Some Asian American and Pacific Islander people put up with nicknames and substitute names as a form of assimilation, “especially working among our peers who aren’t used to being around people who don’t have Western-sounding names.”
Creator of “Call Me by My Name” project says AAPI people being misnamed is “the expense of living in America.”
She said she spent the night thinking about how “Asians and Pacific Islanders never get called by their actual names.” Instead, they are often given Sothea Soumphonephakdy, one of the subjects of photographer Janessa Ilaba's "Call Me by My Name" project for AAPI Heritage Month. For the “Call Me by My Name” project — timed to mark Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May — Ilada took portraits of 103 Utahns who identify as AAPI. They range in age from 3 to 60. Each portrait lists the person’s full name, along with a caption that tells the story behind that person’s name.“I’ve learned that my name doesn’t need to be ‘easy’ for the sake of others. I have learned to be empowered by my name and embrace it.
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