TED talk by Neelika Jayawardane about names
“Difficulty is the alibi that we most often use for not attempting to learn someone’s name. That refusal to even attempt to pronounce the Other is of course a one-way privilege… One of the luxuries of being a part of power is in assuming that the Other must educate and explain… I’m often expected to do the uncompensated labour of educating people about my personal immigration history as well as my name” (Neelika Jayawardane)
