Dolezal was knocked off the front page by the murders in Charleston. She was big news back then, if you can remember back that far, and you would think that she’d be ready to put it all behind her and start acting like herself. Well, you’d think that if you hadn’t seen so many stolen valor phonies who won’t admit that they’ve been lying to friends and family for years.<\/p>\n
Dolezal\u2019s claim on black womanhood still seems to be non-negotiable. Even in conversation with an actual black woman on the other end of the line or sitting in her cozy home, Dolezal unequivocally identifies as black. (Never mind the ancestry.com heritage test that arrived on her doorstep the day I visited.)<\/p>\n
Dolezal spent years researching and then perfectly molding her black identity. She commands an impressive knowledge of African American literature, its writers, and the history of the Civil Rights movement. She attended graduate school at the historically black Howard University (where, The Smoking Gun reported, she unsuccessfully sued for being discriminated against because she was white). She is an expert in black hair, both as a practical matter and as a subject of academic inquiry. She makes it clear she doesn\u2019t plan on altering the way she presents herself anytime soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I\u2019ve done a lot of research and a lot of studying,\u201d she says. \u201cI could have a long conversation, an academic conversation about that. I don\u2019t know. I just feel like I didn\u2019t mislead anybody; I didn\u2019t deceive anybody. If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that\u2019s more due to their definition and construct of race in their own minds than it is to my integrity or honesty, because I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m African American, but I would say I\u2019m black, and there\u2019s a difference in those terms.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I get emails quite frequently from graduate students who want to drill down into these liars’ heads to find out why they do what they do. There’s an entire psychology textbook full of material waiting for someone on the subject of pretending to be something that you aren’t, right there in Dolezal’s carefully coiffed noggin. <\/p>\n
But, to some people what you are, rather than who you are is the most important thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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