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FREAKONOMICS PT. 2 Steven Levitt talks about in the video how the names of an individual could affect who they are in the future. Also, he talks about how each ethnicities name their people differently. The average white person will have a well-known name like: Jake, Shawn, Mike, or Will. Whereas the average African American would have an average name of: Deshawn, Shaneequa, or Michelle. However, as names go on, they become less popular in society. Back then African Americans had traditional White names and they added to the population of those names. Today those names are gone and names like “Muhammad” are becoming more frequent around the world and in the US. However I only believe that the its most likely the environment the person grows up in that effects his/her outcome in the future. = =