I wish Americans understood that race is a social construct, even if we don't want it to be. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
What I believe about race is that race is not real. It's not a biological reality. It's a hierarchical system that was… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
Race is such a contentious issue because of the painful history of racism. Race didn't create racism, but racism created race. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
You can't just say in one sentence what is blackness or what is black culture or what makes you who you are. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I think there's definitely a stereotype of white privilege, and that stereotype gets expanded to mean rich, not oppressed, not suffering, et… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
In order to really move toward what people really think of as some sort of Utopian post-racial society or somehow to really… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I think that, in America, even though race is a social construct, I mean, we say this in theory, but I think… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that's more due to their definition… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I think some people feel that if you question the reality of race, you're questioning racism; you're saying racism isn't real. Racism… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I think that it is too common for white feminists to say, 'We want some diversity. Come join our movement about gender,… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I definitely feel like, in America, even though race is a social construct... there's still a line drawn in the sand; there… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I'm this generic, ambiguous scapegoat for white people to call me a race traitor and take out their hostility on. And I'm… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
Everybody's life matters. But that's why we have to say black lives matter, because the highest disproportionality, police brutality, disenfranchisement, education disproportionality… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
The system of racial classification is fiction, and we need to thoughtfully evaluate whether perpetuating it rigidly or allowing fluidity across the… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
My husband didn't want me to wear any black hairstyles. Nicole Kidman was his standard of beauty. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
You can't just say in one sentence what is blackness or what is black culture or what makes you who you are. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
I did work and bought all my own clothes and shoes since I was 9 years old. That's not a typical American childhood life. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
It's a painful thing to talk about my childhood. I kind of don't talk about it much. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
Race is such a contentious issue because of the painful history of racism. Race didn't create racism, but racism created race. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
Everybody's life matters. But that's why we have to say black lives matter, because the highest disproportionality, police brutality, disenfranchisement, education disproportionality in school… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
I definitely feel like, in America, even though race is a social construct... there's still a line drawn in the sand; there still are… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
The system of racial classification is fiction, and we need to thoughtfully evaluate whether perpetuating it rigidly or allowing fluidity across the spectrum best… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
Overall, my life has been one of survival, and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
As long as I can remember, I saw myself as black. I was socially conditioned to discard that. It was an all-white town. I… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share
