What does it mean to pass? And what gets left behind when you do? In this thread, I’m putting Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half, Nina Simone’s “Four Women,” and Doechii’s “Black Girl Memoir” in conversation to explore how Black women survive, shapeshift, and resist.
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So, let’s speak about passing. This is something that has been around for a long time, mostly with Black folks passing as “white” top escape racism and access opportunities. But Dr. Darity flips the script by talking about white people passing into Blackness– which, honestly, still blows my mind.