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racechange: passing
Agathe Cléry
Slow Burn
I Passed for White
Shadows
Imitation of Life
Kings go Forth
Band of Angels
Lost Boundaries
Racechange: passing
Passing refers to a person classified by society as a member of one racial group choosing to identify with a different group, usually by appearance. The term was used especially in the US to describe a person of mixed-race heritage attempting to assimilate to white society.
Most of the examples here will be white actresses playing mixed-race characters passing as white. But there are also some white characters trying to pass for black.