Black Man X - Do you take pride in your last name? Serious discussion.

[ReturnOfJudah]

Hell no. I know I need to get rid of this, but keep procrastinating. I gotta drop this c00n ass last name

 

[Wild self]

I have a Jewish surname.

If I get an African surname, I don't want it to be cliché in any way.

 

[Jhoon]

This thread would resonate more if there were receipts of posters signing up to take history classes at their nearest hbcu.

 

[Jhoon]

I have a Jewish surname.

If I get an African surname, I don't want it to be cliché in any way.

No names are original, unless you make it up.

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

i don't care what they call me, only what i consider myself to be. i expect to live my life by many different names...

 

[beanz]

i take pride in my last name based off the people i know. for example i love my last name because its my grandfather's last name, but i would never go as far as to say "oh my last name belonged to spanish royalty or a rich merchant". whoever first brought my last name to DR was a slave owner at one point or another and it isnt anybody to be proud of.

 

[Wild self]

No names are original, unless you make it up.

I don't want nothing that is common place. Like an East Indian having the last name "Patel" where countless others have the same name too. Whenever I get an African surname, I'm gonna make sure it aint as common as other surnames.

 

[Mr. Negative]

It's not even mines by birth.

Mom kept the name after her husband was killed.

He died 10+ years before I was even conceived.

I don't even really know the family whose last name I carry.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I don't want nothing that is common place. Like an East Indian having the last name "Patel" where countless others have the same name too. Whenever I get an African surname, I'm gonna make sure it aint as common as other surnames.

If you want to do it, then take an Ancestry test to get an idea of the area your ancestors may have been from, then adopt a name from there.

 

[KingMalik]

It's not even mines by birth.

Mom kept the name after her husband was killed.

He died 10+ years before I was even conceived.

I don't even really know the family whose last name I carry.

Same

I thought about changing it to her maiden or my father's but, funny enough now I feel no connection to them. I like having my "own name"....plus, if I ever get rich, it has an aristocratic sound to it. Plus, Its been my identity for 25+ years. Feels weird to change it.

 

[African Peasant]

My last name is 100% african and it has a meaning in my clan.

My first male is christian tho.

 

[Hovsta]

Breaux

It's alright I guess, I can tell hoes I am related to frank ocean

 

[(Lean Ambrose)]

My last name is Jackson
I don't think I even wanna know all about that last name...

 

[Pifferry]

I don't care about that type of stuff.
My identity is based on my personality, interests and actions.

 

[Big Daddy]

My last name is one of the most jewish names ever...What did I do to deserve this

Mine is extremely British