It's an odd one. It seems to me there are two issues here. One, she is identifying as black when she may not be, and two, she seems to be a fantasist. The second one is more straightforward, she's clearly made up a history to suit her and to try and reinforce the first one. I saw a program the other night about a guy called Christian Gerhardsreiter (I think) who is on trial for murder in America. He was a German immigrant who invented personas for himself, at one point claiming he was Clarke Rockefeller, of the Rockefeller family. A real life Tom Ripley.
The first issue is trickier. At first I dismissed it, saying she's clearly white, what a loon etc. But who decides she's too white to be black? At what point does someone become black? And if you switch it around, saying someone is too dark skinned to be white, you start sounding like a BNP member. I don't think this applies to her, but it's not as clear cut as I thought it was.
The first issue is trickier. At first I dismissed it, saying she's clearly white, what a loon etc. But who decides she's too white to be black? At what point does someone become black? And if you switch it around, saying someone is too dark skinned to be white, you start sounding like a BNP member. I don't think this applies to her, but it's not as clear cut as I thought it was.
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