I hate it that news stations believe, most likely because of some ridiculous market testing, that they have to cast a token androgynous mega-multicultural newsgirl. You know exactly what I am talking about. The girl that is uber tan, a brunet, has high cheekbones, and has a ridiculous name.
For example, there is Ms. Aloha Taylor. First off, that name makes me want to tear my hair out. Sure she is beautiful and likely qualified for her position, but it is what she represents that irks me so. Why not keep your Hawaiian last name Ms. Taylor? It would have been fine with your husband and not uncommon in the business to keep your identity connected to your culture. Instead, you did what was likely to get you your position and take the ultra non-threatening, almost comforting, Caucasian last name necessary to work in the SD aria. There is so much more to be said about this practice and I will elaborate more later when there is more time. Meanwhile, let me know what you think.
I know that I rant a ton about names and you can blame it mostly on my job. I have had to do a lot of what the state department calls surname analysis, which is basically trying to determine what someone’s ethnicity is based on their name. It is a bogus practice, but I got to pay them bills somehow.
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Aloha Taylor's actual last name is Taylor. Her husband's (now ex) last name is Campbell. By the way, it is her first name that she has changed, it is Ku'ualoha.
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