Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Have any studies been done in regards to ghetto names and future success?

What do the 2 groups have in common?:


Group 1: Aki-sha, D'avante, Ma-onnie, Kadeshia, Javonte'


Group 2: John, Susan, Theresa, Gary,Daniel, Marcia


Answer: They are names of black adults. Group 1 are adult names taken off of medicaid cards. Group 2 are actual names of local black doctors, lawyers and pharmacists.


I am not a socialologist but there seems to be a direct relationship to ghetto names and future success.


I only gave a few examples out of literally hunreds of names I could have listed but the results are the same as above.

Have any studies been done in regards to ghetto names and future success?
"Freakonomics" has a lengthy chapter that deals with the economics of naming.
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