I changed my name from Priya to Patricia when I started my career and now my daughter is asking why we have different last names and I do not know how to explain that I was trying to survive.
More people experience this than they realize.
Assimilation strategies that once felt necessary now require reckoning with their impact on identity and family legacy.
“Where Are You with Postcolonial identity and decolonization?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.