Racial misrepresentation
Racial misrepresentation can occur when someone deliberately misrepresents their racial or ethnic background. They may or may not pass as the assumed identity and such misrepresentation may or may not be fraudulent. It may occur for a variety of reasons, such as the desire to benefit from affirmative action programs that the person is not eligible for.[1][2][3][4]
Misrepresenting race can also occur when people follow (usually negative) racial stereotypes rather than seeing people as they actually are. In the United States doctors and medical students tend to favor white Americans over black Americans leading to disparities in health care.[5]
Notable cases
2020s
- H. G. Carrillo
- An unnamed American man emigrated to Israel on forged documents and pretended to be a rabbi in an Ultra-Orthodox community until evidence came to light that he was actually a Christian missionary.[6][7]
2000s
- Ward Churchill[4]
- Philip and Paul Malone[1]
- Margaret Seltzer
- Misha Defonseca
1900s
1800s
See also
References
- Yang, Tseming (2006). "Choice and Fraud in Racial Identification: The Dilemma of Policing Race in Affirmative Action, the Census, and a Color-Blind Society". Mich. J. Race & L. 11: 367.
- Brazil, Cleuci de Oliveira in Pelotas (8 June 2017). "'Race fraud': how a college quota scandal exposed Brazil's historic racial tensions". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- Weisskopf, Thomas E. (2004). Affirmative Action in the United States and India: A Comparative Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-99731-1.
- Higginbotham, F. Michael (2010). Race Law: Cases, Commentary, and Questions. Carolina Academic Press. pp. 90–100. ISBN 978-1-59460-599-4.
- Amutah, Christina; Greenidge, Kaliya; Mante, Adjoa; Munyikwa, Michelle; Surya, Sanjna L.; Higginbotham, Eve; Jones, David S.; Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa; Roberts, Dorothy; Tsai, Jennifer; Aysola, Jaya (March 4, 2021). "Misrepresenting Race — The Role of Medical Schools in Propagating Physician Bias". New England Journal of Medicine. 384 (9): 872–878. doi:10.1056/NEJMms2025768 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- "Shock in Jerusalem community as 'rabbi' outed as undercover Christian missionary". www.timesofisrael.com. April 26, 2021.
- "Jerusalem rabbi accused of being undercover Christian missionary". The Guardian. April 27, 2021.
- Ramírez de Arellano, Susanne (January 1, 2021). "Hilaria Baldwin proved which Hispanic stereotypes white people are cool with". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- Meredith, America (2017-08-15). "Issues & Commentary: Ethnic Fraud and Art". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- Sheila Regan, “Jimmie Durham Retrospective Reignites Debate Over His Claim of Native Ancestry,” Hyperallergic, June 28, 2017, hyperallergic.com.
- "Faking It: Why do writers pretend to be Indians?". Indianz. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
External links
- Peyton Wilson (September 3, 2020). "Tenured African History Professor Jessica Krug Admits to Blackfishing as Afro-Latina". The Black Ace Magazine (a George Washington University student-run publication).
- Spencer Irvine (September 8, 2020). "George Washington University professor admits she lied about ethnicity". Accuracy in Academia.
- Colleen Flaherty (September 22, 2015). "Preventing Ethnic Fraud: Should anyone police whether professors have the racial or ethnic background they claim? Native American studies group calls for more accountability in the wake of several disputes" (op-ed). Inside Higher Education.
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