Rachel Dolezal's Controversy Analysis

Rachel Dolezal’s Controversy Rachel Dolezal is a white woman who is obsessed with the black culture, which caused her to identify herself as black rather than her real ethnicity; her obsession was so excessive that she even change her skin color, and such act caused a lot of controversy in our society. Lois Wood Russo, from Massachusetts, wrote a comment to The New York Times, where he stated that Rachel Dolezal purposely pretended to be black in order to gain attention and to appease her desires, such as having a career and fame. I agree with his comments; by denying, and not respecting her roots, as well as taking advantage of the black community, we can conclude how Rachel is a bad influence to our society. To begin with, how can Rachel …show more content…
Two quotes from the article “Rachel Dolezal, in Center of The storm, Is Defiant: I identify as black”, tells about how Rachel was adopted by Ronald Potter, an african american, and the fight between Rachel and her family. The article claims, “ She adopted us a surrogate parents, and we adopter her surrogate daughter, said Ronald Potter,... We got very close with her” (5). “Ms Dolezal said Tuesday on ‘Today’ that at the age 5, ‘I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon… Her parents, appearing later on Fox News, denied that” (4). If Rachel didn’t want attention, why didn 't she wait and hope that the whole story involving her family disappeared around the media. In fact, Rachel was the first one to go on national television, and made public all that drama that was happening in her family. Then, was it necessary for her to be adopted by an african american, it seems to me that all Rachel is trying to accomplish is to add more fuel to her story. In the article “Rachel Dolezal and Racial Identity”, there is a letter written by Marks Burford, where he explains that Rachel instead of fighting for the human rights of black people, she has exploited them. Mark addresses, “ The painful paradox is that in trying to fight the good fight, she has in effect exploited the black people she 's has been so committed to liberating to accrue the collateral benefit of fulfilling her personal desire to become a righteous soul sister”. I agree with Burford comments. If Rachel truly cared about black people, she would not waste her time trying to change her color; her total interest should have been directed toward creating awareness about how black women are treated within society nor trying to be one. It seems that all this drama is mostly of interest than for admiration or