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>>> A GEORGIA SENATE CANDIDATE SAYS HE RAISED NEARLY $2
MILLION FOR HIS CAMPAIGN AFTER
HE CALLED OUT HIS OPPONENT FOR
DELIBERATELY MISPRONOUNCING
DELIBERATELY MISPRONOUNCING SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS' NAME.
THE BACKLASH SPARKED AN ONLINE
MOVEMENT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
SHARE THEIR NAMES, FAMILY
HISTORY AND CULTURE.
TODAY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
HASHTAG #MYNAMEIS AND
EVERYTHING THAT
EVERYTHING THAT >> THIS ALL STARTED ON FRIDAY
WITH GEORGIA SENATOR DAVID
PERDUE, A REPUBLICAN, HE IS UP
FOR REELECTION, AND DURING A
RALLY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
MACON, HE SAID THIS PACK "KAH'-
MAH-LAH?
MAH-LAH?
MAH-LAH? KAH-MAH'-LAH?
KAH-MAH'-LAH? KAMALA-MALA-MALA?
KAMALA-MALA-MALA? I DON'T KNOW.
WHATEVER."
WHATEVER." >> PURDUE WAS IMMEDIATELY
CALLED OUT BY HIS OPPONENT,
JON OSSOFF WHO TWEETED OUT THE
VIDEO AND SAID, WE ARE SO MUCH
BETTER THAN THIS.
IT CREATED
IT CREATED TODAY, THE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED
HE RAISED MORE THAN 1.8
MILLION AFTER THAT TWEET
ALONE.
ALONE.
ALONE. A
ALONE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE SAID
PRODUCE COMMENTS WERE JUST
BLATANTLY DISRESPECTFUL.
BLATANTLY DISRESPECTFUL. WE KNOW SINCE HARRIS WAS
CHOSEN AS BIDEN'S VP THERE
HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
HER NAME.
HER NAME.
HER NAME. SHE HAS TAKEN TIME TO EXPLAIN
TO PEOPLE HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT.
KAMALA.
KAMALA.
KAMALA. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT
MISPRONOUNCING SOMEONE'S NAME
CAN BE A MICROAGGRESSION.
ONE STUDY FROM CALIFORNIA IN
PARTICULAR FOCUSED ON SCHOOL-
AGE KIDS.
AGE KIDS.
AGE KIDS. MISPRONOUNCING SOMEONE'S NAME
CREATES FEELINGS OF ANXIETY
AND ALIENATION
AND ALIENATION SOME PEOPLE TO CHANGE OR ADAPT
THEIR NAMES TO CONFORM.
>> IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE PLAYGROUND.
THE PLAYGROUND. I REMEMBER IT HAPPENING WHEN I
WAS A KID, AND I'VE SEEN IT
HAPPEN TO MY KIDS AND THEIR
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. NOTHING NEW FOR CERTAIN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SHARING THEIR
THOUGHTS ON THIS SPECIFIC
INSTANCE AT THE RALLY ON THE
FACEBOOK PAGE.
FACEBOOK PAGE. THERE WERE PEOPLE ONLINE
DEFENDING SENATOR PRODUCE
SAYING HE SIMPLY MISPRONOUNCED
SENATOR HARRIS' NAME.
THEY DID NOT THINK IT
INTENTIONAL, OTHER PEOPLE THEY
THEY HAVE DONE IT AS WELL.
SENATOR PRODUCE TEAM SAYS
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
HERE'S THE BIG POINT OF
PUSHBACK IN THE NATIONAL
CONVERSATION AND WHAT WE ARE
SEEING ONLINE.
SEEING ONLINE. PEOPLE SAYING THEY
MISPRONUNCIATION IS ONE
YOU CORRECT IT,
APOLOGETICALLY, BUT THEY POINT
OUT HE TOOK IT FURTHER AND
PLAYED TO THE CROWD AND ADDED
THE WHATEVER.
THE WHATEVER. THIS IS SOMEONE, SENATOR
PRETTY WORKED ON A SMALL
COMMITTEE WITH FOR SOME TIME,
AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE
SENATE FOR MORE THAN THREE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DID POINT
OUT THAT EXACT POINT.
THIS
THIS
THIS LET'S JUMP INTO THE COMMENTS.
NANCY SAYS THAT'S RUDE.
NO MATTER YOUR AFFILIATION,
IT'S JUST RUDE.
JAMIE SAYS WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN
POLITICIANS PRETENDED TO BE
RESPECTFUL OF THEIR OPPONENTS?
TRUMP'S ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES
TACTICS, IT'S OKAY TO SAY
HATEFUL THINGS.
HATEFUL THINGS. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO BE BETTER.
AND I THINK IT WAS THE
WHATEVER, AND IT WAS DOING IT
WRONG THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.
AS IF TO SAY, IT'S ONE OF
THOSE.
THOSE.
THOSE. AND IT WAS NEITHER OF THOSE.
THE FACT THAT SHE HAS GONE TO
GREAT LENGTHS TO EDUCATE
PEOPLE ON HOW TO SAY IT
PROPERLY, AND I DO THINK I
WORKED WITH YOU EVERY DAY,
THERE'S NO WAY IF WE EVEN
WORKED ON A SMALL COMMITTEE
TOGETHER FOR THREE YEARS THAT
I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO
PROPERLY PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
>> IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE
HOW MUCH THIS HAS RESONATED
WITH PEOPLE HAVING THEIR
EXPERIENCES WITH SOME
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE, THE
CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN ALL
WEEKEND LONG.
WEEKEND LONG. IT LED TO A HASHTAG TO BE
SHARED ALL OVER THE WORLD
CALLED #MYNAMEIS.
CALLED #MYNAMEIS. PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS ARE SHARING THEIR
NAMES AND THE MEANING BEHIND
THEM, AS A CELEBRATION OF
THEIR CULTURES.
THEIR CULTURES. BERNICE KING IS ONE OF THE
MANY WHO JOINED IN.
SHE TWEETED HER NAME MEANS
BRINGER OF VICTORY AND A LOT
OF THIS CONVERSATION IS SAYING
WHEN YOU CALL SOMEONE BY NAME,
IF YOU MEET SOMEONE AND SEE
THEM AGAIN, AND THEY CALL YOU
BY NAME, YOU FEEL LIKE THEY
REMEMBER TO ME.
I'M IMPORTANT.
I'M IMPORTANT. THERE'S VALUE.
THERE'S VALUE. SAYING SOMEONE'S NAME AND
SAYING IT CORRECTLY MEANS
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> SPELLING AISHA WITH AN A,
THIS ONE REALLY HIT HOME.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK
THROUGH THE HASHTAG.
>> IT'S A GOOD ONE.
>>> WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THIS