Had a great day where I learned a lot, but reality of being a #WOC, is that I had a good day in spite of racial microaggressions. [Thread]pic.twitter.com/9JzWTl4r8T
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You can ask me how to pronounce my name
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I meet new people all the time, so I am forced to watch White people act as if saying my name is an incredible imposition or feat. It isn't.pic.twitter.com/iMK7oRw9XY
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That's a lifetime of same racist interactions, on top of discrimination throughout school, career, everyday life. And I'm expected to laughpic.twitter.com/kyXC7px313
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Then I tell White woman # 3 I work with vulnerable populations. She begins complaining about coworker she's decided is "on the spectrum"pic.twitter.com/XAM9aUNBN9
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It is not even 10am. 7 hours to go with WW who use race and disability as "jokes" & slurs. I'm the only one explaining why this is not okpic.twitter.com/HT0er2GgzF
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In the past week: 1) Upon learning I'm Peruvian, 1 WW disrespects Indigenous people of Peru; refuses to listen why it's offensive.pic.twitter.com/2AtSKNWdSX
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2) Another WW loudly proclaims anti-racism is silly concept and starts convo on this. Has previously consulted me about my work on race.
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3) Another WW explains it's easier to focus women's rights on White women first and WOC later.pic.twitter.com/eMfJyUhmWJ
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4) Waking out of one of Sydney's busiest train stations, White man grumbles next to me: "get out of the way, Black b****." It is 6pm.pic.twitter.com/UNRYPoHl3S
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(I have been pronouncing how my Venezuelan sister in law would, which sounds like the Colombian pronunciation on YouTube)
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I don't mind being asked how to pronounce my name
it's the show & incredulous laughter "Oh, so hard! So strange! Will never say it!" 
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I take 2 pronunciations: Sue-lei-ka (Spanish) & English (Zoo-lee-kah).
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my Venezuelan influenced Spanish seems pretty spot on.
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My neice
@joelieesp1386 wrote her doctorate on Maori names & naming where our people share these stories about the racism experienced daily -
This sounds great! If she has published findings, I'd love to read and cite. For me it's been teachers, employers, colleagues, strangers
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Kia ora. Thank you! I am currently working on a chapter for a book and a paper for a journal. I'll be in touch when they are published :)
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Kia ora. Just a quick note to say that my PhD thesis is now available to download online http://hdl.handle.net/10289/11310
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Thank you! Looking forward to reading.
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Me too
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That sucks! So frustrating they can't at least try and learn.
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Yeah. It's a double-offense - they don't listen in the first place & then they butcher your birth name.
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