Passing: The act of a person classified as a member of one racial group being accepted as a member of a different racial group, particularly of a person of mixed-race heritage being accepted as white.
Harlem Renaissance: A cultural, social, and artistic movement that took place in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s, where African American writers, artists, musicians, and thinkers sought to redefine the black experience in America.
Internalized Racism: The personal conscious or subconscious acceptance of the dominant society's racist views, stereotypes and biases of one's ethnic group.