[Rashputin]

The author has obviously never been good enough pals with black folks to hear them damn near come to blows over dark vs. light Kneeegrows.

[Wonder Warthog]

"The author has obviously never been good enough pals with black folks to hear them damn near come to blows over dark vs. light Kneeegrows."

The author "is" so-called "black". Also obviously an affirmative-action hire in an affirmative-action-created position.

[Soul of the South]

“The author has obviously never been good enough pals with black folks to hear them damn near come to blows over dark vs. light Kneeegrows.”

Looking at her profile photo at Harvard, it appears the author is an African American. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/diversity/rhea-boyd/