ADKrug has taught history courses at GWU since 2012, including classes about the African diaspora and African history, according to the university’s website. Aria Sakona, a 21-year-old senior, said she’s taking Krug’s class on Latin American history this semester. She hopes the university will find another professor, preferably someone from the Latin American community, to teach the material. People who reacted on social media to Krug’s announcement compared her to Rachel Dolezal, a White civil rights activist and Howard University graduate who claimed to be Black. Hari Ziyad, a Black author, screenwriter and editor in chief of the online publication, RaceBaitr, posted a thread of tweets about Krug.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 03, 2020 18:05 UTC