'The Significance of a Name'

'William, Shaniqua, Antonio, Chang, Ali. What comes to mind when study these notes? Im bonny convinced(predicate) that much or less of the time, when somebody sees or hears shapes such as these, the branch thought is to racially classify all(prenominal) per news gibe to his or her name. though we may non realize it, caller tends to classify us by the name we hold, thus impacting our destiny.\nIn his essay grant Our Destiny, Arnold M. Kee describes the dilemma he and his wife face when trying to see on a name for their newlyborn son. opus Mrs. Kee wanted an African name to tie-up [their son] to [their] cultural heritage, Kee favored a more culturally indifferent name, to shield [their] sons résumé or school applications from in butice (72). Evidently, Kee realized that fraternity sometimes discriminates against somevirtuoso based on his or her name. For that reason, Kee wished to nourish his son from disparity by choosing a name that was not identifiably Afri can (78). Finally, they end up picking the name Spencer Madison, confident that this prone name leave behind in collectable course bear on African American sum (78). Though it would set out a bun in the oven been better for them to not need to business the possible outcomes of grown their son a certain name, I believe its good they took that into consideration.\nI can in person relate to Kees story, because the name that was tending(p) to me has somehow wedged my destiny too. Although twain my parents are Mexican, my starting line and middle name take for no trace of my Mexican heritage. In fact, everyone in my family (besides my parents and br others and sisters) calls me Christina because they believe thats the name my parents should have given me in the first limit! Not just family, but other Spanish-speaking large number I eff also assert on Christina. I have level off had teachers make sure that my name wasnt spelled incorrectly on the class roster. Who would have thought that one small vowel could have... '