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Scenario

How surnames trigger discriminatory assumptions

I am Mexican-American and speak perfect English but people slow down their speech and use simple words when they hear my last name.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Names carry the weight of ancestry in ways that override evidence of competence and belonging, creating prejudgment that must be constantly overcome.

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“Where Are You with Discrimination as belonging denied?”

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