Will 🦥 Menaker

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I really don't get what you're supposed to be mad at here. Imagined progressive parents who name their kids like "Michael" or "Sara" but cajole other people to choose names like "Starsailor?" Or is it supposed hypocrisy to think other people's more ethnic names are ok?

Washington Post Opinions

Washington Post Opinions

The most progressive parents in the United States are giving their children the most traditional names. “People with options choose the safest [names] for their own children, while praising risk and novelty for everyone else,” @robkhenderson says. “In my journey from foster care to Yale, I coined a term for this pattern: luxury beliefs.” 🔗 Read more about what the latest data on baby names says about progressives: https://wapo.st/4vWXtZo