H.E.A.R.D., An AACRAO Podcast

I enjoyed this podcast for many reasons. One thing that stood out to me the most was the part Ms Curtis spoke about how she put her name on her résumé. I was born in the late 60s and I think my generation was the last of his time the names that were chosen for the children were either biblical or related to names given to Caucasian children. Parents then and before knew that their child’s name may affect them in the future when looking for a job. That’s because my parents told me this. It was during the late 60s and early 70s during the black power movement a lot of the young parents then adopted names that sounded more Afrocentric and represented whom they felt they were. names like Malcolm, Martin, Marcus, Richard etc. became more Afrocentric during this younger generation. Now we have a generation of adults whose names sound more representative to their culture. so when Ms Curtis mentioned how she use her name on applications it became familiar to me of what I saw growing up in society and what they showed on television. Many corporations, in order to receive grants may have to have reached a quota of individuals of more ethnic groups.Therefore a name like Malik would be an advisory to him,Whereas other corporations his name may have been an enemy.