Topic: Do people find my username (SamboNZ) offensive? - page 2. (Read 1861 times)
I think the racial term is Zambo, not Sambo !!!
Unless you call yourself something offensive with the intent of being offensive it should pass as OK.
It sounds ok
Most people don't care only those small minded who does. 
I don't even know the word is considered racist and offensive to some African...
Nowadays the Political correctness is getting more and more crazier. I don't know what will be next. May be they will even ban books such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Why would they ban them?
I don't even know the word is considered racist and offensive to some African...
Nowadays the Political correctness is getting more and more crazier. I don't know what will be next. May be they will even ban books such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Yes very offensive. Jk. Never heard of sambo being offensive before.
No. People add bo on to many names. Jimbo Steveo etc.
I saw it for the first time and if its your name you should not be apprehensive about it.
I don't even know the word is considered racist and offensive to some African...
When I heard the term, the first thing that came to my mind was the Russian martial art made famous by Fedor Emelianenko. Be proud of your name, and don't bother what others think about it.
Cheers man
When I heard the term, the first thing that came to my mind was the Russian martial art made famous by Fedor Emelianenko. Be proud of your name, and don't bother what others think about it.
Hey everyone,
I have recently become aware that part of my username (Sambo) is a racist term for people of African decent in some countries. This was obviously not the meaning I intended when I created this username, and in fact, the name Sambo was given to me by the father of a very close friend of mine when I was a child (my real name is 'Sam') and it has stuck ever since (no, I am not dark skinned or of African decent). The NZ part is because I'm from New Zealand
In addition to these points, Sambo is also the name of a Russian martial art and a Japanese restaurant in the Philippines, so one could take it in a number of different ways.
However, all this is moot if the name offends people anyway. Look, I'm not the kind of person who tip-toes around others because of some perceived offense I may cause, but I don't want to put people off and have them avoid dealing with me because of this.
The other side to this is that it's my username, ie; I'm calling myself a potentially derogatory name, so that may influence people's perception of it as well.
I could start a new account with a different name, but then I will have to re-build my (albeit limited) reputation from scratch.
What do you think?
Sam.
I have recently become aware that part of my username (Sambo) is a racist term for people of African decent in some countries. This was obviously not the meaning I intended when I created this username, and in fact, the name Sambo was given to me by the father of a very close friend of mine when I was a child (my real name is 'Sam') and it has stuck ever since (no, I am not dark skinned or of African decent). The NZ part is because I'm from New Zealand
In addition to these points, Sambo is also the name of a Russian martial art and a Japanese restaurant in the Philippines, so one could take it in a number of different ways.
However, all this is moot if the name offends people anyway. Look, I'm not the kind of person who tip-toes around others because of some perceived offense I may cause, but I don't want to put people off and have them avoid dealing with me because of this.
The other side to this is that it's my username, ie; I'm calling myself a potentially derogatory name, so that may influence people's perception of it as well.
I could start a new account with a different name, but then I will have to re-build my (albeit limited) reputation from scratch.
What do you think?
Sam.
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