Reply #29: culture, language, and tradition [View All]

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both cultural, and familial...that's a part of what names are about...not necessarily 'racial pride.' names may also be about creativity and uniqueness and individuality.

your problem: the way you characterize, miminize, and bastadize this issue (and others like it), inevitably leads you to the easy, albeit incorrect, conclusion.

the answer is not to conform to the dominant culture's pathology, but rather, to work to heal the pathology. towards that end, you may address me, from this moment forward, as Ms. Black Africa.

thank you...and goodnight.