VIDEO: 'Black' woman resigns from NAACP after parents tell world she is white

A woman who erroneously claimed to be black, while heading the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), resigned from her position after her parents publicly ‘outed’ her as Caucasian.

VIDEO: 'Black' woman resigns from NAACP after parents tell world she is white

A woman who erroneously claimed to be black, while heading the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), resigned from her position after her parents publicly ‘outed’ her as Caucasian.

Rachel Dolezal had claimed to have had a black father, but her parents from Montana have said that her lineage is largely German and Czech.

Dolezal announced her resignation in a Facebook post, in which she claimed that despite myriad racial issues that needed attention, “yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity.”

“Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement, health inequities, and a lack of pro-justice political representation are among the concerns at the forefront of the current administration of the Spokane NAACP,”Dolezal said in her statement.

“I have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story,” she said.

“I am consistently committed to empowering marginalized voices and believe that many individuals have been heard in the last hours and days that would not otherwise have had a platform to weigh in on this important discussion,” Dolezal said in her statement.

Dolezal passed the Presidency onto to NAACP Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.

She listed all her achievements while she headed the NAACP and was unapologetic about the current controversy.

Dolezal has said the she does not consider Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, who spoke about her family lineage, to be her real parents and she is engaged in an ongoing lawsuit with the couple.

Dolezal told Sky News in an interview on Friday that she did not give ‘two sh*ts’ about people’s opinion of her, before saying that she identifies as being black.

“While challenging the construct of race is at the core of evolving human consciousness, we can NOT afford to lose sight of the five Game Changers (Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Health & Healthcare, Education, Economic Sustainability, and Voting Rights & Political Representation) that affect millions, often with a life or death outcome. The movement is larger than a moment in time or a single person's story, and I hope that everyone offers their robust support of the Journey for Justice campaign that the NAACP launches today,” said Dolezal.

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