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Social Media Buzz: White Professor Reveals She Has Been Pretending To Be Black

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An associate professor of history at George Washington University has admitted that she has pretended to be Black for her entire career. She is actually white.

The revelation in a post by Jessica Krug, published on the website Medium, has spurred all sorts of reactions on social media.

Here & Now's Tonya Mosley speaks with Femi Oke, host of "The Stream" on Al Jazeera English, for our weekly social media roundup.

This segment aired on September 4, 2020.

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