Practically Speaking: What's in a Name
Series: Practically Speaking
From: Ayana Contreras
Length: 00:10:22
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Are African-American parents that choose unique or African-sounding names putting their children at a disadvantage? Is society unduly predjudiced against such names?
The movement to give African-American children names that reflect their heritage was based in the Black Power movement of the 1960s. Is this noble purpose lost today?
Host Audra Wilson breaks it down, Practically Speaking.
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Are African-American parents that choose unique or African-sounding names putting their children at a disadvantage? Is society unduly predjudiced against such names?
The movement to give African-American children names that reflect their heritage was based in the Black Power movement of the 1960s. Is this noble purpose lost today?
Host Audra Wilson breaks it down, Practically Speaking.
Broadcast History
WBEZ/Practically Speaking Hour Special/ 1-16-11
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Teri Gonzales-Lowry
Posted on June 15, 2010 at 03:47 PM | Permalink
A Rose by any other name is still a rose
Great piece. I look forward to other comments. I do hope this goes beyond the Black listener. Too often, people of color are left with only the white demographic view point. It is time they hear our points of view as well.