Posted on 06/20/2019 5:45:59 PM PDT by EdnaMode
A woman named Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck earned her Ph.D. from Cardinal Stritch University in Wisconsin with the help of her dissertation, titled: "Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions."
Vandyck, who was born Marijuana Pepsi Jackson 46 years ago, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an interview published Wednesday that she was inspired to choose her dissertation topic on unique black names after living through her own fair share of experiences with her name.
"People make such a big deal out of it, I couldn't get away from it," she told the paper.
Vandyck, who earned her doctoral degree in higher education leadership last month, said she asked black students with similarly unique names at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she earned her bachelor’s degree, about how they were treated differently than other students by teachers.
She said a number of students she interviewed each reported different treatment from their teachers. One experience Vandyck said she and the other students shared was being singled out by a teacher for their names during class attendance.
Vandyck recalled her experience being called out by a teacher at Whitewater in the interview.
"I'm sorry," Marijuana remembered saying in response to the professor. "You didn't ask anyone else that. Why are you asking me? My name is Marijuana, thank you."
Though Vandyck works full time at Beloit College as the head of a program that helps first-generation college students and those from low-income backgrounds, she said she is also considering working as a professor after earning her doctoral degree.
And, despite her name, Vandyck set the record straight that she doesn’t partake in marijuana use and she barely drinks soda.
Amish then.
I’d have beaten my mother to death! Some of these dumbass unpronounceable names just proves that black women suffer brain damage under local anesthesia. Should be a law against subjecting a child to the mothers name choice. Suspend voting rights for 10 years at least..
How much student loan debt did the PhD cost her?
And her PhD will help her pay it back how?
With a name like Schmuckers, I mean marijuana, you know its got to be good.
My name’s Darrell. This is my brother Darrell, and my other brother Darrell.
Yeah she’s a candidate to lead Sharpton’s National Action Network. She has stick it to whitey all over her face.
I’ve got a girl named Rama Lama
Lama Lama Ding Dong
She’s fine to me
Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong
You don’t believe
....the Edsels
I guess I’m in the minority here (no pun intended) to think this is actually a good doctoral thesis for an education doctoral program.
So many EdD’s go to great lengths to get people to affirm their educational level by calling them “Doctor” even though their thesis involves something about the effect of crepe paper streamers in the classroom or how many questions are too many on a standardized test. Kids, with rare exception, don’t get to pick their names. All kids deserve a fair shot at getting an education, regardless of the environment they come from.
Maybe the publicity from this story will lead to some parents thinking twice about naming their kid “Oranjello” or maybe a teacher will actually read one of these dissertations for once and think about what she presents. I’d bet a dollar hers is going to be the most widely read doctoral dissertation in America this year.
Lest y’all think “unusual” names are strictly a thing for black or poor children, I would encourage you to look at the yearbooks of your local elementary schools. Lots of liberties being taken with spelling these days.
I don’t intend to shame anyone away from poking lighthearted fun at names like Toe’nalia (that is my new favorite), they are funny because they are funny. but even if this is a humorous news story topic, it has a serious academic angle to it and I hope Marijuana Pepsi’s example of being more than your name makes people think you are capable of inspires all those little Toe’nalias out there to do the best person they can be.
I’m old enough to have heard of Jello Biafra, but I don’t really know anything about him.
Yeah, that’s what I was getting at. :)
Then you’re obviously racist.
And what a deep, thoughtful, and totally relevant/ s topic to write a PhD thesis on. Maybe she can teach your kids at the University where she earns peanuts and they pay a fortune.
A couple, friends of mine in the 1970’s, named their daughter Cinder Ella
So, is she changing her name to Dr. Pepper now?
All this chatter and no mention of a boy named Sue?
Reminds me of Anna Lee and her sister, Ora Lee.
Then there was Denise, and her twin brother, DeNephew. That was so their Uncles & Aunties could tell them apart.
So tell me. ...have you been a ...mo Ron. All yer life ...
Or is this a new thing? Lol.
Day-roll.....
Love your grit.
Now....ya wanna talk about true Grit. ..I love that movie .
“Damn Texican, saved my life twice, once when he was dead’.
John Wayne is the best.:-D
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