[summer]

LOL...I'm talking about today's kids. "Alan" is a great name, but I would be very surprised if Mr. Keyes could find even one black male named "Alan" in any public elementary school in this country.

[AppyPappy]

My daughter goes to school with a black kid named David. One of the kids in my Sunday School class is black and named Nigel. Boy, those funny Negroes and their names. HoHoHo!!

[CounterCounterCulture]

"Alan" is a great name

Bless you dearest summer

~ Alan

P.S., you may have to do some apologizing on BET for starting this thread

P.P.S., I was thinking of naming my kids with names from different ethnic groups just for diverrrrrrrrrsity purposes...how 'bout Abdullah Akimo Gonzalez-Popanopolous for starters?

[rwfromkansas]

I am trying to remember the names of my fellow black classmates in HS (there were not many...the school fluctuated between being 95 and 96 percent white...lol....and this was just the previous school year I am talking about since I am college freshman. It seems that most of them had normal names, but the blacks we have here aren't the kind that wear African hats and such to try to "reclaim their proud heritage." They understand they are Americans, not Africans if they live here usually. Now, if I went to Wichita, I would probably have some difficulty with names. There are some African names I think are kind of beautiful actually, so it isn't like I am totally against this. But, when I get out of college and into the classroom, I will have a hard enough time trying to match the name to a kid. Trying to determine the pronunciation of a name will not make it any easier!

I am the only "Roy" from my entire HS and I think my entire college as well. This name has kind of faded away into nothingness...lol.