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The civil rights leader pretending to be black just resigned
The civil rights leader pretending to be black just resigned
Natasha BertrandJun 15, 2015, 21:33 IST
Rachel Dolezal, the head of a local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter in Spokane, Washington has resigned from her position following controversial reports that she was pretending to be black.
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Dolezal announced her resignation in a lengthy Facebook post, writing that her decision to step down had been influenced by the "unexpected shift" in dialogue to her "personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity."
