| | [[Rachel Dolezal]] was the daughter of two white parents who also adopted black children, so she grew up identifying as black. She lived as a black women, received a Masters Degree from [[Howard University]] and was elected President of the Spokane Washington Chapter of the [[NAACP]]. Her family outed her birth race during a family dispute and she was removed as President. Dolezal was charged by the State of Washington with felony theft by welfare fraud and second degree perjury in May 2018. The matter was settled in a diversion agreement; Dolezal agreed to repay the welfare funds and to perform community service. | | [[Rachel Dolezal]] was the daughter of two white parents who also adopted black children, so she grew up identifying as black. She lived as a black women, received a Masters Degree from [[Howard University]] and was elected President of the Spokane Washington Chapter of the [[NAACP]]. Her family outed her birth race during a family dispute and she was removed as President. Dolezal was charged by the State of Washington with felony theft by welfare fraud and second degree perjury in May 2018. The matter was settled in a diversion agreement; Dolezal agreed to repay the welfare funds and to perform community service. |
| − | Jessica A. Krug is the daughter of two white Jewish parents who grew up in Kansas City. She later claimed "North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness."<ref>{{cite web|first=Jessica |last=Krug|work=Medium|url=https://medium.com/@jessakrug/the-truth-and-the-anti-black-violence-of-my-lies-9a9621401f85|title=The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies|date=September 3, 2020|accessdate=2020=09-09}}</ref> She serves as a History Professor at [[George Washington University]] where she describes her role as "a historian of politics, ideas, and cultural practices in Africa and the African Diaspora, with a particular interest in West Central Africa and maroon societies in the early modern period and Black transnational cultural studies."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.columbian.gwu.edu/jessica-krug|title=Jessica Krug|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref> The GWU Provost announced that following her confession, Krug will not be teaching classes in the Fall 2020 semester. | + | Jessica A. Krug is the daughter of two white Jewish parents who grew up in Kansas City. She later claimed "North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness."<ref>{{cite web|first=Jessica |last=Krug|work=Medium|url=https://medium.com/@jessakrug/the-truth-and-the-anti-black-violence-of-my-lies-9a9621401f85|title=The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies|date=September 3, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref> She serves as a History Professor at [[George Washington University]] where she describes her role as "a historian of politics, ideas, and cultural practices in Africa and the African Diaspora, with a particular interest in West Central Africa and maroon societies in the early modern period and Black transnational cultural studies."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.columbian.gwu.edu/jessica-krug|title=Jessica Krug|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref> The GWU Provost announced that following her confession, Krug will not be teaching classes in the Fall 2020 semester. |
| | Critical race theory is used to advocate for [[reparations]] for the past suffering by African-Americans. If a broad-based reparations plan is adopted that provides financial compensation to those who self-identify as black, the tension between the [[woke]] viewpoint that accepts self-identification of gender and race as well as compensation for past wrongs suffered by identity groups will become significant. | | Critical race theory is used to advocate for [[reparations]] for the past suffering by African-Americans. If a broad-based reparations plan is adopted that provides financial compensation to those who self-identify as black, the tension between the [[woke]] viewpoint that accepts self-identification of gender and race as well as compensation for past wrongs suffered by identity groups will become significant. |