This personal history published by the memoir writer Beth Nguyen discusses the painful experiences she experienced as a child and as an adult with her birth name. Nyugen writes: “I can’t write about my name without writing about racism, and I can’t write about racism without writing about violence.”
This skilled memoir writer describes her personal and painful reasons for changing her name.
“American Ruined My Name for Me: So I Chose a New One”
The pdf of the same article is here. Be sure to scroll down to read through to the end:
America Ruined My Name for Me | The New Yorker
