In class we watched Un/Learning my Name by Mohammad Hassan and you talked a little bit about your name with your colleagues.
WRITE: Â write a new post responding to this video. You can do it in whatever way you want! You can talk about how your name or your language makes you who you are, or gives people “permission” to treat you a certain way even though that’s so wrong!Â
You can also think through how a group has helped define you. As part of it, you can add images or links to videos… whatever you think will help us get to know you and your experiences better. You can even add a link to a video. Or record an audio file and link to it. Or draw something and upload the image. Whatever you want. Remember: we’re all about composing in the 21st century, so feel free to do what you think would be interesting for us to see/hear/learn about. The idea is to get you thinking about how those issues affect you. How they’ve helped shape who you are and who you’re becoming.
At least 200 words. Use category: Intro.
My name is Benjamin Sam. I am named after my grandfather, who died before I could meet him. Him being one of the only reasons my name is Benjamin, I did not really have any connection to my name. Sure i donât a little research on my name a few times as a kid but I know my name is in the bible and it’s from Hebrew but all that never really mattered to me for the long run, i mean when i first learn that my name mean son of the right hand i thought at the time it was really cool. But as time went on I started not to really care because the meaning of the name didnât fit me. It is not that I don’t like my name, if my name weren’t I would not have a clue of what my name would be. To be honest I grew to like my name even though some would say âoh your name doesnât fit your culture or your name is so whiteâ, I don’t really care. Maybe it’s just I got used to it but I feel like my name is a pretty good fit for me.