Brit Bennett's 'The Vanishing Half' explores racial passing
Brit Bennett’s ‘The Vanishing Half’ explores racial passing Brit Bennett (Photo credit: Emma Trimm) In June 2015, the world discovered Rachel Dolezal, a White woman who pretended to be a Black activist for years. Dolezal’s extended performance as a Black woman is a clear instance of racial “passing.” Racial passing is generally defined as an instance in which a person from one racial group is accepted into another group, usually through deceitful means. Brit Bennett’s bestselling novel, The Vanishing Half, expertly explores the idea of passing. The novel records the dec...
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