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White Professor Resigns From GWU After Apparently Admitting She Pretended To Be Black
SEP 9, 5:09 PM
White Professor Resigns From GWU After Apparently Admitting She Pretended To Be Black
Nathan Diller https://twitter.com/nateclaydiller
Jessica A. Krug, a white history professor at George Washington University, resigned from her post following claims that she has spent nearly her entire adult life (and her professional career) pretending to be Black. Krug’s name was attributed to a viral Medium post last week that said she had been falsely claiming a Black identity, including “North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness.”
George Washington University provost and executive vice president of academic affairs M. Brian Blake and Paul Wahlbeck, dean of the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, announced Krug’s resignation in an email to the school community on Wednesday.
The email said her classes will be taught by other members of the faculty, and that students in her classes would “receive additional information this week.” Blake and Wahlbeck encouraged students impacted by the revelations in the post to take advantage of the school’s counseling and support services. GWU also shared the news on Twitter.
Neither Krug nor GWU have confirmed that the Medium post was in fact written by Krug, but the backlash—at the university and among those who knew her in activist circles—has been swift.
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White Professor Resigns From GWU After Apparently Admitting She Pretended To Be Black
Nathan Diller https://twitter.com/nateclaydiller
Jessica A. Krug, a white history professor at George Washington University, resigned from her post following claims that she has spent nearly her entire adult life (and her professional career) pretending to be Black. Krug’s name was attributed to a viral Medium post last week that said she had been falsely claiming a Black identity, including “North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness.”
George Washington University provost and executive vice president of academic affairs M. Brian Blake and Paul Wahlbeck, dean of the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, announced Krug’s resignation in an email to the school community on Wednesday.
The email said her classes will be taught by other members of the faculty, and that students in her classes would “receive additional information this week.” Blake and Wahlbeck encouraged students impacted by the revelations in the post to take advantage of the school’s counseling and support services. GWU also shared the news on Twitter.
Neither Krug nor GWU have confirmed that the Medium post was in fact written by Krug, but the backlash—at the university and among those who knew her in activist circles—has been swift.
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