Hi everyone,
I am just informing you that I had to change my username from Whitechild to Dreamframer, because I had comments from 3 people that my username sounds kinda racist.
I would like to explain what my username means, and then I will change it anyway.
When I was a kid I was blond, and my older brother always had dark hair. That's why older people (neighbors mostly) used to call me "white child", or "white kid".
I have never divide people by any means, including skin color, and I didn't even think someone will ever connect my username with racism. But it seems that Americans still have problem with this.
Most musicians I love to listen are black. I was always amazed by black people's musical talent, which is even more noticable in my case since I sing and compose.
So, I had to change my username, and I came up with Dreamframer.
 

Yea, when I read the title I wondered what a dreamframer was.

I never gave your name a thought, other than maybe that it was your last name. Personally, I think everybody is just a little too politically correct and take themselves a little too seriously.

With a name like clapper, I grew up with a fairly thick skin. Kids at school were a little easier on us girls but my brother was always being called The Clap. (for our foreign friends, The Clap is a nickname for gonorrhea, a venereal disease). Or crapper. Fortunately, most people now ask if I invented The Clapper (clap on, clap off, the automatic light turner-oner).

Thanks for the heads up on your name change.

I find it quite pathetic that anybody would connect your user name with racism.

To be honest, when I first read your name I wondered about it - particularly since your head is shaved (like skinheads do here in the US) - but just reading your posts and getting to know you makes it very clear what kind of person you are.  

Sorry some folks took your name wrong, but if people would withhold judgment and get to know you before drawing conclusions about your name, they would have discovered what I did:

Ivan, you are one of the nicest people I have met online and don't seem to have a mean or racist bone in your body.  

Hi everyone,
I am just informing you that I had to change my username from Whitechild to Dreamframer, because I had comments from 3 people that my username sounds kinda racist.
I would like to explain what my username means, and then I will change it anyway.
When I was a kid I was blond, and my older brother always had dark hair. That's why older people (neighbors mostly) used to call me "white child", or "white kid".
I have never divide people by any means, including skin color, and I didn't even think someone will ever connect my username with racism. But it seems that Americans still have problem with this.
Most musicians I love to listen are black. I was always amazed by black people's musical talent, which is even more noticable in my case since I sing and compose.
So, I had to change my username, and I came up with Dreamframer.
 

I've never thought that or ever gave it any thought, but I could see how some people would see it that way....but heh, maybe with Dreamframer your pictures will pop up more on searchs with Google for Dreamstime..."Dream On"

I've never thought that or ever gave it any thought, but I could see how some people would see it that way....but heh, maybe with Dreamframer your pictures will pop up more on searchs with Google for Dreamstime..."Dream On"

Maybe I should call my self Dreamstimer, lol, or Dreamstime r
I'm sure it would pop up more in that case.

Ivan, you are one of the nicest people I have met online and don't seem to have a mean or racist bone in your body.

Ditto. You're a peach, Ivan. 

Geez, so many people shave their heads these days.  They are not skinheads.

Oh my... I didn't even imagine that so many of you guys thought I am a skinhead. You should tell me long ago about this. Maybe that way I would avoid some of small unpleasant situations that I had to deal with, lol.

@suwanneeredhead: Thanks Stacey! Good to see you! I'm so flattered. It's always a great pleasure seeing you.

Oh, I gotta change my email address, website, and myspace page that I registered few days ago. I got only 4 friends there. 2 of them are "default" myspace friends, so I don't count them, and one of the rest 2 is Beyonce

 

Oh my... I didn't even imagine that so many of you guys thought I am a skinhead. You should tell me long ago about this. Maybe that way I would avoid some of small unpleasant situations that I had to deal with, lol.

@suwanneeredhead: Thanks Stacey! Good to see you! I'm so flattered. It's always a great pleasure seeing you.

like several others, that WAS my initial reaction, but all i had to do was read your posts to realize the truth so i let it go - a private msg would probably have been helpful;  unfortunately, in the US it's not a matter of political correctness anymore, but the complete dumbing down of discourse -- to the point that merely calling someone 'liberal' eg is supposed to prove your case.  with the tea party, militia & aryans, provocative signs and names are common and recently, and can be accompanied by death threats or bricks

steve

'Dreamframer' sounds magical. It's a good choice and I'm sure it will bring you luck.
Let them have the White Child if it makes them feel better...
We're left with the dreams, not a bad outcome

In my country people say: "from your mouth to God's ears"

I heard that Whitechild is pretty common English last name, so I was surprised that no one took that nick name in microstock world...

lol, I didn't think you were a skinhead. Instead, I thought your hair left you instead of the other way around