{"id":39368,"date":"2024-03-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=39368"},"modified":"2024-03-22T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:12:06","slug":"the-beauty-of-a-name-and-how-to-respect-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/campus-life\/2024\/03\/22\/the-beauty-of-a-name-and-how-to-respect-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of a Name and How to Respect it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Wednesday, March 26, Dr. Tennille Love, Sinclair\u2019s Regional Center Advising Generalist, presented \u201cPut Some Respeck (Respect) on My Name!: The Importance of a Name.\u201d The discussion highlighted the critical nature of respecting each other’s names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur names carry so much weight, they are tied to so much, and are not just a collection of letters and words,\u201d Dr. Tennille Love said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What exactly is in a name? Many names around the world reflect family history, culture, carry a specific meaning, and convey religion and faith, as well as gender identity and much more. Simply put, names are identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can disrespecting a name look like? Shortening their name when they didn\u2019t ask you to, showing a lack of regard for having mispronounced or misused their name, suggesting they use a more mainstream\/anglicized name, treating their name like a joke, or even avoiding using their name altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


What are the harmful effects of this? Disrespecting someone\u2019s name is disrespecting someone\u2019s culture, family, and quite genuinely, their dignity. Dr. Tennille Love explained that disregarding someone\u2019s name can induce anxiety and make one feel unvalued or even dehumanized. Additionally, name discrimination<\/a> perpetuates inequality as those with ethnic names are actually less likely to get a job than those with \u201cwhite\u201d names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How can we respect each other’s names? Simply ask\u2026 if you\u2019re not sure how to pronounce someone\u2019s name, tell them something along the lines of: \u201cI don\u2019t want to say your name wrong, could you pronounce it for me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, apologize when you\u2019ve said someone\u2019s name wrong or used their non preferred name, and thank them for correcting you. Also, never expect someone to change their name to make it easier for you to pronounce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are just a few of the many ways to show respect for someone\u2019s name, which, in turn, shows respect for their identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, when we put some respect on names we are promoting diversity, showing value to a person, which helps to create an inclusive environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love the fact that we have all these different names because it is a reflection of our uniqueness,\u201d Dr. Tennille Love said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, respecting names\u2026respecting one another: that is practicing humanity and preserving dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macey Heys, Managing Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photos from Canva)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, March 26, Dr. Tennille Love, Sinclair\u2019s Regional Center Advising Generalist, presented \u201cPut Some Respeck (Respect) on My Name!: The Importance of a Name.\u201d The discussion highlighted the critical nature of respecting each other’s names. \u201cOur names carry so much weight, they are tied to so much, and are not just a collection of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10416,"featured_media":39369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2102,3524,3603],"tags":[5920,276],"class_list":["post-39368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-my-voice-2","category-society","tag-macey-heys","tag-sinclair-community-college"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Featured-Image-24.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-aeY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39368"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39382,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39368\/revisions\/39382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}