrants that I've encountered in the United States do have a bit of animosity towards African Americans because some tend to feel we squander opportunities that many never receive elsewhere. But like all types of people in all walks of life not everybody has the same ideals or viewpoints. It's never wise to judge all by the acts of some

and thats when u explain to them how America aint for Americans..

immigrants get perks to attract them too America.. all types of grants and programs readily available..

they got programs for niggas too..

none so empowering tho.. America is corporate now..

its about business in a global economy.. and its easy to come here and get a helpin hand from the same hand thats been spankin us since birth...

jus cause we got the same skin dont mean we share the same experiences when it comes to livin in America..

theyll never know and theyll never understand.. so them pretentious fucks can go to hell..

I agree with this statement to a degree. Not all immigrants get the help that you state, just like not all Africans have disdain for African Americans.

I get where you are coming from 100% with everything you have posted in this thread but you are going in all the way without looking at it from the point of view that not everybody thinks 1 way. Like I stated earlier I've been to some countries in Africa and worked around African's and some feel the way you stated while others feel the way some people have stated. Just like you pointing out the truths that an amount of the slaves that came from Africa were traded by African's to outsiders so were some stolen from there home country.

Saying fuck Africa due to the ideas of the few is kind of harsh. LOL.

 

[2stepz_ahead]

I forgot where I got this quote and I'm about to murderit but it sounds something like:

In school we had to learn Beethoven, Aristotle, Socrates, Shakespear and all kinds of weird forigen white names. So your white ass can learn Shaquisha & Javonte'.

That said, please consider your future child's employment opportunities

cmon bruh.

what does a name have to do with skill?

if your name is cultural and normal to your culture why are we allowing white people to give the thumbs up to if we move forward?

my wife got a real hood name...close to your example.

does that mean all her hard work and degrees shouldnt mean shit?

like i said earlier, white people got some fukked up names too

 

[CapitalB]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

They probably got they nose up because they feel like we don't embrace them. I'm from columbus, one of the biggest Somali immigrant landing spots in America. Had a lot of Somali homies once upon a time, they look up to us to help them adjust to their new life just like I used to ask them what shit was like over there. One of them niggas showed me a flick wit him a chopper and a rocket launcher. It always felt good fuckin wit em, that food is crazy spicy I almost died the first time I ate peanut butter soup, but it's love tho. We was slaves there but we was kings and queens too, mansa must wasnt gettin sold nigga, neither was Khemet or however you spell it. We was up. All I'm really sayin is you can be the biggest coconut in the forest, but don't act like the tree you came from don't have roots.

coconut bein the fruit i rather plant my own roots and be the foundation for the fruits after me..

sometimes the best thing u can do is start from scratch..

but i hear u tho..

and i had african homies too..

but u wanna know how they really feel about u like i said.. like one of they sisters or let the father find out his daughter think u cute..

In all fairness tho...you were a gangbanging pimp..fathers universally be frowning on that type of shit

nigga i was 15/16 yrs old.. fuck are u talkin about!?!

i had mexican girlfriends amd they fathers loved me.. white bitches.. fathered loved me.. i looked twice at a nigerian tho i damn near lost a friend behind his parents..

try again..

You saying Mexicans in Cali fuck with Black americans more than Africans?

im sayin i caught less flack.. yes!

Cali is very integrated.. niggas is fuckin all these bitches..

my homie sister wasnt even that cute.. jus had a fat ass.. and her dad wasnt havin it.. nor one of her brothers..

my nigga gave no fucks..

i had a somali bitch a couple yrs ago and she even said "if my dad ever found out".. like the fuck?!?!

 

[Stiff]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

They probably got they nose up because they feel like we don't embrace them. I'm from columbus, one of the biggest Somali immigrant landing spots in America. Had a lot of Somali homies once upon a time, they look up to us to help them adjust to their new life just like I used to ask them what shit was like over there. One of them niggas showed me a flick wit him a chopper and a rocket launcher. It always felt good fuckin wit em, that food is crazy spicy I almost died the first time I ate peanut butter soup, but it's love tho. We was slaves there but we was kings and queens too, mansa must wasnt gettin sold nigga, neither was Khemet or however you spell it. We was up. All I'm really sayin is you can be the biggest coconut in the forest, but don't act like the tree you came from don't have roots.

coconut bein the fruit i rather plant my own roots and be the foundation for the fruits after me..

sometimes the best thing u can do is start from scratch..

but i hear u tho..

and i had african homies too..

but u wanna know how they really feel about u like i said.. like one of they sisters or let the father find out his daughter think u cute..

