Rachel Dolezal: why ignoring the painful past of "passing" is indefensible: Civil rights advocate Rachel Dolezal has been accused of falsely claiming she is African-American. Stephanie Keith/ReutersIn 2015, American Rachel Dolezal captured the public imagination when the media discovered that she was white and had been passing as black for nearly a decade. Dolezal, who has … [Read more...] about Rachel Dolezal: why ignoring the painful past of “passing” is indefensible | The Conversation