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Why is the narrator upset that dee has changed her name to wangero?

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Dee is actually her real name. "Wangero" is merely a cheap attempt at cultural appropriation. To Mama, a white person might as well call himself or herself "Wangaroo". Mama has no connection with Dee’s newly found African roots. Mama does have a real family connection to the name Dee.