That is not entirely unreasonable reasoning? My uncle changed his name from "Arthur" to "Tony" when he moved to Italy because no-one could pronounce "Arthur" and he wanted something more Latinate & accessible to people he worked with.https://twitter.com/_Maro/status/1052272302237265922 …
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I don’t know about Britain but in the US Italians, and before them the Irish, were not considered “white” for a couple of generations.
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The idea that Europeans are basically one racial group is a very new concept
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I’ve only seen this happen once and it had nothing to do with bullying. My friend Sonexay moved to the U.S with his family in 1984. They’d been living in camps in Laos since Vietnam war. On 1st day of school Sonexay, rather adorably & arrogantly, insisted
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his name to save their lives. He had learned this interacting with Americans in the camp. He didn’t change his name but changed the pronunciation to something we could all handle. He ended up getting nickname anyway b/c we all had nicknames. I don’t remember a student who didn’t
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I know of plenty of historical changes. My Irish family shorted their last name when they came to America & dropped the Mc at some point. I have a 4 short last name that ppl mispronounce several times a week. It doesn’t bother me & those acting like mispronunciations = blatant
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racism in that thread need to get a life and stop turning molehills into mountains
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