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Dolezal: ‘No proof that they’re my parents’

“I’m not necessarily saying that I can prove they’re not,” Dolezal said. “But I don’t know that I can actually prove they are. I mean, the birth certificate is issued a month and a half after I’m born. And certainly there were no medical witnesses to my birth.”

Earlier Tuesday, Dolezal, the former Spokane NAACP leader, said she had viewed herself as black since childhood and knows what it’s like to “live black,” despite critics’ allegations she is a poseur.

In back-to-back interviews with NBC’s “Today” show and MSNBC on Tuesday morning, Dolezal did not offer any apologies and said she was being attacked in a “viciously inhumane way,” even as she remained committed to fighting for human rights. More here.

True story: Once in a fit of preteen rage at being grounded from video games, one of my sons yelled the classic, “You’re not even my REAL MOM!”

Being the sort of super logical parent, I showed him his birth photos, including one of him naked and nursing, still bloody from birth. Without blinking an eye he said, “I bet you FAKED those photos.”
Hmm…seems like Dolezal has much in common with a 12-year-old boy.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog