"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

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

I manage to confuse people with Smith. Some people can't handle the idea of a Jew being named Smith. I often then get "oh, well at least you are really Jewish" (because my Mom is Jewish, though my Dad isn't). I then want to punch them in the nose.

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention, I'd want to punch (kick really) something much more sensitive for a quote like the one in your post.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Heh.

My name is "Ian Osmond." My sister's name is "Leila Angelou." In my sister's Hebrew school class, one of her friends was named "Leigh O'Sullivan."

Growing up, I never understood the concept of "Jewish name."

[rebmommy.livejournal.com]

And mine is totally Greek - how did that happen?