Passing Identities

Moncrieff · Jun 28, 2022 · 11m

The term “passing” was first used in 19th-century America to refer to light-skinned slaves who fled to freedom by claiming a white identity, but the phenomenon both pre- and postdates its naming. Lipika Pelham, joined Sean to explain how she looks at this history in her new book “Passing: An Alternative History of Identity.”