Can a Black-Sounding Name Hurt Your Career Prospects?

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I too am not surprised by this. It's been going on for quite a while.
My name is very ethnic...not ghetto, mind you...just ethnic. I no longer relax my hair. If I were planning to work in mainstream or corporate America, I realize I might have trouble getting a job. It's a shame people like me have to work so much harder to find work without having to conform. Then again, some companies who are looking for diversity will call people back based on names. The corporate world is just not me and I know I'd go against the grain. Thankfully, I won't have that problem because I plan on being a teacher and later a professor in an African-American studies department so I doubt name discrimination will be a problem for me.