Respect ethnic names. Learn to pronounce them correctly.

@Anpu, Anparasan Sivakumaran, a photographer based in London and a social media influencer, has created a short but engaging series of graphics on how and why you should take the trouble to learn to both pronounce and spell ethnic names that are unfamiliar to you. Ultimately, this is a matter of basic respect, and not hard to do. For example, under "Things you should never say" is "I'm never going to remember that." This is simply dismissive and offensive. Under "How to help" he suggests repeating a person's name to confirm you are saying it correctly, and points out that in business misspelled and incorrect names can cause time-consuming and expensive legal problems for everyone involved. Jotting down a pronunciation you are uncertain of will help you to remember it in the future.

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