Jessica Krug

[Anonymous]

So, this is loco. And local—GWU.

https://medium.com/@jessakrug/the-truth-and-the-anti-black-violence-of-my-lies-9a9621401f85

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/03/jessica-krug-white-professor-pretended-black

https://mobile.twitter.com/yarimarbonilla/status/1301610204304494594
https://mobile.twitter.com/DrYoFiggy/status/1301602923026284551

My concern is that her piece reads like a suicide note. Does anybody know if she’s okay?

[Anonymous]

I thought so too.

[Anonymous]

If you scroll down after reading the story there’s a suggested article/obituary of a writer who taught at GWU who was black who invented a whole Latino backstory that even his partner didn’t know. Why do people do this?

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how these people escape scrutiny for so long... years! I'm half Asian (don't really look it, but have the ethnic name, childhood photos, and 23andMe DNA test to prove it). And when I order take out at an ethnic restaurant of my heritage, I get side eyed and questioned.

[Anonymous]

She doesn’t look black at all. She doesn’t even look mixed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you scroll down after reading the story there’s a suggested article/obituary of a writer who taught at GWU who was black who invented a whole Latino backstory that even his partner didn’t know. Why do people do this?

Mental illness.

Krug admits it herself:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/09/03/white-gwu-professor-admits-she-falsely-claimed-black-identity/%3foutputType=amp

I think she came clean for more drama and attention.

It’s like “the woman who wasn’t there” and pretending to be a 9/11 survivor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t look black at all. She doesn’t even look mixed.

Don’t be ridiculous. Vanessa Williams has stunning blue eyes with very pale skin. You can be black and “look white” as it were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t look black at all. She doesn’t even look mixed.

Don’t be ridiculous. Vanessa Williams has stunning blue eyes with very pale skin. You can be black and “look white” as it were.

It's not just about eye/skin/hair coloring though - it's facial features and bone structure. Vanessa Williams absolutely looks like she has Black ancestry. Krug definitely does not look Black. She looks like a white girl who died her hair black with a bad home box kit, to rebel against her parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t look black at all. She doesn’t even look mixed.

Don’t be ridiculous. Vanessa Williams has stunning blue eyes with very pale skin. You can be black and “look white” as it were.

She looks nothing like Vanessa Williams or Rashida Jones.

This lady just looks white. No clue why anyone would think she’s black.

[Anonymous]

Whoa. And she has tenure! This should be interesting.

[Anonymous]

I work at VS + just learned about this. It is like the story of the white woman who pretended to be black who worked at the N.A.A.C.P. S few years back + was outed.

I think the G.W. Professor looks like she could be part black

[Anonymous]

Ugh anti-virus I work @ G.W. In p.p.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t look black at all. She doesn’t even look mixed.

Don’t be ridiculous. Vanessa Williams has stunning blue eyes with very pale skin. You can be black and “look white” as it were.

She looks nothing like Vanessa Williams or Rashida Jones.

This lady just looks white. No clue why anyone would think she’s black.

It’s not about what you look like. Does this guy look black to you?

Both his parents are mixed raced African Americans. He’s black.

[Anonymous]

Wow. Big oof.

Academia needs to be cleaned up so much in general. In the STEM fields, you have rampant sexual harassment and discrimination. In the humanities, you have ... this. And the guy who made up sexual harassment claims against a lesbian coworker to try to derail her career and advance his own.

[Anonymous]

What a psychopath. But what can you do. I think it’s pretty interesting she pulled the wool over so many people’s eyes. She didn’t break any laws as I don’t think pretending to be a race is against the law.