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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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As part of the BBC's identity season, Stephen Sackur talks to
Rachel Dolezal, the ostensibly black American human rights
activist whose life unravelled last year 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 in the Hardtalk studio)