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I have no desire or reason to "push the race card" (I am "white"). I'd never heard the name 'whitechild' before, but that, combined with the skinhead appearance, concerned me. It is an unfortunate fact that there are a lot of racists left in the US. I wish it were not true, but it is.

Actually, Ivan is a dead-ringer for my brother-in-law.  Who is quite handsome, BTW. 

Other than the hairstyle I don't think he looks anything like Telly Savalas.   

I'm offended by your new name. Dream is prejudiced against those of us who suffer from insomnia, and what about all those people without, uh.... frames.

what?

Ahhh now that's a good one....lol

I got to admit, the notion did cross my mind too, but only momentarily. Just have to read anyone of your posts to see that, you are more than a nice guy. It is unfortunate that you've been forced by circumstances to change ur username. However, probably a wise decision. There have been so many white supremacist movements and also governments in recent history (the word recent also has it's own interpretation), that people could easily form a negative perception of your name, whether that could affect sales, I don't know. The name Dreamframer is also a memorable one. Anyway, whatever the name, it's the photos that count.

+1

I've often noticed in my part of america that hardcore anti-racism people are usually that way because they themselves are racists. I could care less what color a person is. It means absolutely nothing .. you could be black and call yourself BlackChild .. not only would it not offend me I wouldn't even stop to think "BlackChild .. a black guy .. ahhh I get it." I wouldn't notice until somebody pointed it out to me. But then again in our society it doesn't matter what you do or say .. provided that you are not white .. it's accepted for a black to "represent" and draw attention to their color, form groups based on color, ummmm create a web browser just for black people ... BlackBird .. mainstream minority comedians can slam on whites on TV all night long but turn it around and it's a controversy ... and now WhiteChild feels the need to change the name he has been using forever and a day because people are actually offended by it. That's just stupid. I'm suddenly feeling the need to change my name to CrackerBoy just because I hate the idea of people actually having the nerve to complain about his name.

Oh and I never thought you was a skinhead.

Guys thanks for your compliments and support.
Well, there is a world class name in R&B music, a black guy Rodney Jerkins who calls him self "Darkchild". And there is even DJ Whitechild, also well known name etc.
@madelaide: Maria, you can call me Dreamfarmer, or whatever, lol no problem.

you miss the point ENTIRELY -- no one here thought the name indicated racism - the problem is that the BUYER mightand that's too big a risk to take; 

Ivan, I don't think you had to change your nickname. I also come from Balkans and I'm sure you don't even have an opinion about black people. You have your opinion about Serbs, Muslims and Croats and if your nickname was something like Cetnik or Ustasa it would be really bad. But, black people, we don't know them.

What reminds me, my great-grandparents were Italian, and had never seen black people in Italy.  My great-grandmother, the first time she saw one here in Brazil (late 19th century), went screaming into her house - she had no idea that black people existed.

Dаmn stereotypes. I remember the society were "white" was just another color and "rainbow" was just a beautiful sky phenomenon pictured in almost all illustrated kids books.