So...I was reading this article concerning a new hotel owner in New Mexico who informed his Hispanic employees that he was 'anglicizing' their names for professional purposes. In other words names that have an obvious Hispanic connotation like Jose would be Joseph and Maria would be Mary, those are my own examples. What kinda stuff is that? Would Tanisha so easily become Tanya or Hakim become Harold? I don't think so. The owner made some other adjustments as well, informing the staff that they could only speak English in his presence after he believed they referred to him with a term equivalent to "the white N-word." Wow. Employees have been fired which of course has caused them to get on the phone and involve Civil rights groups. Based on what I've read so far it seems people who are commenting on the subject are either on one side or the other as to whether the owner's actions are out of ignorance or racism. If he had asked Bonquisha to change her name and refer to herself as Bonnie during business hours ONE time it would have been on with the owner and the reverands would have been on the next thang smoking by press time.
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