Rachel Dolezal

I have a huge issue with blackface.

— Rachel Dolezal

My life is not a sound bite.

— Rachel Dolezal

I identify as black.

— Rachel Dolezal

I want to provide for my kids.

— Rachel Dolezal

I definitely am not white.

— Rachel Dolezal

I am part of the pan-African diaspora.

— Rachel Dolezal

I'm more black than I am white. That's the accurate answer from my truth.

— Rachel Dolezal

There's no such thing as racial, non-white supremacy.

— Rachel Dolezal

I'm bisexual. And so, you know, I've dated men and women.

— Rachel Dolezal

I don't believe in reverse racism. I really don't.

— Rachel Dolezal

Any man can be a father; not any man can be a dad.

— Rachel Dolezal

Nothing about being white describes who I am.

— Rachel Dolezal

I wish Americans understood that race is a social construct, even if we don't want it to be.

— Rachel Dolezal

I do wish I could have given myself permission to really name and own the me of me earlier in life.

— Rachel Dolezal

I felt very isolated with my identity virtually my entire life, that nobody really got it and that I didn't really have…

— Rachel Dolezal

I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

— Rachel Dolezal

Race is such a contentious issue because of the painful history of racism. Race didn't create racism, but racism created race.

— Rachel Dolezal

I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents…

— Rachel Dolezal

I was not born in a teepee - that I know of. I actually don't know where I was born.

— Rachel Dolezal

My husband didn't want me to wear any black hairstyles. Nicole Kidman was his standard of beauty.

— Rachel Dolezal

Have I had experiences by other people identifying me as black and behaving towards me as black? Yes. Just for as long…

— Rachel Dolezal

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

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

From a very young age, I felt a spiritual, visceral, instinctual connection with 'black is beautiful.' Just the black experience and wanting…

— Rachel Dolezal

It's taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I've done a lot of research and a lot of studying,…

— Rachel Dolezal

I stand on the black side of issues, philosophically, politically, socially, and for me to not check that box, I felt like,…

— Rachel Dolezal

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

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

I think that it is too common for white feminists to say, 'We want some diversity. Come join our movement about gender,…

— Rachel Dolezal

In the Dolezal family, you couldn't always count on your parents to keep you safe.

— Rachel Dolezal

I was presented as a con and a fraud and a liar. I think some of the treatment was pretty cruel.

— Rachel Dolezal

Overall, my life has been one of survival, and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have…

— Rachel Dolezal

I certainly don't stay out of the sun, and I also don't, as some of my critics have said, put on blackface…

— Rachel Dolezal

I did work and bought all my own clothes and shoes since I was 9 years old. That's not a typical American…

— Rachel Dolezal

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

It's a painful thing to talk about my childhood. I kind of don't talk about it much.

— Rachel Dolezal

Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does.

— Rachel Dolezal

I don't think you can do something wrong with your identity if you're living in your authenticity.

— Rachel Dolezal

I've never been fully transparent or an open book, even to those you'd call close friends.

— Rachel Dolezal

It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the…

— Rachel Dolezal