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 

Wow!
That thought has never, not for a second, crossed my mind.
Actually, I'm confused.
What is it that's so bad about 'Whitechild'?
Can't be the 'child' part. It must be the word 'white'.
Or it might be that people are over sensitive and pushing the race card as far as it would go.
My bet goes on the latter.

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.

in that case, telly savalas must be the father of all skinheads. you have to admit, whitechild, i mean dreamframer is a dead ringer. 

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?

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.

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.  

+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.

I don't see any of it said!

BlackChild, WhiteChild, YellowChild or WhateverChild is not racist at all!

First people must adopt that NICKNAME is what it is - just a nickname.

Those who made you change are thinking that anything anywhere is racism... And they are wrong.

I am sick of double moral standards in many countries.

It is 21st Century people! Why would anyone think that someone's nick is racist?

What a case from nothing - it is stupid indeed!

For those three 'smarties' - live YOUR life and don't whine about others people personal details with no matter if they are white or black.

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.

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.