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Re:Résumés Are Starting to Look Like Instagram, and Sometime... by sooper on Sunday August 18, 2019 @07:57PM (#20733746)
I have to add the obligatory reference to Freakonomics and the impact your name has on "how a child performs in school and even her career opportunities".

Great write up in either the first or second Freakonomics book about how adversely impacting being called Jasmin is in the the US.

[0] http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-your-name-matt...

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Re:Résumés Are Starting to Look Like Instagram, and Sometime... by jonathankoren on Monday August 19, 2019 @12:38AM (#20734940)
Dr. Marijuana Pepsi, holds a doctorate in higher education leadership. Her dissertation was entitled, “Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions."

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/columnists/jim-stingl/20...

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Re:Résumés Are Starting to Look Like Instagram, and Sometime... by blaser-waffle on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:47AM (#20737690)
We call her Mary Jane Pepsi
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Re:Résumés Are Starting to Look Like Instagram, and Sometime... by jonathankoren on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:53PM (#20741729)
She goes as Marijuna, but in some situations, she goes as “M P”.
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