Am Quote by Rachel Dolezal

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

— Rachel Dolezal

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

— 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

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

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

— Rachel Dolezal

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

— 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

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

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

— Rachel Dolezal

I have a huge issue with blackface.

— 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 still are…

— Rachel Dolezal

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