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Dolezal Still Struggles w/Identity

In this image released by NBC News, former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal appears on the
In this image released by NBC News, former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal appears on the "Today" show set on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in New York. (Anthony Quintano / NBC News via AP)

In an article for Vanity Fair, reporter Allison Samuels interviews infamous, former NAACP chapter leader Rachel Dolezal, who still is struggling with her identity as the money runs low:

It’s safe to say that Rachel Dolezal never thought much about the endgame. You can see it on her face in the local-TV news video—the one so potently viral it transformed her from regional curiosity to global punch line in the span of 48 hours in mid-June. It is precisely the look of a white woman who tanned for a darker hue, who showcased a constant rotation of elaborately designed African American hairstyles, and who otherwise lived her life as a black woman, being asked if she is indeed African American. It is the look of a cover blown. More here.

Question: Have you had second thoughts re: the struggle for personal identity that Rachel Dolezal is going through?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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