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There is, however, another, altogether separate and more redeeming history of white people who have masqueraded as black for the purpose of experiencing racism first-hand – particularly journalists in the pre-civil rights era.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2015

This does rather suggest, don't you think, that the earliest arrivals on our world from the Outside postdate our fourteenth century, although I suppose earlier arrivals might have masqueraded as fruits or nuts ...

From Nature • Jan. 29, 2014

Black members of the Scouts have masqueraded as guerrillas in order to discover the political leanings of black villagers.

From Time Magazine Archive

That on more than one occasion, you, or your accomplice, Cat-Eye Mose, have masqueraded as the ghost?

From The Four Pools Mystery by Webster, Jean

Once beyond hearing they discussed the possibility that Mrs. Lear might have masqueraded as the Headless Horseman.

From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)