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Has anyone asked her why she changed her name? I’ve heard or read articles suggesting that it was done to sound more white from progressive circles… I don’t really care if someone changes their name but it is interesting if they are doing it because their own constituents would see them as “other” had they not done it.
Ted Cruz is another example I think.
And oh yea don’t we have our first trans representative in congress now? I can’t remember what state but I remember Margerine Green Potato trying to pass a bill about bathrooms in the capitol recently?
I looked it up because no one else bothered to. It’s her childhood nickname and it means “little one” in Punjabi.
People here are just assuming it was about fooling people about her ethnicity.
And that has nothing to do with the fact that Nikki sounds more “American”
Do you really think her parents called her a Punjabi name in childhood to make her more American just because it sounds like a Western name?
This actually happens a lot, especially back in the day when America didn't have large populations of asian immigrants.
As an asian dude who was born in the US in the 80s, I can attest that it is not abnormal to have a "western" middle name and a traditional first name, or vice versa.
Even when I was young, teachers would tell my parents not to speak to me in their native tongue because it would inhibit my English language skills.
I'm guessing Nikki's parents got the same treatment, and is why she doesn't speak Punjabi, and why I had to relearn my parents language as an adult.
So, yes I do think her parents and her probably felt pressure to westernize themselves, as America was even more racist back then.
But her parents doing it is not her doing it, which is the accusation. You can’t control what your parents call you.
I’m just glad my daughter is still okay with me calling her Baba at age 14. It’s because when she was a baby, she would say, “bababababa.”
Just because I critique an aspect of your argument doesn't mean I am affirming someone else's accusations. I was just literally commenting on this.
"Do you really think her parents called her a Punjabi name in childhood to make her more American just because it sounds like a Western name?"
Personally, I don't think it's prejudice to acknowledge that it's common for immigrants to westernize their names to blend into white society. I think it's more of a critique of America's history of racism more than anything.
Personally accusing someone of doing this for political gain is kinda dumb, especially when you could look it up. But I don't think it was prejudice or even that far from the truth. I know i think a lot less of anyone in the immigrant community who supports conservatives.
Do you think if they had chosen a more Hindi or Indian sounding nickname she would call herself that?
What a strange and bigoted thing to say. You’re now suggesting she shouldn’t use the name her family calls her because it sounds to white despite the fact that it’s technically spelled ਨਿੱਕੀ. But that tends to not be accepted on U.S. I.D.s.
If she were Chinese and had a name she spelled Lee, would she be trying to sound white or are there Chinese names that sound like Western ones?
If you keep using the word bigoted to include regular mundane discussion it will cease to have meaning.
If you are saying South Asian people only have South Asian names they have used for their entire life that mean something in a South Asian language so that they can sound white, you are being bigoted. Sorry you don't like that truth.