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ELI5:The origin of stereotypical African-American names (e.g. Shaniqua,Trayvon,Laquisha,etc...)
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Steve Levitt (author of Freakenomics and a professor at U. of Chicago) published a paper titled "The Causes and Consequences of Distinctly Black Names" which proposes that the naming culture of African-Americans is tied to the black power movement in the 1970's, and was a way for African Americans to express their own cultural identity separate from white America.