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Why do blacks have white last names?

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I knew the results would come back largely African, and they, in fact, came back at 100 percent. But since my last name is Tucker, I've been curious about how that came to be. Are we, on the Tucker side, part of the people who went back to Liberia as free blacks? read more

Thats why you might see 1,2 or more apostrophes in a first name, or a name like Handsome, or MissUnique or La-a or something like that. I named my daughter a name thats popular in Wales or the UK. I think a parent is obligated to think about a child's future. read more

Posted by TheCaterpillar on 5/24/11 at 10:12 am to SlowFlowPro They have this idea of "women power" that was born within the overall feminist movement, but gained serious momentum among the black community because of the strong "black power" mentality. read more

First, that names like Reginald and Kiara are far more likely among black children than names like Jake and Molly, and second, that this is a recent development. In the 1960s, Anglo-American names were common among African American children. read more

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