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‘I forget she's white’: Rachel Dolezal's dramatic new look slammed by critics who say she’s still 'committed to blackfishing'
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I like her and I think she gets treated unfairly. Shouldn't people be able to identify as whatever they want, and I don't think it's fair she catches so much grief for it.

Why is it ok for one claim, and not the other? If Lemmy calls her a "race faker" then aren't there people who are "gender fakers?" (I don't agree with either take, by the way)

She once told Vanity Fair, “If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that’s more due to their definition and construct of race in their own minds than it is to my integrity or honesty, because I wouldn’t say I’m African American, but I would say I’m Black, and there’s a difference in those terms.”

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