Why Dr. Marijuana Pepsi would never dream of changing her name:
Her mother gave her a unique name, thinking it would serve her well. Indeed it did. Marijuana Pepsi went on to get a doctorate, becoming Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck — after doing her dissertation on unusual names.Black Names in White Classrooms: Teacher Behaviors and Student Perceptions,
she found that people “with distinctly black names” faced disrespect and low academic expectations, affecting their career choices, self-esteem, and economic opportunities,Her own name created some challenges in school, she told NPR, noting that white teachers often assumed her mother “was smoking marijuana and drinking Pepsi” when she named her. “In the black community, we’re used to having names that are more cultural.
She said she has asked her mother many times about how she got her name. “She just shared that she felt a kinship with me and she felt like this name would take me around the world.”
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