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AM I IN GIVING MY CAR A RACIST NAME? MY LITTLE FAMILY HAS A TRADITION CARS. WAS A TOYOTA YARIS AND THE FIRST FRIEND SAID WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE A TURTLE: NATURALLY, WE NAMED IT YURTLE. THREE YEARS A TOYOTA RAV4. CARRYING ON THE WE NAMED IT RAVI. IT WAS AN RAV AND IT WAS FUN AND THEN TWO YEAR I NEVER GAVE BUT TODAY WHILE PICKING UP MY CAMP, SHE ASKED, "MOM, RAVI?" ANOTHER MOM OVERHEARD WHO'S RAVI? I SAID "OUR CAR, BUT DIDN'T ELABORATE BECAUSE I WAS DAUGHTER'S THINGS. SCRUNCHED UP HER FACE AND SAID, "WELL, THAT'S A CHOICE." I LAUGHED AWKWARDLY LIKE, "YEAH, WEIRD FAMILY TRADITION CARS." SHE REPLIED, "NO, I MEANT CALLING AS A PRIVILEGED WHITE PERSON, TO TELL PEOPLE I WAS HONESTLY SO CAUGHT OFF PACKING AND LEFT. RATTING AROUND IN MY HEAD FOR MY HUSBAND, DAUGHTER, AND I ARE ALL WHITE. THE WHITE AS WELL. A SUBURB OF A LARGE CANADIAN THE AREA IS STILL MAJORITY WHITE, PLENTY OF FAMILIES BACKGROUNDS. I GENUINELY VALUE DIVERSE COMMUNITY TEACH MY DAUGHTER AND APPRECIATE PEOPLE FROM ALL CULTURES. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT RAVI IS SOUTH ASIAN NAME, BUT WHEN WE WE WERE HONESTLY A CUTE NICKNAME BASED ON RAV4. WE'VE BEEN CALLING THE CAR RAVI AND THIS IS ANYONE HAS EVER REACTED NEGATIVELY. GENUINELY DISRESPECTFUL, I ABSOLUTELY WANNA STOP USING IT. I'M JUST NOT STRANGER'S REACTION. I'D ESPECIALLY LOVE PEOPLE FROM CULTURES WHERE RAVI IS OR EVEN BETTER, FROM ANYONE ACTUALLY NAMED RAVI IN THE WRONG CAR?