Monday, 15 June 2015

Rachel Dolezal – Black or White?

Ever since she was a teen, Rachel Dolezal is said to have professed an affinity for black people. She has black siblings (her parents adopted four black kids), she chose a college where she could immerse herself in racial issues, and she married a black man and built a reputation as an advocate for civil rights.
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Rachel A. Dolezal a university instructor in African-American Studies at Eastern and the current president of her local National Association for the Advancement of colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in a rare twist has suddenly turned into a subject of national debate. As a University instructor in African-American studies, Mrs. Dolezal has claimed for years that her heritage is partly black, but her parents say that this is a not true.
This has caused quite a stir on social media websites, with a new hashtag  #RachelDolezal  being added to quite a number of twitter and instagram posts like the ones seen below:Embedded image permalink


Do you think that this situation is being blown out of proportion? I think that if she lied about being black, I would like to know the reasons why. 

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