Intersectional Feminists Of New York

YES

I’ve worked with many exchange programs on campuses, and they still “encourage” Chinese students to choose English names for their stay in the US. I’ve adopted a rule for myself, I won’t address them with their English name until they’ve told me to stop trying their real name on at least three different occasions. My family is largely immigrant, and while we’ve never had this problem, I don’t think anyone should have to change who they are when them find a new home, even a temporary one. So far, only two exchange student actually wanted to keep their English name, and one of them, Alice, had had Alice for a nickname since she was little.

Don’t know if it’s okay to add this here, but I used to work with a Chinese woman who had changed her name to Angelina for the sake of ease. When she first told me that was what she’d had to do, I asked her for her real name and if she minded me calling her that. She looked so frikkin happy, and it only took about two minutes for me to say it right. It’s not that people can’t pronounce these names, it’s that they won’t. It’s lazy and it’s rude.

ALL OF THIS

He gets it.

He truly does. (I didn’t really notice his name until he mentioned it…)

🌵privileged groups do not get to tell marginalized groups what is or isn’t harmful to them.🌵

Wakanda is an African country that was never colonized and has developed its own culture and technology that exceed anything the white world has accomplished.  That’s been part of the comics from the beginning, and I am delighted to see it brought to the screen at last in all its glory.

chill it’s cos your rare

homie ur about to be cooked medium rare and sacrificed

Omg

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