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In Which Your Host Cannot Stay Out Of The Culture War

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Apr 15, 2021
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The LA Times reports on the “casual racism of mispronouncing an Asian person’s surname”:

Mispronouncing someone’s name, accidentally or on purpose, at the very least demonstrates a selective laziness to learn the correct way to address or acknowledge a person. The name is perceived as particularly difficult only because it’s beyond the white European nam…

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