'She doesn't want to be seen with us because we'll ruin her image': Parents of white NAACP leader reveal they learned she was claiming to be black from newspaper article after she cut them out.
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-Larry and Ruthanne Dolezal revealed that their daughter Rachel Dolezal, 37, is white - not black, as she has claimed to be
-They say she started 'disguising herself' in 2007 and no longer speaks to them because they will 'ruin her image'
-She has been a civil rights activist in Idaho and Eastern Washington for years and also teaches Africana Studies at Eastern Washington University
She is facing a city ethics investigation after identifying herself as black in an application to serve on a local police ombudsman commission
-She said she was white, black and American Indian and secured the role - but her mother says the family is Czech, Swedish and German
-KXLY asked her if she was African American and, looking stunned, she responded: 'I don't understand the question'
LOL @ the video!
Reporter: Are you african american?
White black lady: I don't understand the question?
Parents
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-Larry and Ruthanne Dolezal revealed that their daughter Rachel Dolezal, 37, is white - not black, as she has claimed to be
-They say she started 'disguising herself' in 2007 and no longer speaks to them because they will 'ruin her image'
-She has been a civil rights activist in Idaho and Eastern Washington for years and also teaches Africana Studies at Eastern Washington University
She is facing a city ethics investigation after identifying herself as black in an application to serve on a local police ombudsman commission
-She said she was white, black and American Indian and secured the role - but her mother says the family is Czech, Swedish and German
-KXLY asked her if she was African American and, looking stunned, she responded: 'I don't understand the question'
LOL @ the video!
Reporter: Are you african american?
White black lady: I don't understand the question?
Parents