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There's a running joke that future historians will think the name 'Kyle' means "he who punches walls". Are there any modern names that gained their meaning in similar ways, from historical 'pop culture'?

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How did White Americans react when African Americans first started straightening their hair? How might the average White American have acted upon meeting an African American with straightened hair for the first time? Was it directly encouraged? Ridiculed? Do we have any way of knowing?

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How analogous is the experience of Latin American Immigrants in the US today to the experience of Irish Immigrants to the US in the 1800s?

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There's a running joke that future historians will think the name 'Kyle' means "he who punches walls". Are there any modern names that gained their meaning in similar ways, from historical 'pop culture'?

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There's a running joke that future historians will think the name 'Kyle' means "he who punches walls". Are there any modern names that gained their meaning in similar ways, from historical 'pop culture'?	9
How did White Americans react when African Americans first started straightening their hair? How might the average White American have acted upon meeting an African American with straightened hair for the first time? Was it directly encouraged? Ridiculed? Do we have any way of knowing?	2
How analogous is the experience of Latin American Immigrants in the US today to the experience of Irish Immigrants to the US in the 1800s?	2
There's a running joke that future historians will think the name 'Kyle' means "he who punches walls". Are there any modern names that gained their meaning in similar ways, from historical 'pop culture'?	0