further more, might i add
what i find even stranger when it comes to a lot of white folk fucking up the names of POC, is that they always rely on excuses like “IT’S SO LONG AND FOREIGN I CAN’T DO IT”
NO
NO YOU CAN DO IT
THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT YOU’VE BEEN CONDITIONED FOR SO GOD DAMN LONG THAT FOREIGN SOUNDING NAMES ARE NOT NORMAL SOUNDING NAMES THERE FOR AREN’T DESERVING OF BEING TREATED LIKE A NAME
THAT YOU’RE MORE LAZY WITH ACTUALLY SPELLING
It’s the idea that a POC is attached to that name, that name is now not worth actually respecting or looking after
and take it from a person who’s name and surname can be broken down to three clean and clear fucking syllables but the folks who can say charlotte and jessica and so one can’t even put that same effort into my name because it’s too goddamn foreign and useless for your pasty vocab
(via patbee)
