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    The Names You Give Yourself

    Read this: “The Names They Gave Me“ I am sick of all the people fawning over this, like her altering her name is some great misappropriation of her culture and we all need to be more sensitive. Give me a fucking break. “‘Don’t let them give you an English nickname,’ my mother insists once again, ‘I didn’t raise amreekan.'” Well, then maybe you shouldn’t have come to America. You uprooted your daughter out of your country and put her in a totally different environment.  What did you expect to happen? Your daughter’s been living in America for eight years, God forbid she should absorb some of the culture. I’m sure…