This Vancouver-Based Organization Made a Free MS Office Plugin for Asian Names:
Share Tweet Share Pin I’ve gotten used to folks not recognizing my last name—I grew up saying it in a Westernized way and only started correcting people on the proper pronunciation in my late teens . “It’s like the word ‘hero’ and the word ‘say’” is what I tell strangers now. Friends, teachers, and colleagues get my name wrong, and spellcheck programs usually don’t recognize it as a properly spelled name.
“As people of colour, we feel that we have a responsibility to educate,” says Lee, “but it takes a lot of emotional labour to teach people and to talk about these things.” Having to legitimize your name over and over again is exhausting, and programs like Microsoft Office flag ethnic names in that classic red underline—as in, wrong, try again.
“It’s a way to be more inclusive without people of colour taking on that emotional labour,” explains Lee. She notes that it’s obviously not a solution to a very complex problem, but rather a very easy-to-use tool that makes work a little better. “Yes, it’s a dictionary, yes, it has names, and yes, it’s backed by research, but the end goal really is awareness, understanding and cultural appreciation,” she adds.
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