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    HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT UR NAME?

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    * There are 177,603 people in the U.S. with the first name

    * Statistically the 340th most popular first name.

    * 70.09 percent of people with the first name are male.

     

    * There are 5,799 people in the U.S. with the last name.

    * Statistically the 6136th most popular last name.

    The Black Women Appreciation Thread

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    "What’s in a name? that which we call a rose

    By any other name would smell as sweet;"

    -Shakespeare-

     

    For those who are mixed, it could go either way. They might identify one race over the other. I know an Arabic/White girl who identifies herself as Arabic and I known an Egyptian/Hispanic girl who identifies herself as being Hispanic. I think it comes down to the environment they were brought up in.

     

    "To some, the term Black is inclusive, meaning all peoples of color. Afro-American can, to some, be considered a very narrow definition of a specific group of people, and more importantly, excluding specific other groups."

     

    http://www.theblackmarket.com/yblack.htm

     

    This brings me to another point/inquiry. What is the difference between Hispanic and Latino?

     

    When I tried to look up the answer, I just became even more confused. The answer is not clear-cut. I think it is a matter of preference.

     

    "Perhaps the 37-year-old Puerto Rican, Colombian writer and actor John Leguizamo summed up the younger generation's sentiment about identity best. He said he used to call himself Spanish, but now prefers the term Latino. But he doesn't have a problem with Hispanic. "Now 'wetback, greasy spic,' that's offensive," he told Novas."

     

    http://www.hispaniconline.com/hh/hisp_vs_lat.html

    things hispanics like

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    nah, thats black people. I'm black and I'm here to tell you that dominoes are us all the way lol

     

    Well, I guess both Black people and Hispanics like dominoes. I have seen Domincans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and many others play the game.

     

    "The dominos have acquired essential characteristics of the Cuban identity, as the phrases, the gestures, the tone of the voice and the sayings. The earliest reference of this game came from China, where it probably was created, 1120 years B.C.. It is said that in the western world the Italians were the first to play it, in the Venetian and Neapolitan courts.

     

    The way it arrived to Cuba is not well defined yet. It could have been through the Asians or the Spaniards, who have learned it from the Italians who have incorporated it from the Chinese. Perhaps, it came through the Americans, who learned it from the British, the latter are responsible for the apogee of the dominos in Latin America, particularly in the Caribbean and Cuba."

     

    http://www.cuban-traditions.com/popular_traditions/the_dominos/the_dominos.html

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