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Help[Opinions] Re: Jemima
in reply to a message by Martha
But you are implying that any use of the name would be insensitive, period, no matter if they lived in England nor China. It seems silly to impose this on everybody else when we don't have the same associations.
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I'm saying that use by anyone who knows about the racist associations with the names is callous. That means someone doing the naming, not someone with the name.
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What if they're naming their kid after their late mother or grandmother? Is that still considered callous?
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Hmm, well, if they were aware, I'd probably think it was a little insensitive, yes. I wouldn't think someone who used the name was a horrible person or a racist. I'd think "I don't like with this person's choice. I think it's insensitive" and I'd move on.
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Okay I suppose that's fair enough. I personally disagree with the level of insensitivity the use would have outside the US, but that's alright :)
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