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Analysis Of Let Rachel Dolezal Be As Black As She Wants To Be

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The article “Let Rachel Dolezal Be as Black as She Wants to Be” by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar purposely targeting the audiences of those criticize Rachel Dolezal as a liar and untruthful of being a black woman. The point that the author trying to persuade is to change the way we perceived Dolezal as a person. Perhaps, consider what she has done and will be doing to assist the black community in the future. Jabbar supports how Dolezal is the “chairwoman of a police oversight committee monitoring fairness in police activities”, meanwhile, black people will have a better chance off mistreatment toward their race. In additionally, we cannot blame her for the influences she came to adapt through her African-American siblings. Personally, I believe that

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