At the Guardian UK:
President of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, adds in interview with Sky News she did not ‘give two shits’ what her parents said about her ethnicity.
The civil rights activist in the middle of a tempest over her ethnicity has insisted she is black and denounced her parents for telling the media she is white.More.
Rachel Dolezal, an outspoken activist for African American culture and racial injustice in Washington state, struck a defiant tone on Friday and said the controversy reflected ignorance over race and ethnicity.
Asked in an interview with Sky News if she identified as African American, Dolezal said she did not like the term.
“I prefer black,” she said. “If I was asked I would say, yes, I would definitely consider myself to be black.”
Dolezal, the head of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), added she did not “give two shits” what her parents said.
She said she was not in touch with the couple because of an ongoing lawsuit and does not view them as her real parents.
The combative statements were likely to inflame an already combustible mix of race, lies and identity that quickly dominated the airwaves and social media.
The city of Spokane is investigating whether Dolezal, 37, misidentified her race on her application for the ombudsman commission, where she serves as chair.
The Eastern Washington University professor has been a prominent activist in the Pacific north-west for years, speaking at demonstrations and giving interviews, including about hate mail and nooses allegedly sent to her, claims which are now also under scrutiny.
Her black persona unraveled this week when Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, a couple named on her Montana birth certificate as her biological parents, told Spokane’s KREM 2 News that her ancestry was German and Czech, with traces of Native American...
Yeah, well, the radical left is unraveling right before our very eyes.
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