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⌈ Secret Post #2786 ⌋

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[Legend of Korra]

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[Digger]

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[Transformers: Animated]

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[World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor]

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[Marvel]

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[Benedict Cumberbatch]

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[Orange is the New Black]

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[Hemlock Grove]

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[Hardy Boys]

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[The Remains of the Day]

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There are a few names where I live (Southern US) that are like this -- very common among African-Americans, uncommon or non-existent among white people. It's a straightforward relic of the plantation system. Plantations had a large enslaved workforce and slaves often used the same last name as the slaveholder. If the largest slaveholder in X County was Mr. Pancake (not a RL example), that meant that at the time of emancipation there were maybe 5-10 white Pancakes to 100-300 black people with the same name. Even if half the ex-slaves take a different name and all of the white Pancakes stay in X County, the descendants of the former are going to massively outnumber those of the latter.

I don't know if the names you're thinking of have that history, but a fair number of names do.

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Re: Certain last names and race