Whitest and blackest names

[TheButterHashira]

today my mom was telling me about her black co workers who named his son tanner and that just got me wondering about my name and i stumbled upon this.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2470131&page=1

I think its pretty digusting that the bosses or who ever wouldnt call someone back just because they have a name that represents their heritage. I guess that having a name like tanner can give you a hand up in life though but idk

discuss

 

[TheButterHashira]

for the lazy

The resumes with the white-sounding names were actually downloaded 17 percent more often by job recruiters than the resumes with black-sounding names.

What are some of those names? Here's a list from the book "Freakonomics," by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, showing the top 20 whitest- and blackest-sounding girl and boy names.

20 "Whitest" Girl Names

Molly

Amy

Claire

Emily

Katie

Madeline

Katelyn

Emma

Abigail

Carly

Jenna

Heather

Katherine

Caitlin

Kaitlin

Holly

Allison

Kaitlyn

Hannah

Kathryn

20 "Blackest" Girl Names

Imani

Ebony

Shanice

Aaliyah

Precious

Nia

Deja

Diamond

Asia

Aliyah

Jada

Tierra

Tiara

Kiara

Jazmine

Jasmin

Jazmin

Jasmine

Alexus

Raven

20 "Whitest" Boy Names

Jake

Connor

Tanner

Wyatt

Cody

Dustin

Luke

Jack

Scott

Logan

Cole

Lucas

Bradley

Jacob

Garrett

Dylan

Maxwell

Hunter

Brett

Colin

20 "Blackest" Boy Names

DeShawn

DeAndre

Marquis

Darnell

Terrell

Malik

Trevon

Tyrone

Willie

Dominique

Demetrius

Reginald

Jamal

Maurice

Jalen

Darius

Xavier

Terrance

Andre

Darryl

 

[jimmer]

in the black girls names there 4 of them were ways to spell jasmine...and my name (i am white) is one of the "blackest" names.

 

[doublexl]

my namez scot.. wut bout TRON?

 

[skier_dude_1831]

Kaitlyn is in there like 5 times

 

[UNREAL]

Maurice, Jamal hahaha

 

[TheButterHashira]

telabonaquasia didnt make the cut this year. niether did telabonaquisha.

 

[Piste.Off]

sorry i know a black kid named logan

 

[UNREAL]

demetreous?

 

[Gnarshred]

Shaniqua?

 

[comeatmebro]

i didnt even see shaniqua. this list is shit.

 

[anxju]

what the fuck they forgot antoine

 

[GnarBurger]

my name is jim. is that white?

 

[UNREAL]

or sadiefie! this is an outrage!

 

[sowstochd]

they forgot chandelier

 

[ijibgoremtn]

what about Malcolm like as in Malcolm X theres a kid named Malcolm Xavier Austin at my school, Everyone calls him Malcolm X, hes a scumbag tho, his teeth are gross

 

[mothaeast]

yer names darnell?

 

[Lineskiah11]

they shouldnt have put the different spellings of the same names in there that was just kind of repetitive

 

[Wis_Skier_23]

for black i would also add Jamarcus and JamesOn.....i know jamesOn is wierd but there is some dude that plays for the bulls with this name

 

[hurrisun]

i know a really dark skinned black guy named winston he enjoy taking pictures of gay things and the high school musical soundtrack

 

[Shpadoinkle]

aspen...soooooo white.

 

[Nicholas.]

probably willie.

 

[ThaLetterM.]

ohh come on people are too sensitive. those names are sweet

 

[shagalabagala]

its true except for xavier- i know a white kid named xavier, and willie too that isnt just a black name

 

[derbski]

dude, I dont care if she is black or white, if I were an employer for a serious job, I would probably be less likely to hire somebody with the name Diamond or Precious, imagine you are calling and the secretary or customer service lady picks up the phone and says Hello this is precious speaking. I would burst out laughing. There are also some white names like that though.

 

[TerminatorX]

its neither. its mexican

 

[liukangkid]

so that doesnt mean anything

 

[Me_Gusta_Esquiar]

isnt demetrius from shakespeare? thats pretty much the least black a name can be.

 

[dave44]

Jerome.

oh, and Fifty. haha

 

[jimmychung]

HAH. charlie is not a white name.

 

[Avifarer]

my first name and my last name are on the white list

 

[purplejumpsuit]

cool

 

[SteveStepp]

Those black names are just disgusting.

 

[skier_dude_1831]

this list sucks

Todd didnt make it

 

[dave44]

Asia... a black name? Why not Africa?

 

[buchanan.]

wow i guess im one of the whitest kids here, and i always thought that maxwell was a true thug name.

krystal should be in the whitest girl names

 

[TheMoostafian]

this is blasphamy

 

[dave44]

hahaaha, yeah

 

[PacificRimJob]

Lmao. I love this thread.

They forgot Lafonda

 

[Ryanvdonk]

you have to be kidding me. willie is such a common name for both white and black people. the only reason you thought of it is big willie style. there's others i'd argue, but this one is rediculous.

 

[dave44]

I don't know any black guys called willie, but I know they have big ones though.

 

[PacificRimJob]

ABC posted it bro...

 

[TannerCoulter.]

BAHAHAH me and my brother are 2 and 3. so white

 

[fourhundred]

Jazmine

Jasmin

Jazmin

Jasmine

 

[schism]

my girlfriends white and her name is jazmine. haha. her mom named her that cause she thought it sounded punk,not gangsta.

 

[skogenjake]

jake!!!!!!!!!!!! im #1!!!!!!!!!!

 

[2+2=5]

damn im on the white boy one.. TWICE! (luke/lucas)

 

[ax_murderer]

baha those black names are ridic. nothing like being born with 5 strikes against you

 

[chickenwang]

my dogs name is winston

and i dont mean dog as in homie

i mean it as in BLACK lab

and i know a white girl named asia

 

[beer.]

they forgot fuqwanda

yeah but I agree, I wouldn't hire anyone with a ridiculous name, regardless of race.

Diamond, precious, treasure, etc

I worked with this ghetto black girl named sharelle but her nickname was pebbles, jesus I hated calling her that, i sounded like a fucking moron

 

[PhaedeD]

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