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How Did Rachel Dolezal Practice Racial Mimicry

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On social media, I witnessed Rachel Dolezal practicing racial mimicry. She is a white woman who identifies herself black. While growing up, Rachel had blonde hair and blue eyes. In 2007, she became distant from her parents as she began adopting her African-American identity. She created a new image of herself by buying spray tans to darken her skin. She wears a weave and braids her hair to create her black-identity. All of this was a lie. She referred that Albert Wilkerson, who is a black man and former NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), as her father. Rachel Dolezal is not the only white woman who has practiced mimicry. Singers have practiced racial mimicry. One white female singer who practiced racial mimicry
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