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
Have I had experiences by other people identifying me as black and behaving towards me as black? Yes. Just for as long… — 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
People didn't seem able to consider that maybe both were true. OK, I was born to white parents, but maybe I had… — 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
Hopefully, even if I am judged or there's confusion, anger, about how I identify, I hope that people can understand that family… — 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 Image
Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does. — 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 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 Image
It's a painful thing to talk about my childhood. I kind of don't talk about it much. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
