Comments on: Black People’s Names http://www.analyzethis.net/2005/09/18/black-peoples-names/ A cog in the knowledge economy. Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:31:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tvoh http://www.analyzethis.net/2005/09/18/black-peoples-names/comment-page-1/#comment-176 tvoh Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:29:20 +0000 http://www.analyzethis.net/?p=22#comment-176 Don't forget Hamilton Jordan, but pronounced Jerden. He was a good ol' boy in the Carter administration. Don’t forget Hamilton Jordan, but pronounced Jerden. He was a good ol’ boy in the Carter administration.

]]> By: Steve Sailer http://www.analyzethis.net/2005/09/18/black-peoples-names/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Steve Sailer Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:49:57 +0000 http://www.analyzethis.net/?p=22#comment-173 There was another Michael Jordan who was CEO of Westinghouse when Michael Jordan was with the Bulls. The CEO Jordan was white. According to Nathanael Weyl's books on surnames (which you would enjoy), "Washington" became increasingly black over the generations and by the 1960s four of five Washingtons were black. Perhaps something similar is happening with "Jordan." There was another Michael Jordan who was CEO of Westinghouse when Michael Jordan was with the Bulls. The CEO Jordan was white.

According to Nathanael Weyl’s books on surnames (which you would enjoy), “Washington” became increasingly black over the generations and by the 1960s four of five Washingtons were black. Perhaps something similar is happening with “Jordan.”

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