Mispronouncing Student’s Name Now a ‘Microaggression’

Breitbart ^ | September 22, 2016 | Susan Berry

[C19fan]

A campaign initiated by the National Association for Bilingual Education and the Santa Clara County Office of Education says a teacher who mispronounces a student’s name is causing a negative emotional state that can lead to poor academic success. The campaign, titled “My Name, My Identity: A Declaration of Self,” says on its website, “Did you know that mispronouncing a student’s name negates the identity of the student? This can lead to anxiety and resentment which, in turn, can hinder academic progress.”

[C19fan]

Kids of Greek ancestry hardest hit.

[Leaning Right]

Here's a Youtube video that covers this very issue.

Key & Peele - Substitute Teacher

[upchuck]

[No_More_Harkin]

Keep doubling down on stupid liberals, your days are numbered.

[Does so]

I can hardly pronounce MSM reporter's names!

[Mr. Mojo]

causing a negative emotional state that can lead to poor academic success.

Their bad grades are always someone else's fault.

As is their rap sheet.

[Ellendra]

Does that mean I can sue every telemarketer who mispronounces my very German last name?

[sagar]

“Keep doubling down on stupid liberals, your days are numbered.”

It will end when Islamists start chopping the snowflakes.

[Nifster]

Oh fer cryin out loud

[llevrok]

So Hitlery and Clintoon would be a microaggression?

Dang.

[Pollster1]

This is shockingly stupid, not just because it’s moronic but also because of the unintended consequences. Wouldn’t acting like mispronouncing a name is a crime discourage teachers from using names at all? Liberals are not just petty tyrants at heart; they are stupid petty tyrants.

[BatGuano]

Absurdity upon absurdity from California. They just can't get enough of tweaking our common sense.
When I hear that term again, I guarantee that I will commit a MACROAGGRESSION! Yeesh...

[New Jersey Realist]

Think we can get under Stephanopolis’s skin?

[HIDEK6]

So it’s not OK to call a Polack “alphabet?”

[DJ Taylor]

So, that’s why Jaquaneesha is failing.

[Red in Blue PA]

I have the champagne chilled for that day.

[MNDude]

I believe a few liberal journalists accidentally called Obama Osama a few times.

[Boojum]

MZXYION.

[RegulatorCountry]

They’re inadvertently going to end up penalizing teachers that they’d want to protect. ESL people butcher names far worse than native English speakers.

Provide a pronunciation key for every name, that’s what they’ll have to do. And, teachers will still get tripped up on the hard ones. Thai names are especially challenging.

[BatGuano]

“Liberals are not just petty tyrants at heart; they are stupid petty tyrants.”

You have a wonderful way with words. I can’t wait to use that sentence, in writing and speech.