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Rachel Dolezal: People Say Black Lives Matter Movement Has ‘Vindicated’ Me

Hank Berrien
Rachel Dolezal: People Say Black Lives Matter Movement Has ‘Vindicated’ Me
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Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who precipitated disdain in recent years for claiming she was black, now says that people are telling her that the Black Lives Matter movement has “vindicated” her. She stated, “Overwhelmingly, most people I hear from are black or mixed or non-white in some way and a lot of people have said this is your moment, you’re vindicated. I have received hundreds of messages. Most of it’s been overwhelmingly positive,” according to the New York Post.

Dolezal served as president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane in 2015 and taught Africana Studies at Eastern Washington University but was then exposed as the daughter of white parents, triggering her to resign from the NAACP and get fired by the university.

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