Lunar New Year 2023

<p>KM-Host: &ldquo;Jarryd raised something really interesting. This issue of &mdash; and I&rsquo;ll say this because my married name is [redacted], it used to be much simpler &mdash; there is this idea within our AAPI community when it&rsquo;s time to be professional or when you&rsquo;re a student seeking jobs there tends to be this practice of quieting a part of yourself. People will choose more Americanized names because they feel it&rsquo;s easier for other people to say</p> <p>or</p> <p>they don&rsquo;t want to bother having to correct other people, or they don&rsquo;t want their more Asian sounding name to be butchered sometimes.</p> <p>How do folks feel about the sense of having to kinda change&hellip; [unfinished]<br /> Is this something&hellip; [this sentence was also unfinished]<br /> As educators &amp; counselors, how do we approach when a student asks us &ldquo;Should I simplify my name? Should I change it?&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://drjarryd.medium.com/lunar-new-year-2023-c25e650454fc"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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