> That belief is partly why many Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants who came to America in the early 20th century whitened their children's names to avoid persecution and increase their chances of social mobility.
> Tim Machuga is a software engineer who also knows what it's like to be black for a minute. He is a white man with an African name.
A typical Eastern European last name to me.
I wonder what does my first name (Oleksii) sound like to folks in the US?
> That belief is partly why many Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants who came to America in the early 20th century whitened their children's names to avoid persecution and increase their chances of social mobility.
> Tim Machuga is a software engineer who also knows what it's like to be black for a minute. He is a white man with an African name.
A typical Eastern European last name to me.
I wonder what does my first name (Oleksii) sound like to folks in the US?