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 was very unhappy. I felt like I was constantly self-sabotaging in order to conform to religion,… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
From a very young age, I felt a spiritual, visceral, instinctual connection with 'black is beautiful.' Just the black experience and wanting to celebrate that. And I didn't know how to articulate that as a young child. — 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
