You are so right. I’m English and have argued rather passionately in an attempt to correct (white) family members only recently over this exact attitude. They frequently take the stance that an African or Asian name is “too difficult” to say properly and don’t want to even take the time to learn a pronunciation or attempt to say it at all. This absolutely infuriates me — particularly as they don’t also take this stance when it comes to (for example) Scandinavian, Eastern European or even Irish names, which are frequently just as ‘complicated’ in spelling and pronunciation. The difference, I’m ashamed to say, is that (more often than not), the people the names in this grouping belong to are white skinned. I can’t abide this behaviour and won’t let it slide by unchallenged. Unfortunately white colonial attitudes are still alive and well in Britain, embedded deeply in every day speech and attitudes and not even recognised for what they are by most people.