simple farmer

this is a common question am asked on a semi regular basis
i didn’t have a name change
i don’t have another name on my passport or birth certificate
nor am i trying to impersonate anyone
jacobs has been the name for over two centuries
if you know anything about the history of black people in the western hemisphere you wouldn’t ask that question since we did not choose our slave masters. all else follows
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i was confronted in tulsa oklahoma onceby a rather rabid jewish old woman once
so what’s your name?
mark jacobs
where did you get such a beautiful JEWISH name.

huh?
no what’s your real name?
ahhh mark jacobs
no! no! no! what was your name before you came to america.
ahhhhhhh….maaaaaark jaaaaaacobs.

it was here she glared at me and stormed away