[VIDEO] WHAT? Did NAACP President Rachel Dolezal Lie About Her Race? City Investigates
Posted: June 11, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: African American, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Ethical code, Hate crime, Hate Crime Hoax, hoax, Ku Klux Klan, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Spokane, Washington, White Girl 2 CommentsNAACP President’s Mom Says Daughter Pretending to Be Black
Parents of Spokane civil rights leader say she’s been lying about her race for years
Washington State – The City of Spokane announced Thursday is investigating whether the president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP violated the city’s code of ethics in her application to serve on the citizen police ombudsman commission. 
“Rachel is very good at using her artistic skills to transform herself.”
— Rachel’s mom, Ruthanne, in a telephone interview
Gawker‘s Brendan O’Connor has this:
The city of Spokane, Washington has opened an investigation into whether Rachel Dolezal, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP, lied about her race when she identified herself as African-American on her application to serve on the citizen police ombudsman commission, thereby violating the city’s code of ethics.
In addition to serving as the chair of the police commission and president of the local NAACP chapter—which the Spokesman Review credits her with revitalizing—Dolezal works as an adjunct faculty member at Eastern Washington University. Here she is delivering a lecture on the cultural significance of black women’s hair.
However! Dolezal’s birth certificate lists her biological parents as Ruthanne and Lawrence Dolezal of Montana. On Thursday, Ruthanne and Lawrence confirmed to the Coeur d’Alene Press that Rachel is their biological daughter—and that they are both white:
They backed up the claim with a copy of their daughter’s birth certificate and photos. The images show a younger, pale, blonde-haired, blue-eyed Dolezal who looks much different than the woman with caramel-colored skin now leading the Spokane NAACP and helping review claims of police misconduct in that city.
“Rachel is very good at using her artistic skills to transform herself,” Ruthanne said in a recent telephone interview.
In an interview with the Spokesman Review, Ruthanne said that their family is of “Czech, Swedish and German” heritage with some “faint traces” of Native American blood.
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