My skin crawled as I read about Rachel Dolezal, the former President of the NAACP Spokane chapter. Dolezal lied about her racial background in order to pretend to be black. I reflected on all those times I felt unwanted and unnecessary in white spaces, where I would have lied about what I was if I could and step outside of myself like Rachel did. Only white privilege could afford her this “transracial” title while the rest of us can only afford to be...racial.

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