"There were people trying to run me off the road, people flipping me off, cursing at me," Ciara Martinez said when people see her daughter's name.
Ciara chose the name after an Egyptian goddess, said to be the perfect wife and mother. She believed the name to be fitting of her little girl who has a rare condition, similar to autism, called Rett's Syndrome.
"It suits her perfectly with her condition now because she's beaten so many odds,” she said.
So what's the name that has the neighbors, people on street, and strangers bullying her daughter? Isis.
It's the very same name that thousands fear today, after being co-opted by a terrorist organization in Syria and Iraq. However, the name is much older than the militant group.
Isis, for thousands of years, referred to the Egyptian goddess, once worshipped in Ancient Egypt and studied today in many classrooms.
When Ciara introduces her daughter, people demand that she change Isis' name and say she is a “disgrace to America.”
Giving in to bullies is tempting but it's simply not productive. If Christian McPhilamy cut his hair when he was bullied for keeping it long, he wouldn't have been able to donate it to children in need.
According to BabyNamesHub, there have been 8,090 girls named Isis in the U.S. since 1980. Should we threaten each and everyone of those children and women?
See this desperate mother's plea for compassion and understanding in the video below.
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