Finding Jessica

You’ve probably heard the Jessica Krug story by now. For years, the George Washington University history professor described herself as an “Afro-Puerto Rican” from the Bronx, even regularly mining her “lived experience” as an oppressed minority for her academic writings.

In reality, Krug was a Jewish lady from suburban Kansas City. Her ruse fell apart last week after a few actual Afro Latina professors—evidently possessing Nazi-level jewdar—confronted Krug and threatened to expose her true demographic identity. Krug decided to preempt her exposure by confessing her racial appropriation in a blog post, resigning her tenured professorship, and disappearing from public view.

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Tal Bachman

Tal Bachman

Bachman Beat @ SteynOnline.com

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