White v. White?

A city council candidate says he's black. But his opponent accuses him of being a white man pretending to be black. If race is simply a social construct and not a biological reality, how do we determine someone's race? And who gets to decide? We tell the story of a man whose racial identity was fiercely contested... and the consequences this had on an entire city. | To learn more about this episode, <a href="http://npr.org/newsletter/invisibilia?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=invisibilia">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. Click <a href="https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/podcastsponsors/invisibilia/">here to learn more about NPR sponsors</a>.<br/><br/>Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>