How White People Subtly Reinforce White Supremacy When They Laugh at Black Names

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18. almost nobody calls me what I want to be called

it kinda irks me, and there seems to be nothing I can do about it.

People are probably NOT trying to be rude or disrespectful, but I really just do not get it.

Who knows, I probably do the same thing myself. When somebody is David, it is hard to not call them Dave. When they are William, they become Will or Bill.

My name is Thomas. It says so right on the birth certificate. I introduce myself "hello, my name is Thomas" It's on my name tag.

They come right back with - TOM.

Uhm, hello, do you not suppose that IF I wanted to be called TOM, that I could have introduced myself AS Tom? Ya think?

But people do not seem to think. I recently got a message on my facebook page. The one where I am listed as Thomas. It began "Are you the Tom ..." Again, people, if I wanted you to call me Tom, I could have written that on my facebook page.

I guess I am going to have to start chopping off the end of everybody else's name. Call me Tom and I am taking off the last syllable of your name. It's only fair.

Probably Mr. Brady is right though, the name works better with a little bit less air in it.

Oh, and my last name only has 4 letters in it, but almost nobody can pronounce it right, especially now.