Racial Passing in the USA: Historian Allyson Hobbs by 7th Avenue Project published on 2015-07-10T00:25:43Z The recent case of Rachel Dolezal – the "black" activist outed as white – may have seemed novel, but she's part of a long tradition of "passing" in this country. How long has passing been going on? What's it tell us about racial categories and color lines? Why are we so fascinated with passing stories? I spoke with historian Allyson Hobbs about her book "A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life." Genre race
