American - Activist | December 12, 1977 -
I'm bisexual. And so, you know, I've dated men and women.
Rachel Dolezal
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I don't believe in reverse racism. I really don't.
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I identify as black.
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If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that's more due to their definition and construct of race in their own minds than it is to my integrity or honesty, because I wouldn't say I'm African American, but I would say I'm black, and there's a difference in those terms.
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I definitely am not white.
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Nothing about being white describes who I am.
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If somebody has hope, don't take that away from them, because maybe that's all they have.
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I am part of the pan-African diaspora.
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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 sides. Politically, there's a black side and a white side, and I stand unapologetically on the black side.
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I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents the essence of who I am.
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I would pretend to be a dark-skinned princess in the Sahara Desert or one of the Bantu women living in the Congo... imagining I was a different person living in a different place was one of the few ways... that I could escape the oppressive environment I was raised in.
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The system of racial classification is fiction, and we need to thoughtfully evaluate whether perpetuating it rigidly or allowing fluidity across the spectrum best supports human rights and social justice.
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