14 DAY TRIAL // As announced yesterday by NBC, Rachel Dolezal, the now-former NAACP President, the Spokane chapter, sat down for an interview with Matt Lauer for The Today Show, to discuss the revelations brought to light last week, namely that she’s a white woman pretending to be black.
Dolezal had a solid reputation as a civil rights leader, but questions on whether she was a black woman did pop up every once in a while. They were finally answered last week, when her birth parents stepped forward to claim this publicly: she was a Caucasian woman, born of Caucasian parents, who had nothing in common with black culture save for the presence of her adopted brothers.
As of this moment, Dolezal has refused to apologize for the years of lying and for the intricate (and false) backstory she constructed for herself, which ultimately helped her attain her goals within the civil rights movement.
If you were thinking she would apologize on Lauer, you were wrong. Come to think of it, you were wrong to expect direct answers from her as well; as you can see in the video below, she danced her way around every question Lauer had for her, used a lot of words, and ultimately conveyed very little.
She did make one thing very clear, though: she identifies herself as black. She even hints she’s “transracial,” by saying she always pictured herself black, even that time in 2002 when she sued the Harvard University for discriminating against her for being black.
She’s also upset about the “viciously inhumane” way in which her secret was exposed, and doesn’t hesitate to paint herself as a victim. Ultimately, she says, we’re all part of the human race, so what does it matter what color her skin is?