In all fairness tho...you were a gangbanging pimp..fathers universally be frowning on that type of shit

nigga i was 15/16 yrs old.. fuck are u talkin about!?!

i had mexican girlfriends amd they fathers loved me.. white bitches.. fathered loved me.. i looked twice at a nigerian tho i damn near lost a friend behind his parents..

try again..

You saying Mexicans in Cali fuck with Black americans more than Africans?

im sayin i caught less flack.. yes!

Cali is very integrated.. niggas is fuckin all these bitches..

my homie sister wasnt even that cute.. jus had a fat ass.. and her dad wasnt havin it.. nor one of her brothers..

my nigga gave no fucks..

i had a somali bitch a couple yrs ago and she even said "if my dad ever found out".. like the fuck?!?!

Never woulda thunk it. They make it seem like Mexicans and Blacks at war out there

 

[CapitalB]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

They probably got they nose up because they feel like we don't embrace them. I'm from columbus, one of the biggest Somali immigrant landing spots in America. Had a lot of Somali homies once upon a time, they look up to us to help them adjust to their new life just like I used to ask them what shit was like over there. One of them niggas showed me a flick wit him a chopper and a rocket launcher. It always felt good fuckin wit em, that food is crazy spicy I almost died the first time I ate peanut butter soup, but it's love tho. We was slaves there but we was kings and queens too, mansa must wasnt gettin sold nigga, neither was Khemet or however you spell it. We was up. All I'm really sayin is you can be the biggest coconut in the forest, but don't act like the tree you came from don't have roots.

coconut bein the fruit i rather plant my own roots and be the foundation for the fruits after me..

sometimes the best thing u can do is start from scratch..

but i hear u tho..

and i had african homies too..

but u wanna know how they really feel about u like i said.. like one of they sisters or let the father find out his daughter think u cute..

In all fairness tho...you were a gangbanging pimp..fathers universally be frowning on that type of shit

nigga i was 15/16 yrs old.. fuck are u talkin about!?!

i had mexican girlfriends amd they fathers loved me.. white bitches.. fathered loved me.. i looked twice at a nigerian tho i damn near lost a friend behind his parents..

try again..

You saying Mexicans in Cali fuck with Black americans more than Africans?

im sayin i caught less flack.. yes!

Cali is very integrated.. niggas is fuckin all these bitches..

my homie sister wasnt even that cute.. jus had a fat ass.. and her dad wasnt havin it.. nor one of her brothers..

my nigga gave no fucks..

i had a somali bitch a couple yrs ago and she even said "if my dad ever found out".. like the fuck?!?!

Never woulda thunk it. They make it seem like Mexicans and Blacks at war out there

nah.. make no mistake..

well least back then.. im too far removed.. but bkacks and mexicans been warrin.. but thats on some gang shit..

bitches live niggas.. whether white or in this case brown.. amd i found more acceptance from them then African pops..

 

[Mister B.]

I teach. And being in that field, you see some shit. For example:

Saw a kid's name, it was Ya-Highness. That was his first name. The fuck do you tell a kid after that's?

 

[Stiff]

I teach. And being in that field, you see some shit. For example:

Saw a kid's name, it was Ya-Highness. That was his first name. The fuck do you tell a kid after that's?

lol give that lil nigga his respect what you mean?

 

[Melqart]

Africa can kiss my ass..

i aint namin my kids none of that shit..

my grandmother's name is Brenda.. my son name will be Brendan in honor of her..

yall niggas goin overboard wit this "afrocentric" shit.. overcompensating.. no extreme is a good thing..

Nothin wrong with revertin back to the roots. especially if you're going to teach them the meaning, and significance of their name. Africa can kiss my ass is a lil harsh. One of the homies went there on some sincere from belly shit.and he said he felt like stepped into a family reunion and he ain't know nobody in that bitch. Can't run from what we come from, no drake.

ohhhh i see where u commin from..

u thinkin we was over there kings and queens and shit??

nah man.. we was slaves over there as well.. white man aint go over there wit nets chasing niggas..

we was sold and traded..

so again FUCK AFRICA.. Crenshaw Mafia on mines blood! lol

u ever hang wit immigrant africans??

try likin they sisters.. they daughters..

them niggas dont give a fuck about us.. they stick they nose up to our "stench"..

They probably got they nose up because they feel like we don't embrace them. I'm from columbus, one of the biggest Somali immigrant landing spots in America. Had a lot of Somali homies once upon a time, they look up to us to help them adjust to their new life just like I used to ask them what shit was like over there. One of them niggas showed me a flick wit him a chopper and a rocket launcher. It always felt good fuckin wit em, that food is crazy spicy I almost died the first time I ate peanut butter soup, but it's love tho. We was slaves there but we was kings and queens too, mansa must wasnt gettin sold nigga, neither was Khemet or however you spell it. We was up. All I'm really sayin is you can be the biggest coconut in the forest, but don't act like the tree you came from don't have roots.

coconut bein the fruit i rather plant my own roots and be the foundation for the fruits after me..

sometimes the best thing u can do is start from scratch..

but i hear u tho..

and i had african homies too..

but u wanna know how they really feel about u like i said.. like one of they sisters or let the father find out his daughter think u cute..

