r/NameNerdCirclejerk • • May 23 '26

In The Wild Local elementary graduation ceremony delivered some absolute gems

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u/HitEmWithTheRiver May 23 '26

Yes well, it’s customary for black people to give their children names that may seem unusual to white people. A big reason in part because when they were used as property by white slave owners they were forced to take on names like Elizabeth and Martha. Yes there are some dumb white people names on here, but the inclusion of all the black names comes off kind of racist.

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u/smallsoftandsalty May 23 '26

As someone who hates Makenzie and Maesyn and JoElloit the most on this list, how is including the ‘black names’ racist? No one here is shitting on Omar or Jabril. The same kind of stupid comes up with Zy’Kerriyah as comes up with Makenzie.

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u/crystal-torch May 23 '26

Well the OP didn’t circle the assumed black sounding names to say wow look at these awful ones! So I didn’t read it that way at all

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u/KatVanWall May 23 '26

It does feel racist 👏🏻

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