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Dear leftist in San Francisco, you have a good option. Saikat Chakrabarti. Don't let the nation down. If the people that made Trump, Gulliani, Bloomberg, & Cuomo can deliver, so can you.
But but but tv talking head man said name with more than 3 syllable is scarey jihad?????
You gotta admit it's problematic. I'm white as can be, and so is my first and last name, totally black middle name. Think John Tyrone Jones. Did not get a single reply on my resume for 2-months until I removed my middle name. 3 interviews, 2 offers and a job within 2 weeks. (This was 10 years ago.)
To this day I'm surprised Barack Hussein Obama made it all the way to the top. Times have changed drastically, but not that much.
LOL, at least I can pronounce her name. Some Indian names utterly kick my ass. Still, easier than Eastern European names. "I have no idea what those letters represent." At least I can sound out Indian names. :)
The romanized versions of Indian names rely on more recent standardized transliteration rules.
Eastern European names keep legacy orthographies that are tied to centuries‑old literary traditions, records, and national identities.
I struggle with many Polish names especially.
Is it normal to put one's middle name on their resume? That is not someone that has ever occurred to me to do
It can be if you have a very very common name. Think John Smith, the chance of multiple Smiths getting confused for one another is very high. So a middle name or at least initial can help there.
Not gonna lie, I also had to look his name up. I've known about him for almost a decade, and I didn't know how to spell his name. I too believe that it's a racism card that has to be broken, but if a Muslim socialist who's called a communist can do it, I think he might be able to as well. I even think he's a better option than Mamdani.
He certainly has more political experience than Mamdani having been AOC's chief of staff.
As a San Franciscan, I am telling everyone about saikat and how he is the best choice. But I think there are Democrats here that care more about low taxes and niche identity politics, like getting trans kids in sports, more than getting those same kids access to health care, housing, and food. SF is not an easy place for an economic leftist to get elected.
It sounds like Saikat Chakrabarti would be wise to come out in support of trans rights, if he hasn't already.
This exact thing needs to be repeated everywhere. Well said.