Mom lets teen daughter change her ‘racist’ name after school bullying
A Tennessee mom allowed her teenage daughter to change her birth name, Dixie, after kids at school mocked her for it — and accused her of “racism” and supporting the Civil War-era South.
“She gets made fun of for it,” Danielle Remp, 35, wrote on TikTok — explaining why she let her 16-year-old to scrap her given name. “I said yes, no questions asked!”
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Dixie, who now goes by Skye, said she was constantly bullied and taunted about the name between classes.
“They call me things like ‘Dixie Dust,’ or ‘Dixie Normous,’” the high school student told Today.com.“They just give it all sorts of crude meanings, and they’ll call me that in the hallway.”
She said her dad named her Dixie when she was born in 2008, but her mom wanted to name her Skye, which now feels more “like me.”
The term Dixie became after a song titled “Dixie’s Land” became the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy in the 19th century.
The word has become controversial in some circles in recent years because of its association with the South’s pro-slavery past. The band The Dixie Chicks, for example, changed their name to The Chicks in 2020 to “meet this moment” after catching heat about it.
Remp, who works at Burger King, is now saving up $200 to cover the legal name change for her daughter.
“She’s a good kid,” Remp said. “She’s doing great in school, she doesn’t give me trouble. So if changing her name makes her feel better about herself, why would I say no?”
Remp’s TikTok post raked in hundreds of comments, with some observers criticizing her for bending to her teenager’s whim.
“What no. Teach your child resilience. If you let her change her name, what else will she want to change about herself?” one person wrote.
“I’m Dixie! I got bullied but now I love my name,” another commenter said.
Others cheered the move, saying “everyone should get one free name change.”
“As someone who was horrendously bullied for their birth name growing up and changed it as an adult, thank you,” another person added.
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