Names, part II

A few days ago, I posted about names on our family, including Miss A's and why we retained her Ethiopian name.

Here are some posts on the subject, from a Transracial adoptee:

http://harlowmonkey.typepad.com/harlows_monkey/2006/05/the_name_game.html
http://harlowmonkey.typepad.com/harlows_monkey/2006/05/the_name_game_p_1.html
http://harlowmonkey.typepad.com/harlows_monkey/2006/05/the_name_game_p.html

Thought provoking. Once point that I hadn't really considered was this point:

"If you believe that keeping an ethnic name will target the child for teasing and harassment, I would wonder what kind of community this child will be coming into; and what would prevent those kids from teasing and harrassing the child because of his/her ethnicity anyway. You will not, I repeat, not be able to prevent kids at school from teasing and harrassing your child because of their transracial and international adoptive status; nor will you be able to prevent others in the community from saying or thinking racist thoughts".