Passing (racial identity) - Wikipedia

Passing (racial identity) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 20th-century writer and critic Anatole Broyard was a Louisiana Creole who chose to pass for white in his adult life in New York City and Connecticut, in part because he wanted to create an independent writing life. He married an American woman of European descent. His wife and many of his friends knew he was partly black. His daughter Bliss Broyard did not find out until after her father's death. In 2007 she published a memoir that traced her exploration of her father's life and family mysteries entitled One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life - A Story of Race and Family Secrets.


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