In all fairness tho...you were a gangbanging pimp..fathers universally be frowning on that type of shit

nigga i was 15/16 yrs old.. fuck are u talkin about!?!

i had mexican girlfriends amd they fathers loved me.. white bitches.. fathered loved me.. i looked twice at a nigerian tho i damn near lost a friend behind his parents..

try again..

You saying Mexicans in Cali fuck with Black americans more than Africans?

im sayin i caught less flack.. yes!

Cali is very integrated.. niggas is fuckin all these bitches..

my homie sister wasnt even that cute.. jus had a fat ass.. and her dad wasnt havin it.. nor one of her brothers..

my nigga gave no fucks..

i had a somali bitch a couple yrs ago and she even said "if my dad ever found out".. like the fuck?!?!

Never woulda thunk it. They make it seem like Mexicans and Blacks at war out there

Make no mistake, that racial shit pops off here in LA in certain areas. But it's an LA Gang thing that spills off into the general population occasionally for the most part. Up north that shit doesnt happen. Its mostly Mexican mafia/ Sureno 13s doing that kind of dirt.

But yea, a brotha out here can def pull any race pretty much anywhere in cali.

 

[LUClEN]

there is no rule(acceptable) to naming your child , do whatever you want...

Louis CK did a bit on this

I gotta whole heartedly agree with that

There are people who have tried to name their kids shit like Satan, or "?"

yes literally a fucking question mark

 

[jay83]

I work as a substitute teacher from time to time and I have to admit, it's ALWAYS the ones with the ghetto ass names that cause the most problems. The more ridiculous the name the more ratchet the kid acts.

The students named after drinks or cars are usually the worst.

 

[MarcusGarvey]

Some names are nice (Javon, Tamera, Mosiah), some are not, give your child something meaningful

 

[Allah_U_Akbar]

there is no rule(acceptable) to naming your child , do whatever you want...

Louis CK did a bit on this

I gotta whole heartedly agree with that

There are people who have tried to name their kids shit like Satan, or "?"

yes literally a fucking question mark

Satan is an actual surname, though.

Former NHL player Miroslav Satan.

He actually played for the New Jersey DEVILS at one time.... True story.

 

[onthafly]

I always wondered why some Africans love to flaunt their heritage around African-Americans but then get around whites and dont use their real names.

so you have met every africa yeah ? ok

Are you familiar with the word some?

so what makes your point valid then ?...

I personally know alot of Africans who don't go by their given name..and SOME of them are the same ones wearing tshirts with "at least I know where I come from" on them...if their so proud why dont they use their real names?

A multitude of reasons

most africans i know have two or three names, a native one and an english on because of colonialism, second you surname is more important than you forename in african interms of heritage, history and tradition, thirdly none of you dudes no matter how much we teach you,you can't pronounce our names properly,then you try to shorten it so it can sound more english to your liking and ridicule us for having them because generally america is ignorant towards african nations' history and tradition (whether its in your books or media you still render us primitive black or white), thirdly we are not stupid we wanted to be hired for jobs and get into higher education since america won't make a huge compromise for us in that department we have to make thats compromise for the bigger picture...

I'm a little tipsy right now but we would all be so much better off if we took the time to understand eachother instead of getting so defensive. You make a great point and I have yet to read the response to your post but I truly hope he takes the time to understand where you're coming from my African brother.

 

[dalyricalbandit]

@BOSSExcellence on his fuck Africa shit heavy

 

[Beta]

so the president of the westerners can use his real name but Africans want to be called Peter?

So you gonna act like this hasnt been an argument way way before President Obama, thats like white logic thinking racism ended when obama got elected.There are proven studies that people are chosen for employment , loans , education etc based on (geographic) names...

And in all honesty Barack to the general American public is less threatening than Hussein...

So basically it's white acceptance>>>>> cultural pride

Cultural pride extends way beyond something as petty as changing something as petty as your forname.

by your logic Malcolm X was all for white acceptance (his name did change in the end) but during his active years he was Malcolm X and managed to preach cultural pride

No..changing your name from Uchenna to Sam would be a better example

yeh.. my pa'tna in high school name was adamchanobe echimundo or some shit and he went by the name Joe. lol

I knew a nigga named chidoze nwanko and he went by richard

 

[BobOblah]

Tolu

 

[Ajackson17]

I'm going to name my son Shango and my daughter Yewande #BOOM