"Black" Hurricane Names... Necessary?

Discussion in 'Ethics, Morality, & Justice' started by goofyfish, Aug 6, 2003.

  1. goofyfish Analog By Birth, Digital By Design Valued Senior Member

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    Politician says something stupid, news at 11.
    Is that necessary? I mean “black” names? What exactly is a “black” name? Why can't Hugo, Andrew and Claudette be considered “black” names? Why would they automatically be assumed to be “white” names? It's nice to know that race relations are so good in America that this is the kind of "problem" people are finding.

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  3. static76 The Man, The Myth, The Legend Registered Senior Member

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    Shelia Jackson wants one thing, publicity. She knows that this will get her name mentioned on newspapers and talk shows across the nation, and so far it has worked.
     
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  5. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Personally, I think they're running out of names

    Hurricane Kwan
    Hurricane Jomo
    Hurricane Pedro
    Hurricane Hussein
    Hurricane Ilyich

    &c. &c. &c.

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  7. SkinWalker Archaeology / Anthropology Moderator

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    Hurricane Keith hit Belize in 2000.... Keith Sweat is black.
     
  8. Mystech Adult Supervision Required Registered Senior Member

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    Hurricane Jamse Brown would be one funky ass storm!
     
  9. Blowfish Registered Senior Member

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    I think there are too many people these days using lame excuses like this just to get themselves publicity. Does it really matter what kind of names are used for hurricane. Furthermore, like somebody else said, are we really down to the point now where we plan to segregate names into only certain areas of race.
     
  10. There is no such thing as a "black name". There is no such thing as a "white name".
    There are French and Spanish and English names, but French and Spanish and English are not "racial groups". They are languages. As far as I know, black and white are not languages.
     
  11. SwedishFish Conspirator Registered Senior Member

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    haha! the black people i know have "white" names, so now what???
     
  12. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Athletes and entertainers

    There's a number of names that have come up with black athletes and entertainers which sounded entirely foreign to the ears of whites of the American 1990s: D'Marco, Shaniqua, &c. My friend's first name is, while not common, one generally known to be applied to whites; his middle name is allegedly African, a nod to the black part of his heritage. His last name, incidentally, is a street in Liverpool.

    Really, I just think they're running out of certain names. I found this CNN article on the 1997 season. I would have to reproduce the whole article, so it's enough to say that Q, U, X, Y, and Z are skipped. But you'll notice no D'Marco, no Shaniqua, no Otomagello or Mosata.

    Ignacio? Odette? Olaf? Xina? Waldo?!

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  13. spacemanspiff czar of things Registered Senior Member

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    there are black names in that there are names that are more popular with black folks. If I met some one named Rasheed or Latisha I would probably assume they were black. Though I have been wrong. So no one is saying folks can't name their kids whatever they want.

    anways as far as this whole Hurricane naming issue. this is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard of. Certainly we must have more important things to worry about than the equal representation of Huricane names. seriously.
     
  14. The Evil Sponge Registered Member

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    Someone outta e-mail her and ask about naming one hurricane Osama. See what she has to say then.
     
  15. perfectblue given a second chance Registered Senior Member

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    I just like that they had "Zelda" on the list. Mmm...Nintendo...Wait! "Zelda" is an RPG name! Shit, now we're going to have Mario and Sonic and Wakka bitching...
     
  16. Quigly ......................... ..... Registered Senior Member

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    How is being named after a hurricane a good thing? A hurricane being a large cyclonic storm that brings destruction. That would be great to be named after, let me tell ya. How about we name some diseases and virus' while were at it. We got Eddie can be AIDS and Jackie can be SARS and....

    It is sorta funny that we have to name the hurricanes. We personify them like we know them or something. Oh yeah, that was uncle hurricane andrew that wiped out this town or that...

    If they want to be named after a destructive inhumane act of nature, then by all means lets have some shaniqua's and some fiddy cent storms.

    This is absolutely the most pointless petition ever.
     
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    Hey now, don't be tripin, this is some serious bidness.
     

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