Rachel Dolezal — fresh off of stepping down as head of the Spokane NAACP chapter over criticism that she’s portrayed herself as black, even though she was born white — stood by that self-assessment Tuesday, insisting, “I identify as black.”
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Rachel Dolezal, 37, was the head of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP and has identified herself as African-American. But her Montana birth certificate says she was born to two Caucasian parents.
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