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[Opinions] Re: Xavier?
by Andromache (Hannah Ruth)
2/4/2015, 1:54 PM
in reply to a message by number1212
I don't see why it matters. Anyway, Xavier is Basque.
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- queenv (guest)   +2
2/4/2015, 3:22 PM
Sure, it's Basque, but Tyrone is Irish Gaelic, and that didn't keep it from being a very black name at one point. Not saying I think that Xavier is black, as I don't, just that the fact that it's Basque is not the reason it isn't.
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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)   +1
2/5/2015, 8:43 AM
It may be a location thing (Europe vs NA).When I hear Xavier my first thought is Professor Xavier from X-Men. A Google search will reveal loads of White European Xaviers.
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- queenv (guest)
2/5/2015, 9:51 AM
I think it's very much a location thing. In the US, French names are in vogue for blacks. When I realized we had an employee named Pierre, I knew without seeing him that he was black. Same with an employee named Jacques. I'm sure this would not be correctly assumed in Europe. It's a mystery as to why black people started to favor French names.
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