What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

A person tries to or is passing themselves of as a person of another race. Think Rachel Dolezal, Oli London or more recently Hilaria Baldwin

Any genre is acceptable. Fiction and non-fiction as well

The Vanishing Half has this as a main theme essentially

Dee wrote: "The Vanishing Half has this as a main theme essentially"

I forgot to add this thanks.

The Gilded Years
The Personal Librarian
The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire

Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft The relevant part is somewhere in Vol. 2, 3, or 4 - I don't recall more precisely

Quality
Passing
Lost Boundaries
Imitation of Life
Sweeter the Juice
The Human Stain

When I Was White: A Memoir by Sarah Valentine. This is non-fiction, but the writer wasn't trying to pass as white--she had grown up being told that she was white. It was only as she gets older that the truth comes out. Really interesting read.

If you wanted fiction, Oxherding Tale by Charles R. Johnson features a light-skinned African American protagonist who has pass for white in order to avoid being captured and returned to slavery.

Thank you guys so much

Son of Rosemary
Devil in a Blue Dress

Not exactly main characters- but the story in a story in The Only Black Girls in Town features a couple of Black characters passing as white. Also

**SPOILER**
The Sacrifice of Tamar involves a biracial (Black/white) baby who grows up to be raised as "white Jewish" and he and those around him don't realize the truth until his own dark-skinned child is born

Rosa wrote: "Son of Rosemary
Devil in a Blue Dress"

RabbitMilitia wrote: "Not exactly main characters- but the story in a story in The Only Black Girls in Town features a couple of Black characters passing as white. Also

**SPOILER**
[book:The Sacrifice o..."


Thank you

These books are good thank you guys so much, But I was hoping for less books with white passing people and more books with situations or people like Oli London who is White but had surgeries to in order to pass themselves off as Asian Or Hilaria Baldwin a white woman who faked a Spanish accent, misled people about her nationality and ethnic background.

These authors pretended to be black while identifying as white:
Black Like Me
Soul Sister: The Story of a White Woman Who Turned Herself Black and Went to Live and Work in Harlem and Mississippi

Emily wrote: "These authors pretended to be black while identifying as white:
Black Like Me
[book:Soul Sister: The Story of a White Woman Who Turned Herself Black and Went to Live and Work in Harlem..."

Ok. That's different. Thank you.

In Full Color

Rainbowheart wrote: "In Full Color"

She wrote a book?! Thank you for this.

Oli London has written a book!



It's not out yet, but reviewers are apparently anticipating a trainwreck, lol.

Rainbowheart wrote: "Oli London has written a book!



It's not out yet, but reviewers are apparently anticipating a trainwreck, lol."

Wow. Thank you so much. I find it very interesting that the two people who I reference book have written a book.

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