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> This only happens in white people's brain. 'Eleven Jinping': Indian TV fires anchor over blooper.[1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29274792

• travisporter 5y ago
  To play devil advocate, maybe the station fired her for ignorance of current events.
  • sinyug 5y ago
    > maybe the station fired her for ignorance of current events. That would be a valid reason, but I suspect a more culturally appropriate one: loss of reputation. We are sensitive to that. My point was this isn't something that only goes on in 'white' brains but more of a cultural issue. Most people in the West are incapable of pronouncing Asian names. I don't see people making a big issue out of it.
    • atkailash 5y ago
      If you don’t speak the language of course you’re going to mess up names. But having the self awareness to ask before butchering it, or asking to be corrected, is a human issue in general not specific to any particular heritage