Narrative- diversity & effects of stereotyping
It was a hot day in late June as I sat in my cap and gown among a blue ocean of sweating graduates. The ceremony seemed to inch along as a current of impatience created buzzing complaints from the crowd behind us: “It’s so hot...” I imagined my mother saying, while she dabbed her glistening forehead with her imaginary hand-towel. I grew nervous as the formalities came to an end and the master of ceremonies said, “Now, before we pass out the diplomas, we have our class elected speaker. Please, let’s welcome errh...” there was a quick, second scrutiny of his paper and a familiar feeling entered my tense body. Many people have trouble articulating my first name, and I have always been very understanding and forgiving. I know my name is phonetically challenging; however, I couldn’t help but feel a little itch of annoyance at having my name butchered on a daily basis. When I started high school, I came to find that simplifying “Kyung” into more the English sounding syllables “key” and “young,” solved my problem efficiently from then on , especially with the teachers that enjoyed taking verbal attendance each morning. Although “key-young” is still very far away from being on
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