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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