Jasper? That is a white name.
Jasper Little, Chesapeake, VA. A lot of people are also very surprised the way I sound, they say I sound white.
I look white…privileged and disrespected
Natalie Eashoo, Grand Blanc, MI At first glance, I look white. I am Middle Eastern and European. Looking white and having a “white name” has...
You’re foreign. Not American. No way.
Franke Santos, Los Angeles, CA. Despite being born in the U.S., speaking only English, and being given a white-sounding name, I am routinely asked “where...
I hide in my Anglo-Franco name.
Eleanor Williams Maplewood, NJ My name is white, my skin is dark. Torn between my minority & majority roots I don’t know who I am.
My name is Jamaal; I’m white.
Jamaal Allan, USA. Listen to Jamaal’s story on NPR’s Morning Edition What’s in a Name? The Poetry Question-Discovering the Relevance of Words As a...
Jasper? That is a white name.
Jasper Little, Chesapeake, VA. A lot of people are also very surprised the way I sound, they say I sound white.
Dwayne Fries; the other white Dwayne.
Dwayne Lee Fries, Columbus, OH. My name is Dwayne, and I’m white. Hi Dwayne! I was unwittingly named Dwayne. Two weeks before my taking over...
I’m Pavla Pletkova. And I’m black.
Pavla Pletkova, VA. Looking at my picture you could never tell. Listening to me speak you could never tell. What I’ve been told is I...
Nickname Joe real name is Jose
Jose, Sanger, CA. My name is Jose im 17 years old as a child growing up in school I was called by Joe by my...
NPR’s Morning Edition features: ‘My Name Is Jamaal … I’m White’
Jamaal Allan, USA. Listen to Jamaal’s story on NPR’s Morning Edition What’s in a Name? The Poetry Question-Discovering the Relevance of Words As a white male,...
My name sounds black, I’m not.
Lynea Ramse, Nashville, TN. My name is pronounced La-nee-a. I have been grouped with black girls all my life in settings where people haven’t met...
“M’ pa rele blanc,” I replied.
Emily S., Baltimore, MD. A phrase in Haitian Kreyol which means, literally, “I’m not called ‘White'” or “My name is not ‘White”. It was a...
