Changed my name to hide from you

Yolanda Brantley,
Minneapolis, MN.

Growing up as a mixed race child in a predominantly white neighborhood in the ’60’s was scarring. I knew I could appear as only “Caucasian” but my name gave me away. So I changed it to hide from everyone.


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