Passing for White Passing for Black

by Adrian Piper

“self‐transformations figure the fears and fantasies that define the myth of American whiteness. Citing the unspoken ”one drop” rule of racialized identity—according to which a person with only ”one drop” of African blood running through his or her veins is considered black—Piper challenges the viewer of ”You are probably black. … What are you going to do?” - Publisher

28 pages, Staple Bound

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Adrian Margaret Smith Piper (born September 20, 1948) is a first-generation Conceptual artist and analytic philosopher who was born in New York City. Since 2005 she has lived and worked in Berlin, where she runs the APRA Foundation Berlin and edits The Berlin Journal of Philosophy.