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ColinC

(11,098 posts) Sat Aug 3, 2024, 02:45 PM Aug 2024

Does anybody else find it interesting that the first black president and probably the first woman president, have very [View all]

Unique names?

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Does anybody else find it interesting that the first black president and probably the first woman president, have very [View all] ColinC Aug 2024 OP

'very' unique??? elleng Aug 2024 #1

I guess... "not white" names would be more accurate? ColinC Aug 2024 #2

No. the "very" was redundant. niyad Aug 2024 #54

"White names"? MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2024 #58

No. It's like not having a European name like mine. ColinC Aug 2024 #59

Uniquer. cloudbase Aug 2024 #10

LOLOLOL!!! elleng Aug 2024 #16

There are no degrees of uniqueness. marybourg Aug 2024 #45

Among Africa Americans, 'Harris' is a very common surname EYESORE 9001 Aug 2024 #3

I think the OP was referring to her middle name Bucky Aug 2024 #26

Now you're talking. brush Aug 2024 #30

You're right tho ColinC Aug 2024 #52

Yep! wordstroken Aug 2024 #55

Kamala and Barack might be "unique" names wnylib Aug 2024 #43

That's interesting to me. This suggests Americans like their presidents with rather unique names. ColinC Aug 2024 #53

But there is a greater number who have had wnylib Aug 2024 #60

What provoked me to make the OP is this thought: ColinC Aug 2024 #63

My perceptions of the names Kamala and Barack wnylib Aug 2024 #64

I love this ColinC Aug 2024 #65

Let the November blue wave crash over the MAGAs. wnylib Aug 2024 #66

There is also a Gaelic " Barrack" Maeve Aug 2024 #57

Did not know that. Thanks. wnylib Aug 2024 #62

More unique than Millard Fillmore? Raven123 Aug 2024 #4

Barack Obama is more unique, yes ColinC Aug 2024 #6

I dunno, in my teaching career I've met about half a dozen people named Barak or Barack Bucky Aug 2024 #27

Isn't that one of those ducks with the green heads? brush Aug 2024 #31

One thing I've learned on DU today is, even a duck with a green head... Bucky Aug 2024 #34

Good one. brush Aug 2024 #37

Hahaha!! wordstroken Aug 2024 #56

That's a Mallard FirefighterJo Aug 2024 #35

I know, trying for a little bit of humor. brush Aug 2024 #36

My bad FirefighterJo Aug 2024 #38

I shoud've used the sarcasm gif. brush Aug 2024 #39

Never use the sarcasm gif Bucky Aug 2024 #40

This guy gets it JoseBalow Aug 2024 #42

In my teaching career I have met a mallard and no Baracks ColinC Aug 2024 #51

Ummm SunsetDreams2 Aug 2024 #5

? ColinC Aug 2024 #7

Unique to who? orthoclad Aug 2024 #8

Unique to our eurocentrism ColinC Aug 2024 #12

It's nt even unique to my US city orthoclad Aug 2024 #17

Well has your country elected a lot of people without Anglican names? ColinC Aug 2024 #18

Some of us don't have Eurocentrism Bucky Aug 2024 #28

Same ColinC Aug 2024 #48

Ulysses? Sneederbunk Aug 2024 #9

Grover Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #19

I would say even Lincoln was not a household name before he was elected. nt Wednesdays Aug 2024 #21

Actually there were several Lincolns in US history before 1860 Bucky Aug 2024 #32

VP Harris is not even the only Kamala high in the US government muriel_volestrangler Aug 2024 #11

Wonderful post thank you!! ColinC Aug 2024 #13

Are there degrees of uniqueness? Shrek Aug 2024 #14

Non-anglo is more what I meant ColinC Aug 2024 #15

ah, non-Anglo is a better descriptor Bucky Aug 2024 #33

Perhaps "European"? ColinC Aug 2024 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author ColinC Aug 2024 #23

You'd get tongue-tied trying to pronounce the ethnic names of the kids I went to school with. Talitha Aug 2024 #20

I find it interesting that the 2nd woman to be the nominee of a major party and the 1st woman In It to Win It Aug 2024 #22

They're both children of people from Crunchy Frog Aug 2024 #24

I always thought O'Bama multigraincracker Aug 2024 #41

Not enough to get me overly excited DFW Aug 2024 #25

Been a long long time since WASPs controlled practically everything, so no. betsuni Aug 2024 #29

As far as among presidents. Have we had a lot of non European-named presidents? ColinC Aug 2024 #50

This reminds me of Michael Moore's belief that white Obama to Trump voters can't be racist betsuni Aug 2024 #44

How does this remind you of that? ColinC Aug 2024 #49

Both of their names contain four A's and one 'M' tman Aug 2024 #46

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