fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #2786 ]

⌈ Secret Post #2786 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

__________________________________________________

02.

[Legend of Korra]

__________________________________________________

03.

[Digger]

__________________________________________________

04.

[Transformers: Animated]

__________________________________________________

05.

[World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor]

__________________________________________________

06.

[Marvel]

__________________________________________________

07.

[Benedict Cumberbatch]

__________________________________________________

08.

[Orange is the New Black]

__________________________________________________

09.

[Hemlock Grove]

__________________________________________________

10.

[Hardy Boys]

__________________________________________________

11.

[The Remains of the Day]

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 033 secrets from Secret Submission Post #398.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Those names may seem odd and not common for white people depending on which area of the US you are using as a base. If you go to the South, you can't throw a rock without hitting a white person with the name Jones. Why? Because that's where English/Welsh/Scottish immigrants settle in droves. That's a very common surname for those ethnic groups. Now, if you are in the middle of the country in a fly over state, a name like Jones is going to be rarer for a white person because the majority of white immigrants that went there were German, Scandinavian and Polish. Jones is not a surname for any of those groups.

Now, after the American Civil War, former slaves packed up their things and left in a great exodus to places outside the immediate South. Many went west. Before doing so they often took the surname of their former masters or took surnames that were common in the area. Which would be like Brown, Jones and Wilson. So, now you have this influence of English/Scottish/Welsh surnames in places like the Midwest but the owners of those surnames aren't white but black. But because most white people in that area are only familiar with German, Polish and Scandinavian names, it may only seem like Wilson, Jones and Brown belong to black people because you haven't been exposed to the tens of thousands of white people with those names. Why? Because those ethnic groups that have those names are not living in your area.

This seems like one of the better explanations for the phenomenon. Also didn't realize "Jackson" was an English and Scottish surname (dunno what I thought it was), so that explains a lot.

Jackson is very common name in England. According to Wiki, it's the 19th most common name. With Jones being the second most common. Brown being the forth most common. And Wilson topping off at six. In Scotland, Brown is the second most common surname and Wilson is the third most common. Jones is the most common surname in Wales.

[ SECRET POST #2786 ]

Re: Certain last names and race

Re: Certain last names and race

Re: Certain last names and race