Guys yewande released a statement. I found it really sad, the fact that one of the producers felt sorry for yewande because of Lucie and she had the audacity to flip the script onto her?? I personally am African too, my mum gave me a common/easy ‘British’ name because she ‘wanted life to be easy for me’. It’s now hit me why exactly she did that. Really glad yewande opened up about this and even more annoyed that lucie can’t be bothered to apologise!
Yup, my friend is half British, half Ghanaian. Her parents gave her and her siblings Anglo Saxon first names, and African middle names.
Again, for the same reason. FYI, Lucie, the African names were not difficult to pronounce at all. I just repeated her name back slowly - to make sure I got it right. I wish Lucie would just admit that she was ignorant but she wants to learn from it and why her actions were wrong. She would get so much more respect. Such a teachable moment but Lucie has chosen to try and wriggle out of it, which just makes her look worse. We all make mistakes, and can be ignorant, so own it!
I have a very classic traditional Anglo name, but it has a common nickname that I personally dislike. I will introduce myself as my full name, and people will just give me the nickname I don't like without even asking. It happens pretty frequently.
I know that this is not on the same scale as Yewande faced, but it is rude to name someone by anything other than their name. I wish
more people would just ASK if I like to be called 'full name' or 'nickname'. It can get frustrating.
It always felt very uncomfortable to keep correcting people as I didn't want to seem controlling. But screw it, this has inspired me to keep defending what my name is.