African-American history

‘Black’ Professor Admits She Is Actually White In Self-Published Essay

A professor in America has confessed to pretending to be Black. Jessica A Krug — whose areas of expertise include “African American history” and “imperialism and colonialism” — came clean in a self-published essay titled “The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies” on Medium published Thursday. In the confessional piece, Krug said that she has deceived friends and colleagues by falsely claiming several identities like “North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness” for “the better part of my adult life.”
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‘Black’ Professor Admits She Is Actually White In Self-Published Essay

"You should absolutely cancel me, and I absolutely cancel myself," Jessica Krug of The George Washington University wrote on Medium.
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‘Black History Is Just As Important For White Children’

‘Black Voices HuffPost UK’ is a conversation about race, society and change in contemporary Britain and beyond. In this episode, host Yinka Bokinni, singer/songwriter Jamelia, CBBC presenter Rhys Stephenson and Lavinya Stennett from The Black Curriculum discuss including more Black history in UK education.
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Museum Ignores Its Own Poll And Keeps Slave Trader Statue

The Museum of the Home had asked if it should take down the statue of Sir Robert Geffrye.
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Anti-Racism Campaigners Told School Curriculum Is 'Already Incredibly Diverse'

The government's response to calls for the mandatory teaching of colonial and Black British history in schools has been labelled "incredibly disheartening".
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'Black British History Is Barely Covered': How The Curriculum Could Be Decolonised

The people campaigning for urgent changes to the education system explain how they want to see the system transformed.
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Black Is The New Black: An Exhibition Celebrating British Heroes

Naomi Campbell, Les Ferdinand and Sir Trevor McDonald celebrated in London exhibition
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What Does Black History Month Mean In The Wake Of The Windrush Scandal?

Some campaigners say the Windrush scandal has undermined cultural heritage celebrations.
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