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throughout my book tour is is there was a survey by stephen leavitt who was one of the co-authors of "freakonomics" and a brilliant young economist up at harvard university. and they took a look at authentically-black names or names that you would tend to -- >> host: like what? give me an example. >> guest: like a she knee what, for example, versus a traditional non-ethnic-sounding name like a molly or a john. and they concluded that, in fact, those with traditionally-sounding ethnic names put themselves at an economic disadvantage because for whatever reason, people might have prejudices or be predisposed, but in the back of their mind they might not call that person back for an interview. >> host: so what are you suggesting? we not name our children what we want to name them? anymore them something -- name them something that is more -- >> no, quite to the contrary. that's why i said it was a mildly controversial aspect to my book. i want parent t to take a strong and hard look, are they doing everything they can to make sure their child has the best advantage and opportunity to succeed? and whe

found while the controversy will is there was a survey by stevan who was one of the coffers of freakonomics and an economist at harvard university and they took a look at authentically black names or names you would tend to associate like shaniqua versus a traditional non-athan mix sounding name like moly or john, and they concluded using over 40 years of data that in fact those with traditionally something ethnic names themselves in an economic disadvantage because for whatever reason people might have prejudice and be predisposed, but in the back of their mind they might not call that person back for an interview. they might not culberson for an interview in the first place. >> host: so we don't mean our children what we want to name them and we named them something that is suitable to racist white america? >> guest: quite the contrary. this is a controversial book. i want parents to take a strong and hard look. of the leading children of the world. are they doing everything they can to make sure that child has the best advantage and opportunity to succeed? and wind naming their children,

throughout my book tour is this was a survey -- there was a survey by one of the co-authors of "freakonomicsand a brilliant young economist up at harvard university. and they took a look at authentically black names or names you'd associate -- >> host: like, for example? this. >> guest: like a she anemic what versus a traditional nonethnic-sounding name like a molly or a john. and they concluded after using 40 years of day that that, in fact, those with traditional-sounding ethnic names put themselves at an economic disadvantage because for whatever reason, people might have prejudices, but in the back of o their minds they might not call that person back for an interview. >> host: so what are you suggesting? this we not name our children what we want to name them and name them something that is more suitable to racist white america? this. >> guest: no. >> host: is that what you're saying? >> guest: quite the contrary. i want parents to take a very strong and hard look when they bring children into the world. are they doing everything that they can to make sure that child has the best advant