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iCon - "To All the Little Black Girls With Big Names" | All Def Poetry x Da Poetry Lounge
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I’m not African-American so I don’t have the kind of name, but i am African more specifically Nigerian and growing up in London, I remember asking my mum why she named me what she named me. My name is Anjolaoluwa, I remember people struggling to pronounce it and making fun of me, so I shortened it to Anjola, and then people started saying it’s like Angola, the african country you can never win with these people. They can learn to pronounce arnold schwarzenegger but not my name. But then i learned to love my name, it means ‘we are enjoying the wealth of God’ and I’m proud of it 🤣😊
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Damn right!
She's right. My mom is always telling me that people with "ghetto" names SHOULD shorten their names because it doesn't look good on an application. Its shameful!! I'm black and have grown up in a black community so those names don't really stand out too much to me personally but I just wanna say, its the work ethic that matters!! :O
"Work ethic" should not require you to erase your history or culture, that's white supremacy. Don't allow anyone to re-brand what you should value as "ghetto".
this poem has changed and grown so much since I first watched it
i knew a girl named that. i miss her, she was like my big sister for a minute, super friendly and helpful
I love my name! JACQUIETTA!
its beautiful :))
Jacquietta Williams I like mine too...
My name is La 'ShelleMoneé. I don't know how to look at it but I've always been in love with it. People are typically Suprised when they look at it on a paper and then see a black woman... Its crazy. Society is crazy. I always get a "ghetto" nickname forced on me. I don't think there is such thing as a ghetto name but whypipo seem to think it's imperative that we all must have those names
Being a black person, especially in the USA, is already hard as fudge. Why do so many black parents put such a giant hurdle right at birth to their children with those ridiculous names?
@@KishorTwist ....there's other ethic groups with far longer names than what black women get...
This made me so proud of my name I actually frequently shorten my name from Latisha to "Tish" just so people will stop mispronouncing my name but I now realize that my mother named me probably and I walk with my head held high have no reason to be ashamed
I still remember my kindergarten teacher looking at my name on paper then looking down to my 5 year old face and saying "do they call you anything else, honey?" My name is Chiqeatria.
you're assholism is showing. please put it away.
😂
"Call me Chickie"
My name is Zi'Andria but I've mostly gone by Zi or Z. I used to let substitutes and teachers mispronounce my name because I was too shy to correct them. I never really liked my name, but I'm starting to appreciate it more. I'm probably the only Zi'Andria on this earth and I think that's something to be proud of.
I have a simple name, yet what touched me about the performance is “My voice is strong. My voice needs to be heard and I don't need no mic for people to hear me!“
Poems like this are sooooo important🙌🏾
Amen!
Yesss! I use to hate my name, I've grown to love it but I still catch myself shortening it
Beautiful and a powerful name
I felt this so much.
I am not African American but still a Caribbean black girl blessed with one of those names
LOVE MY NAME .. MAJHANE (MAH-JAH-NAE')
I love that name.
I remember every substitute my class use to have they would pronounce or spell my name wrong by accident. It happened so much my friends started correcting them lol
I love my name, Shamiqua 😊
The Girl that's beautiful
The Girl OMG IS THAT FOR REAL YOUR NAME!!!!!! GIRL THAT'S MY SISTER'S NAME!!!!!! Spelling and all... I've never seen another S-H-A-M-I-Q-U-A!! I love my name too... Akilah
gjxoxo thank you 😘
This really hit home for me
I'm bout to binge watch all these videos. I hope I hear some good ones like "They Call Me Drama" or "Constant Patient of Constipation" or "Dandelion".
Damn. She done taught me somethin
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
This is absolutely beautiful and it is so true I wish black people would love themselves and love their names and love them they are... Because when you change your name all you're doing is making white people more comfortable and able to tolerate you... Are you really happy with changing who you are to make white people comfortable?... I love my name and I say my name loud and proud just like Muslim people do just like Islamic people just like any African or european would I keep true to my name it is the most beautiful words to me and every black person your name should be a beautiful silhouette of letters put together rolling off of anyone's tongue to announce you are alive and here.
Such a beautiful name and voice for such a beautiful and powerful woman
I remember as a child I hated my name so much, but as I got older I loved being different. My name is Asumayyah
This is my favorite poem because I always hated my name as a child
Asia Hudson is your name Asia?
My name is Tyranesha , I always have to shorten it to tyra so I don't feel judged .
I am a Black girl named Rebecca I understand mom but this poem is HITTING!
Say that ish sister
My name is QUONDAISHA , I recently began to want to want to hear QUONDAISHA instead of my nickname Daisha.
Oh Jesus😬
I love poetry. I am in the process of publishing my first collection of poems. Does anyone one know how you get on poetry on all Def poetry ?
Gladys Smith Find out where they're having their next event and go and sign up to perform.
deep entropy thank u 😘
she can sing...
She so dope
Say it right, or don't say it at all. Keayandra ❤️
Yeah Con! 🔥 🔥 🔥
URGH. Very emotional. I needed to here this.
yesssss 🙌 you said it all for me.
I love my name, Passion
Patchy Rye my sister has the same name
I have a BIG name and it is beautiful and I am proud of it. it is unique like me and just mine. I have never shrank back from correcting people when they misspelled or mispronounce it. I do not respond to nickname and will tell anyone who ask what they should call me, "you can me what you like, but if it isn't (my name) I won't respond. only once has anyone said my name was ghetto, but that was because she didn't know I was walking up and doesn't speak French.
👏👏👏
At first i thought my mom came up with a random name with namdom spelling (Alazia, A-lay- zah/jah/gah) but i later found out she put a lot of thought into my name
This poem resonates with me so much my name is Tamahina but I used to go by Tammy I get it us easier to like something when you know what it means.
I liked this before it was 30 sec in!!! ❤️
I love dis 💕
LOVEEEEEE💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
SNO legend
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I would love if she were mic'd. The audio really takes away from her beautiful piece.
I love my name Takeeta
♥
👏👏👏👏
my name is SINIAHA-LIANITA but I shorten it to siniaha and people still don't get it right so I used my middle name radiance
Siniaha Bundy Your name is beautiful. Please don't feel as though you have to change it to make it easier for other people.
Whats the name of song she sang in the beginning? 🙌🏽🙌🏽
"Black Girl Pain" by Talib Kweli ;)
Is there a way I can participate? I have a spoken word poem but I don't know where you guys are based. That information would be really helpful
Alex Smith this is in Los Angeles CA at " da poetry lounge" Google the address it should come up...
My name is zhynir it’s nothing big or anything but it’s type weird
Idk how I feel about my name tbh, Lakembria pronounced luh-kem-bria
Go to city hall and for 100-500$, change it for _Bria._
my name is Zeppernese but no one gets that so they call me zephernise like the water bottle zephyhills
Could be worse: _syphillis._
I love my name Tutuwaa
Oh god but is that the actual reality? Pretty sure I had a doritonisha in in my graduate class
What is the intro song???
The poetry was amazing to.
HypeKey black girl pain
Noel Collins im talking about the video intro song
my name is alexus
:)
So this been a channel for two years and I didn't know about it. I should subscribe then unsubscribe. I've been waiting for DEF Poetry to come back on HBO since it went off. But until that happens I guess this will do.
My name is Kayla...I dont like it
Whats the name of song she sang in the beginning? 🙌🏽🙌🏽
tell me something good shaka khan
Vera Griezmann Black Girl Pain by Talib Kweli