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When name mispronunciation becomes identity erasure

My manager pronounced my name wrong again today and when I corrected her she said 'can't you just go by something easier' and I don't know why I'm crying in my car.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The erosion of basic recognition attacks the core of selfhood through seemingly small acts of dismissal.

Ideas that help explain it
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