kosmasp
Can we seperate the overall issue from the person involved? Can a person feel a different color skin than the one they are with? Is this equivalent to the gender question? It's a question the movie raises, but it's tough to have clear sympathy for Rachel. Not because she doesn't deserve it at all. But because she has some very serious issues.Issues she has to work on and maybe even talk to a proffessional about. But will we look on her request to be someone else as so wrong in the future? I really don't know what to think about that and there lies something in this documentary that is tough to adress or to deal with in general. It's obvious that African Americans feel cheated, because someone just wants all the benefits of being black without having to endure the racism that goes along with it. On the other hand, Rachel did try to help .. she didn't use the right tools (allegedly), but that is a different story.So while it may seem simple on the surface, there is more to it beyond that ...
bluenoseneil
Rachel can be who she wants to be and that's up to her. I don't think her actions are truly hurting anyone and the saddest part of this is more how her upbringing informed her decision to identify as black.
I think the 'outrage' felt by some is maybe a little overblown and the personal struggles of one person cannot be compared to an entire race - nor should they - but the persecution and hatred she's received is a bit much.
Shame, as she's probably destined to live out the rest of her life in relative uncomfort as a result of the world's inability to accept difference, whatever form it comes in. It's not illegal what she's doing so it's a shame it's become so controversial.
shiroplum
Good documentary. If the subject matter is of interest, you wont be disappointed. But I don't get all the criticism. The biggest hypocrites seem to be the outraged liberals. who chant transsexual good...transracial bad.
bettycjung
4/30/18. Despite what you think about Rachel Dolezal, this documentary is worth watching. The viewer gets a chance to see her for who she is - a very messed up person. Despite all the facts that attest to her white heritage, her perception of herself is to self-identify as being racially black. By the end of the documentary, it seems she will continue to self-identify as being black despite how this would affect her two biracial sons. What this film does raise, but only peripherally, is how different is this from those who self-identify as being trans? It's amazing how vocal black women were about what Dolezal is doing as being fraudulent. Yet those who feel they were born with the wrong genitals can go mainstream, even to the point of changing their birth certificates regarding their sex (just like Dolezal does to her son's birth certificate about her racial identity). To me, it's the same problem. People who are unhappy with what they are born with needs to deal with dysmorphia, whether it's racial or gender dysmorphia. She definitely needs some serious counseling.
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