PhoenixSerenity<p>&#39;Some still <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/struggle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>struggle</span></a> with the idea that their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/name" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>name</span></a> is too <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foreign</span></a> , too other. Their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stories</span></a> were often <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/triggered" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>triggered</span></a> by major <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GlobalEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlobalEvents</span></a> , from <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wars</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TerroristAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TerroristAttacks</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/movements" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>movements</span></a> , that propelled them to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reexamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reexamine</span></a> their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>names</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/embark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embark</span></a> on a slow, often <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/painful" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>painful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journey</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/acceptance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>acceptance</span></a> . Many have <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/embraced" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embraced</span></a> their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/monikers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monikers</span></a> and say it’s time to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reclaim" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reclaim</span></a> what counts as an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>American</span></a> name.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/common-american-names-changing/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/inte</span><span class="invisible">ractive/2023/common-american-names-changing/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/diasporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>diasporal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CulturalIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CulturalIdentity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Asian</span></a></p>