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brush

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4. It's weird, I know that. Remember the phrase, "once you go black, you never go back"?

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:26 AM

Sep 2020

Ironically I think she'll find she can't go back even if she wants to because of her new found notoriety—this will be all over google searches/cyber space for forever.

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Second white woman academic passing for AA [View all] irisblue Sep 2020 OP

What the hell is going on? Is it about standing out more and thus more opportunity... brush Sep 2020 #1

It's the only thing I can think of... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #2

It's weird, I know that. Remember the phrase, "once you go black, you never go back"? brush Sep 2020 #4

Yup. 2naSalit Sep 2020 #5

Yes. That's what I think qwlauren35 Sep 2020 #13

Maybe they do this because they love the other culture and are alienated from their own. Beakybird Sep 2020 #3

People identify as other genders, they cant id as other races ? Fullduplexxx Sep 2020 #9

It's "look at me" behavior MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #6

You're right. That's what it comes down to...scammers and cheats. brush Sep 2020 #7

Their careers are over, I'm not understanding this behavior irisblue Sep 2020 #8

Instead of listening to friends tell me they felt hurt and betrayed, I kept trying to explain lunasun Sep 2020 #10

What next? Name change? Plastic surgery? I predict a new identity as an eskimo. Beakybird Sep 2020 #11

There are quite a few examples of changing one's identity (other than just a name) in CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #12