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The human rights activist, who pretended to be as African American for several years, resigned after exposing

The leader of the African American association resigned due to a racial scandal, which erupted after it became known that by nature she is a fair-skinned blonde and has nothing to do with the African Americans. It is reported by Mashable .

On June 15, Rachel Dolezal, president of the regional branch of the National Association of Assistance to Promoting the Color Population (NaACP) in the city of PSKAN, Washington, reported to transfer its authority to the organization’s vice president.

Her appeal was published on the official NaACP page on Facebook. In it, the human rights activist drew attention to the problems that the dark -skinned population of the country has to face, and noticed that the dialogue has shifted to its own racial affiliation. She did not admit that for several years she misled the public, but said that she would continue to fight for her beliefs.

Doulazal was in the center of the racial scandal after recognizing her parents in an interview with the local publication of CDA Press that their daughter is not an African American. They told reporters that Rachel did not maintain contact with them, and that she began to change her appearance and come up with a new person in the early 2000s.

For several years, the human rights activist used cosmetics for several years to give the skin a darker shade, and constantly curled her hair. She repeatedly claimed that she became a victim of acts of intolerance, but there was no evidence of this. Doulezal came up with not only a new biography, but also a new family: she published on social networks a photo of a dark -skinned man Albert Wilkerson, supposedly her father, and gave her foster brother for her son.

I also finished lectures at the university and often gave comments to local media. Rumors about her race went on for several months, but she did not discuss them in any way.

The turning point in her history was an interview, taken from the human rights activist KXly. The reporter showed a photo of Wilkerson and asked if she was an African American. I finished it noticeably confused and left the frame (on the video from 8:17).

In five days, the video collected about two million views and became an absolute record holder on the KXly YouTube channel.

Opinions regarding the situation were divided: many commentators on the Internet condemned the dwell for deception and “assignment” of someone else's culture, and also suggested that it lied to manipulate public opinion and construction of a career. Other commentators expressed an opinion on the right of a person to “transrasal” belonging and racial self -identification along with sexual.

One of the relatives of the human rights activist put forward the assumption that a negative attitude towards Caucasians developed from her during her studies at the University of Howard, in which many black students traditionally study.

The situation will be investigated at the state level, since the stories had finished the manifestations of discrimination against it were also called into question.

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