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Why is the only black woman given a 'Ghetto' name.


her original name is Karen, and they give her some ghetto 'Lakisha' name.

Why not Suzie, Linda, Miranda, Evelyn, Lydia, Candice, Elaine, Jackie etc..

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Hi. My IMDB username is 'chrisboy47'. I like to point out non-existent hints of rasism in movies.

Get a life man.

Is it cool for me to watch Ghostbusters as long as I only believe in the parts with Winston?

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lol

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No... for the love of God! Not more racist crap!

Everything doesn't necessarily have to be racist. Stop being so freakin' suspicious.

Sean Barker: You go get help. I'll handle the bear.
Corey: Right.

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this whole thread is sexist. I'm reporting you all. Why couldnt the african-american actor-person have chosen a man's name like bill or bob. Why did they give her a same-sex name instead of letting her express her masculine side? I'll tell you why! because they are racist, sexist homophobe's!

I must search the internet and find these discrepancies, I must cleanse the world of this inferior thinking.

lol

Cant we just 'STOP' with the PC Nazi crap and talk like sane normal people?

Nope. I guess not. I guess it still hasn't ran its course yet.






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i kno rite!? nd they give da only azn gurl an 'azn' name liek Miki. . . racizt.

My god, give me a break.

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It probably has something to do with the fact that most (or a lot of) black girls in America have 'black girl' names.

Although I'm against black girls having ghetto names, as you put it, I can't see how it's racist. BLACK PEOPLE name black people black people names, not white people. They brought it upon themselves.

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It probably has something to do with the fact that most (or a lot of) black girls in America have 'black girl' names.


But...

The movie takes place in AUSTRALIA.

And black girls here tend to have 'normal' (for lack of a better word) names.




"It's just a movie" is no excuse for treating us like idiots!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwRqc0KSkJ0

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maybe because she has a ghetto booty

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The movie takes place in AUSTRALIA.


The character is American.

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what is so ghetto about the name lakisha?...

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Are you saying there's anything wrong with 'ghetto' names like Lakisha? That's racist man...

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