{"id":41393,"date":"2015-06-12T22:29:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=41393"},"modified":"2015-06-13T22:53:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T22:53:32","slug":"n-a-a-c-p-leader-rachel-dolezal-posed-as-black-parents-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=41393","title":{"rendered":"N.A.A.C.P. Leader Rachel Dolezal Posed as Black, Parents Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

N.A.A.C.P. Leader Rachel Dolezal Posed as Black, Parents Say<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2015-06-12<\/p>\n

Daniel Victor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The parents of a civil rights activist in Spokane, Wash.<\/a>, say their daughter has misrepresented herself as black for years, spurring a growing discussion on social media about race and identity.<\/p>\n

Rachel Dolezal<\/a>, 37, the president of the N.A.A.C.P.<\/a> chapter in Spokane and a part-time professor in the Africana Studies program at Eastern Washington University, has said on at least one application that she is black, as well as white and Native American.<\/p>\n

Members of civil rights organizations in the Spokane area say Ms. Dolezal has claimed that she is part African-American. Claims that she received hate mail in late February and March generated much local media coverage and more than a little skepticism.<\/p>\n