"On Having a Black Name"

[browngirl]

From hitchhiker:

On having a black name by Daisy of Daisy's Dead Air.



An example of what people said to her when she used to work customer service and she gave her name:

"Are you black? Give me someone white. I want someone who can find their ass with both hands, no offense."

Comments

[awfief.livejournal.com]

oyeah. Tony and I talk about having a Jewish son named "manny cabral".

[awfief.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I remember clearly when people realized "awfief" was a FEMALE name on usenet. The newsgroup I was on suddenly stopped respecting me and started patronizing me.