Study: Exotic Names Don't Make Grade For Black Students

[Zackmeister]

A new study suggests that black students with exotic names don't do as well in school as black students with more common names.



The University of Florida study found that students with names such as Da'Quan or Damarcus are more likely to score lower on reading and math tests.



Researchers said that black students with unusual names are also less likely to meet teacher expectations and be referred to gifted programs than black students with more common names, such as Dwayne.

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/education/4482169/detail.html

 

[Quantos]

I wonder what the Living conditons of the two groups are like, are they simmular ?
1 / 2 Parents ?
Income Levels ?
Emphise on Education ?

EDIT:

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[Chajara]

Er, did they study children of other races with strange names too? Why just black kids? Other kids get some pretty odd ones as well.

 

[UberLutheran]

Then God help Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Senior, who has the longest name of any person on the planet! http://facts.330.ca/records/

 

[Arnold_Philips]

So I guess, according to the study, black parents should name their children Asian names?

 

[tollytee]

Then God help Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Senior, who has the longest name of any person on the planet! http://facts.330.ca/records/

You should see the size of his checkbook

 

[Fineous_Reese]

Then God help Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Senior, who has the longest name of any person on the planet! http://facts.330.ca/records/

darn you Uber! now i've got bigbird singing the alphabet song stuck in my head

 

[Illuminatus]

You should see the size of his checkbook

That could be...misconstrued, Tolly.

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

It probabbly has to do with the social class the child is born into since that will determine the style of their name.

 

[Ninja Turtles]

It's no surprise that the name of a child construes a certain attitude towards the student. I have a friend whose father chose the name "Christopher" mostly because he knew that a black sounding name would bar him from some opportunities. And with the study recently about black sounding names getting called back 50% less for job interviews, it's not surprising that some discrimination still exists.

Reading a name like LeRoy as opposed to Robert already starts prejudices forming in people's head and they treat that child differently when they are young. As the years pass, I think that child's performance would go down unless they have the parent on their backs to do well in school.

 

[hraedisc]

Names without a face -

Would you hire someone with the "exotic" name SheDum or NoBrainia or ImaMoron from among other applicants with the same qualifications?

No, I didn't think so.

 

[Ninja Turtles]

Names without a face -

Would you hire someone with the "exotic" name SheDum or NoBrainia or ImaMoron from among other applicants with the same qualifications?

No, I didn't think so.

Are you suggesting that people with different names are stupid?

 

[hernyaccent]

My name is Jasmere. I am black. Therefore it's an exotic black name and I have a 3.86 GPA @ New York University. Study suggest correlation not fact. Perhaps the environment of us black kids with exotic names should be exammed.

 

[hernyaccent]

Names without a face -

Would you hire someone with the "exotic" name SheDum or NoBrainia or ImaMoron from among other applicants with the same qualifications?

No, I didn't think so.

If the person can do the job ...yes. I don't care if the persons name is camel or shoe.

 

[MoonlessNight]

This seems like it would be pretty easy to test out. Have an experiment where a participant needs to teach children, see which ones they pay the most attention to. But will it be tested? Probably not.

 

[Ninja Turtles]

My name is Jasmere. I am black. Therefore it's an exotic black name and I have a 3.86 GPA @ New York University. Study suggest correlation not fact. Perhaps the environment of us black kids with exotic names should be exammed.

I too have what you would call an exotic name and that didn't stop me from getting into Columbia, but I don't know if the study was suggesting name choice means the child is less intelligent. I think it reveals prejudices that still exist in our society.

 

[JustJack!]

Who would name a child LeRoy?

 

[Arnold_Philips]

My name is LeRoy, thank you.

 

[Ninja Turtles]

Who would name a child LeRoy?

What's wrong with LeRoy?

 

[Abuna]

what about names from other countries. my name is Ogbonna but its pronounced the way you would read my member name abuna.. no one has ever gotten it right, and i dont blame them. even in nigeria where the name is suppose to be common my cousins didnt recognize it. i looked it up and most africans with that name have it as a last name. i plan on changing my name this year to Isaiah. but im still going to keep Ogbonna as my middle name. my parents were on some kind of return to your roots thing when they named me, because nigeria had just gotten its independence or something. but yeah im going to give my child a normal sounding name. in a society where the exterior matters so much, if you cant beat them join them.