Charleston, Dolezal, and 'The Possessive Investment in Whiteness'

“... why are Dolezal’s parents invested in exposing what they, and others, call her ‘lies’? The answer, to borrow from the title of George Lipsitz’s groundbreaking book, is their ‘possessive investment in whiteness.’”

Cherise Smith’s editorial on the performances and politics of identity for New Black Man (in Exile) (2015).