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By Kesewaa Browne
Yewande Biala, from Love Island 2019, says having her name mispronounced feels malicious .
When she appeared on the show, Yewande says Lucie Donlan asked if she could call her something different.
Lucie had trouble saying Yewande s name and says that asking to use an abbreviation was a term of endearment .
Yewande says she s had questions like this since she was in school. When someone doesn t take the time to learn the proper way to pronounce another person s name, or worse - intentionally mocks it for being too difficult to pronounce, writes Yewande for the Independent.
She adds that it is a monumental task to get people to realise the impact that micro-aggressions can have on others.