Don’t you DARE let them give you an “easier” name.

i was chatting to a black grade six girl yesterday afternoon as we struggled through some Afrikaans homework together about Vasco de Gama. Before we got started with the homework, i asked her what her name is. She said it for me, followed by the words, "It's very hard." She then added her nickname and the english name her sister gave her. i said her name back to her with a question mark intonation at the [...]