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Prof Kumar was rude and dismissive to Prof Spivak who was being true to Du Bois who “has both written and spoken about the language politics around his name, publicly insisting on the correct pronunciation of his name.”
When Prof Spivak had corrected the questioner before Kumar for mispronunciation, as well as Kumar, why did Kumar persist in mispronouncing?
Prof Kumar was rude and dismissive to Prof Spivak who was being true to Du Bois who “has both written and spoken about the language politics around his name, publicly insisting on the correct pronunciation of his name.”
When Prof Spivak had corrected the questioner before Kumar for mispronunciation, as well as Kumar, why did Kumar persist in mispronouncing?