“Does My Childs Name Erase My Identity?” by Jami Nakamura Lin
The article “Does My Childs Name Erase My Identity?” by Jami Nakamura Lin, is asking a question about if a name can bring honor to a culture. Lin, the author, is struggling with naming her child because her, “eyes are bluish-gray, her hair is light brown” which doesn’t show any Japanese-Taiwanese characteristics. Lin feels like her cultural identity is disappearing in the next generation she is creating. The author believes that names “cannot explain all of our experiences, but they can gesture toward the community.” I agree to this statement to a point. I think that names can show one side of your heratiage but they don’t nessicarliy display one’s personality traits. At the end of the article Lin then questions her initial question by asking “Should we change her name is the question, Can we control who she becomes?” All in all a name can’t define the kind of person you turn into and how you want to live your life.
