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Friendly Small Talk or Rude Interrogation? Who Decides What is Polite?

New Article Out in JBILD!

“I get asked that all the time”: Confronting Polite, White Canadians and the Politics of Belonging in Obligatory Interrogations (Karen Pennesi, University of Western Ontario)


My latest article examines "What's your real name?" and other questions that initiate obligatory interrogations.



Black woman sitting at café table smiling at two white men smiling at her

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