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  • EleventhHour
    47•8 days ago

    They keep mispronouncing her her name because they are a bunch of racist pieces of shit.

    It’s not rocket surgery to figure this out.

    • @toynbee
      9•8 days ago

      I hesitate to post this because of whom it could be seen to be defending, but I’ve apparently been mispronouncing her name since I learned who she was. I’d only read it, never heard it. It was only when I discussed her out loud with my wife that I learned my pronunciation was incorrect. I don’t think I’m racist, I just didn’t know.

      edit: Removed unnecessary word.

      • EleventhHour
        18•8 days ago

        People can make honest and innocent mistakes.

        That’s not what Republicans are guilty of, however. They’re racist shitbags and know full-well that they’re mispronouncing her name. That do it on purpose because they’re racist shitbags. There is no other explanation, and there is certainly no excuse.

        • @toynbee
          5•8 days ago

          Your take makes sense to me.

          My thought was mainly: if you hear someone mispronouncing her name, don’t automatically assume the worst of that person, obviously taking context into account.

          I appreciate your understanding.

          edit: For the second time in this thread, my client posted my comment before I finished typing the message. Weird.

          • EleventhHour
            5•8 days ago

            I have mispronounced her name on occasion. Mistakes happen.

            But what the GOP is doing is no mistake. It’s intentional racism. Never doubt that.

  • ignirtoq
    25•8 days ago

    plus why the right keeps mispronouncing her name

    I mean, it’s just racism, right?

    It serves as a racist dog whistle and a cowardly way to slight the vice president without resorting to overt name-calling.

    Yeah, same as always. Important to keep pointing it out, but not exactly an earth-shattering revelation.

  • magnetosphere
    13•8 days ago

    This is relatively unimportant, but I noticed that Ms. Marvel’s parents call their daughter Kamala “kah-MAL-uh”. Are there different regional pronunciations of the same name? Was it just bad research on Disney’s part? Is it something else?

    • @Tujio
      22•8 days ago

      Kamala Khan is Pakistani.

      Kamala Harris is Indian/Jamaican.

      I would bet that there are regional pronunciations. Plus, that’s not unique. I’ve met three different women from southern California named Andrea and they all had different pronunciations.

      • magnetosphere
        10•8 days ago

        Okay. Thank you for taking my question seriously. I know it’s silly, but it was bugging me.

        I need to go to bed.

      • @toynbee
        6•8 days ago

        I was going to question your “Andrea” claim but then I thought about it and I can think of three similar but different ways to pronounce it. Curious how many ways there are.

        edit: Accidentally pressed “post” prematurely.

      • @[email protected]
        5•8 days ago

        Harris doesn’t pronounce it like people in Chennai do either, she has her own take on the name.