That’s a white name
Posted On September 18, 2020
1: Oh, I met Mrs. Ahmed today. She was like hi Yasmeen! It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen you!
2: Oh right. How is she?
1: She’s good. I was about to say Amanda, what’s up!
2: You can’t say that.
1: I know. Why is her name Amanda? That’s a white name.
2: Some Muslims, Egyptians in particular have names like that. Like you know where we used to live right?
1: Yeah.
2: Those white buildings. Dixon? There used to be some people we knew, Egyptians, and their daughter’s name was Suzie. Suzanne. But they’re Muslims.
1: Oh.
2: I asked Mrs. Ahmed one time about that. And she was like yeah Egyptians like the name Suzanne.