Reddit User Asks Why Blacks Give Kids ‘Weird’ Names But Isn’t Racist Or Anything
Debates about classism have often arisen when mocking the many “Yoonique” names that have popped up for children. Laughing about some seemingly “janky” spelling for a kid’s name crosses into racist territory faster than you can adjust the spelling for Lindsay when you consider the cultural implications of calling someone’s name “weird.” Like when one Reddit user by the name of “fuckyourteam” asks WTF is up with black parents giving all their kids “weird” names?
TRUE story! “Fuckyourteam” puts this question to black parents directly, titling his post, “Black American parents of reddit, why do you name your kids weird names?”
First, I need to do this:
But before you think “Fuckyourteam” is racist or anything, he/she wants you know that not only is he/she a “minority,” BUT he/she is also in possession of BLACK FRIENDS. Therefore, he/she is instantly inoculated against harboring any sort of racist sentiments whatsoever because there are black people in his/her company: