"Poets Break Down Why They Won't Let You...

June 28 2016 , Written by Ola Fagbohun

"Poets Break Down Why They Won't Let You Mispronounce Their Names" https://t.co/shfNEYXN91
Ola Fagbohun (@DiverseTraveler)June 28, 2016

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Poets Break Down Why They Won't Let You Mispronounce Their Names

If you can't pronounce Yesika Salgado and Aman Batra's names correctly, don't bother saying their names at all. In a powerful spoken word performance posted by All Def Poetry on June 21, the poetic duo recounted what it was like for them growing up with names that were constantly being mangled and mispronounced by others.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2016/06/27/poets-break-down-why-they-wont-let-you-mispronounce-their-names_n_10707106.html

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