Caryn Elaine Johnson changed her name to Goldberg thinking that if she had a Jewish name she could get ahead, seems to have worked out well for her.
I know I’ve posted this before, but it’s one of my favorite stories:
Back when newspapers were still alive, I wrote a letter to the editor of the Memphis paper, answering a current situation with a very conservative, Christian perspective. I ended my letter with something like this:
“Take a look at the name at the end of this letter. The first name is Hebrew, and the last name is popular among both black people and white people. If you think you know the color of my skin by the content of my letter, YOU are part of the problem.”
The editorial page blew up for a week with angry answers - not to my letter, just the part I showed you above. I was laughing for days.