By Kehinde Andrews
Rachael Dolezal has become infamous for posing as a Black woman for over a decade, and using this pretence to be a spokeswoman for the Black community. She was head of a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), taught African American Studies and amongst other things gave talks about Black hair and ‘our experiences’ of discrimination. Depending on who you ask she is a figure of ridicule, a trail blazing ‘transracial’, or perhaps someone with mental health issues. Dolezal is not, however, some crazy exception of Whiteness; she may have gone to the extreme but she represents the logical conclusion of the role the White liberal ‘ally’ has taken in Black liberation.
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