Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are

Journalist and author Brooke Kroeger interviewed people who "pass" for something that they are not, usually in the face of some kind of social injustice. Her subjects include a white teacher in the South who passed for black, a gay seminarian, and a lesbian in the Navy. Kroeger probes their motivations for deception and examines the nature of how people define themselves in American society versus how society defines them. Brooke Kroeger joins guest Host Patt Morrison to discuss her new book Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are (Public Affairs).

Journalist and author Brooke Kroeger interviewed people who "pass" for something that they are not, usually in the face of some kind of social injustice. Her subjects include a white teacher in the South who passed for black, a gay seminarian, and a lesbian in the Navy. Kroeger probes their motivations for deception and examines the nature of how people define themselves in American society versus how society defines them. Brooke Kroeger joins guest Host Patt Morrison to discuss her new book Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are (Public Affairs).