My Name Sombo

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Yes, I can definitely relate to the author Patricia Covarrubias name being ‘rechristened’. As I have explained in my previous posts about my acculturation into ‘mainstream’ socialization via elementary schooling. My name Sombo was butchered so many times, for example, I was called ‘Sambo’, ‘Sam’, ‘What kind of name is that?’, ‘It’s so weird sounding’, ‘are you sure it is not Samba like the dance? …and many more pejorative comments. Consequently, I kept name my birth name Sombo, but I added a ‘normal sounding American name’ Sam as my middle name because I felt like an outsider and wanted to be accepted, however, eventually after gaining self-esteem and reclaiming my cultural identity I restored my original birthname. Just like the author wrote