When I first heard about Rachel Dolezal, now former President of the Spokane, Washington NAACP chapter, I didn’t know what to think about her perceived appearance changes from that of a white woman to successfully posing as a black one, until outed by her parents. As I read further about her, I realize the law played a significant part in her changes. Rachel Dolezal, for those who haven’t kept abreast, has been masquerading, my words, as a black woman, for the past several years after leaving Howard University where she obtained a Master’s degree. On the other hand, she tells Matt Lauer on the Today Show that she identified as being black since as early as grade school. Law suit records filed by Ms. Dolezal in 2002 shows she considered herself to be white. While at Howard University as a graduate student, she filed a law suit against Howard for alleged discrimination against her as a white woman. In 2005, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled against her case for alleged … [Read more...] about How the Law Affected Rachel Dolezal’s Thinking on Race