This shows that race is not the predominant factor when companies/individuals make a decision, but name is still important as it's the first thing that people see before meeting in person. It provides some background information on the applicants. This also reminds me of signing up for different discussion groups in middle school, I also felt more secure when I see names that sound culturally familiar to me.

In this study, the researchers chose a name that sounds more exotic to the culture of the company, which gives the company an overlook of the ethical background of the job applicant. Having a large number of job advertisements in the study also makes the outcome statistically significant.

This is a transitional stage that allows new naming preferences for the African Americans as they start to create names for people in their community, the historical development as the time also gave rise to their progressive thoughts.

A different name signifies another identity for the African slaves, their identities are ignored because they were not treated equally as human. Maintaining their ethic names means the preservation of their original culture.

I think this is a really significant choice of them because it shows that they were very aware of their identity and deliberately avoided having a name highly influenced by the white.

This provides the historical context of slavery and begins to introduce the start to African naming traditions.