Tabitha Brown

And then it came to like, oh,

When you come to LA, I used to have, my hair was already natural, but they were like, for your skin complexion, straighter hair, okay, certain size, sound neutral, used to be the word I would always be given.

No accent, be as neutral, no one should know where you're from.

And I believed that.

And so I created that Tabitha to get jobs.

Right.

The one thing that my mom and they named me Tabitha.

So my first job at Winn-Dixie, I never forget.

I put in the application, dropped it off and I got a call and they were like, oh, we want to bring you in for an interview.

I said, OK, great.

So I get there and the assistant manager, when I walked up, clearly thought I was white from my name and how I sounded on the phone.

Right.

So when she looked at me, I was like, I'm here for an interview.

She was like, did somebody call you for an interview?

I was like, yes, ma'am.

Said her name, and it was her.

She was like, I'll be right back.

Ended up getting a job because the actual store manager had came.

His name was David.

He was an older man who was great.