It's great her parents are so accepting of who she truly is. I wish everyone could do the same.

I wonder if some of her classmates from Howard will come forward.

This will start a Revolu$hun.

This is a MESS. They wana be black so bad

If gender and race are social constructs, how come we can embrace transgender people but we make transracial into a taboo?

I wish every parent was as supportive as her

because can black kids suddenly say they identify as white when theyre getting pushed around by cops? its such an idiotic concept and basically appropriation on steroids.

Ding ding ding!
If Caitlyn Jenner, a privileged white male from Calabasas, can sashay in and out of leotards/heels at will and have the world clap for him like a baby,
Why can't we allow this sad white woman be the fierce, sassy black woman she's always wanted to be?

This is not about how people react to them, it's about how they feel on the inside.

I'm glad that Transracial people around the world have a new role model. Now all she needs to do is come out officially with her Glamorous Ebony Magazine Cover and spread.

You sound really ignorant. Please go do some reading.

I have no problem with this woman wanting to be part of the black community, especially since she cares enough about us that she would purposefully make her life harder just so that she can identify with our struggle. But the people trying to make "transracial" happen... just stop.

Basically this. And besides, Rachel is not "transracial" anyway. She dunked herself in orange bronzer and threw on a curly wig and called it a day. She's still white. If that's "transracial" then I should be able to go dunk myself in some peach colored paint, stick some blue contacts in and walk around white neighborhoods in a hoodie with ppl none the wiser.

But that isn't fair! Not all Transwomen can pass as women, does that mean that we should refuse their right to identify as women just because they aren't believable?

trans women arent always privileged and white? the vast majority of trans women are non white and live in poverty, in fact 1 in 8 black trans women are murdered in the US?

its not about allowing her to be black, she's free to do what she pleases. but the fact that she's using the black struggle to further herself and her career and write articles about a troubled childhood she didnt live is absurd and offensive.

'fierce, sassy black woman' is also an offensive stereotype

Very interesting

who knew NAACP was run by new blacks

Rachel Dolezal Started Disguising Herself As Black After Family Adopted Black Children - See more at: http://hosbeg.com/rachel-dolezal-sta....L3Zljnfg.dpuf

you can feel a skin colour? gender roles are social constructs but the melanin pigment in your skin and tightly coiled hair is 100% genetic