Rachel Dolezal is full of surprises!
It’s been almost two years since the former head of Spokane, Washington’s NAACP chapter ignited a media firestorm when it was revealed she had been posing as a black woman and was biologically white.
Now, while promoting her new memoir In Full Color, the controversial author not only discusses identifying as “trans-black,” but also as bisexual.
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Speaking to NBCBLK, the 39-year-old mom explained how she describes her racial and sexual fluidity:
“We don’t have the vocabulary to express racial fluidity. But I do like the term trans-Black that Melissa Harris Perry suggested because it does kinda cover the ‘I wasn’t born this way but this is who I really am’ component. But ‘transracial’ it almost sounds like I’m neutral, and I’m not neutral on political and social issues.”
She went on to add:
“I would say I’m a pan-African, pro-Black, bisexual, mother, activist, artist, you know that’s like too long. So trans-Black is quicker.”
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When asked if she talks about her sexuality in her book, Dolezal shared:
“I did touch on that. I mean the focus isn’t necessarily my sexual orientation for this book, but I think that you know I mean, I am fluid in my sexuality. You know, people ask me all the time, ‘Oh, does she only date only Black men?’ or something. I guess it is kind of like out there. And I’ve dated women and men, Black and white, and, and Native. So, love is love.”
For more on this, read the controversial figure’s full interview HERE.
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