Rachel Dolezal Struggles After Racial Identity Scandal

(AP) — A woman who rose to prominence as a black civil rights leader then lost her job when her parents exposed her as white is struggling to make a living these days. The ruse worked for years until 2015 when her parents, with whom she has long feuded, told local reporters their daughter was born white but was presenting herself as a black activist in the Spokane region, an area with few minorities. Attacked by both blacks and whites, she was fired as head of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP and kicked off a police ombudsman commission, and she lost her job teaching African studies at Eastern Washington University in nearby Cheney. Despite failing to find a job, Dolezal says she has to stay in the area because of a custody agreement involving one of her sons. [...] she said local colleges have refused to hire her, as have nonprofits, government agencies and even local grocery stores. The book, called "In Full Color," features a cover photo of the author with the darkened skin and frizzy hair that allowed her for years to pass as a light-skinned black person.

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