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Civil Rights Activist - Rachel Dolezal

Civil Rights Activist - Rachel Dolezal

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Is our racial identity something we can define for ourselves?

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Stephen Sackur talks to Rachel Dolezal, the ostensibly black
American human rights activist whose life unravelled in 2015 when
it turned out that she was the daughter of white parents. So what
gives us our sense of who we are? Our upbringing and our
communities both have a huge impact, but what about the most
basic pillars of identity that we tend to regard as immutable? Is
our racial identity something we can define for ourselves?

(Photo: Rachel Dolezal talks to Stephen Sackur as part of BBC
Identity season)