Civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal is under intense social media scrutiny on Friday after being accused of misrepresenting her race.
Theย head of aย local chapter of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington,ย Dolezal has claimed to be black, but even her own parents say that she is white.
“We do not understand why she feels it’s necessary to misrepresent her ethnicity,” Dolezal’s father, Lawrence Dolezal, told CNN on Friday, while his wife, Ruthanne, said: “Rachel has chosen to distance herself from the family and be hostile towards us.ย She doesn’t want us to be where she is, she doesn’t want to be seen with us because it ruins her image.”