And it's not something people want to do. I was a supervisor in a call center and you dont understand the amount of complaints I took that were along the lines of I couldnt understand their name, they sounded like they were out of the country, they were foreign, etc
And our company was all US based. So it was people who's names were middle eastern or Mexican and they were calling themselves Joe or something.
I wouldn't call it racist but more of an effect of racism
Racism is the wrong word in this situation. Ethnocentric would be more appropriate.
Personally, I have a very hard time understanding Indian accents, to the point where I cant hold the conversation. I'm sure an American who spoke Indian might have a very bad accent in the reverse situation to the point where he could not be understood as well. It's not racism.
you believe American is an ethnicity? ---
Never let those intent on misunderstanding you be the narrator to YOUR story! Context? Context!? CONTEXT!!!