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In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World Hardcover – March 28, 2017

by Rachel Dolezal (Author), Storms Reback (Author)

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A lot of people have made up their minds about Rachel Doležal. But none of them know her real story.

In June 2015, the media “outed” Rachel Doležal as a white woman who had knowingly been “passing” as Black. When asked if she were African American during an interview about the hate crimes directed at her and her family, she hesitated before ending the interview and walking away. Some interpreted her reluctance to respond and hasty departure as dishonesty, while others assumed she lacked a reasonable explanation for the almost unprecedented way she identified herself.

What determines your race? Is it your DNA? The community in which you were raised? The way others see you or the way you see yourself?

With In Full Color, Rachel Doležal describes the path that led her from being a child of white evangelical parents to an NAACP chapter president and respected educator and activist who identifies as Black. Along the way, she recounts the deep emotional bond she formed with her four adopted Black siblings, the sense of belonging she felt while living in Black communities in Jackson, Mississippi, and Washington, DC, and the experiences that have shaped her along the way.

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“Finally, Rachel Doležal in her own voice and words shares her intriguing account and path of conscious self-definition, embodied in a life of activism. . . . Rachel forces us all to question what we have come to accept until now.”
—Bishop Clyde N.S. Ramalaine, author of Preach a Storm, Live a Tornado

"Rachel Dolezal’s early life memoir is not simply a narrative of radical activism. . . . It serves to critique the cultural straightjacket of traditionalist white ‘Protestant work ethic’ society. At this moment of alt-right reactionism, it punctures the fake nostalgia for an imagined pre-multiculturalism era of supposed purity and authenticity.”
—Gavin Lewis, Black British writer and academic

About the Author

Rachel Doležal holds an MFA from Howard University. Her scholarly research focus is the intersection of race, gender, and class in the contemporary Black diaspora, with a specific emphasis on Black women in visual culture. She is a licensed Intercultural Competency & Diversity Trainer, dedicated to racial and social justice activism. She has worked as an instructor at North Idaho College and Eastern Washington University, where she also served as Advisor for the schools’ Black Student Unions, as well as Whitworth University, and has guest lectured at Spokane Community College, University of Idaho, Gonzaga University, and Washington State University.

Doležal began her activism in Mississippi, where she advocated for equal rights and partnered with community developers, tutoring grade-school children in Black history and art and pioneering African American history courses at a predominantly white university. She is the former Director of Education at the Human Rights Education Institute in Idaho and has served as a consultant for human rights education and inclusivity in regional public schools. She recently led the Office of Police Ombudsman Commission to promote police accountability and justice in law enforcement in Spokane, Washington, and was the President of the Spokane Chapter of the NAACP. She is the devoted mother of three sons.

Storms Reback is the author of three books All In: The (Almost) Entirely True History of the World Series of Poker, Farha on Omaha: Expert Strategy for Beating Cash Games and Tournaments, and Ship It Holla Ballas!: How a Bunch of 19-Year-Old College Dropouts Used the Internet to Become Poker’s Loudest, Craziest, and Richest Crew. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and children.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: BenBella Books (March 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 194464816X
ISBN-13: 978-1944648169
Product Dimensions: 1 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Theory
- #86 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Social Activists
- #155 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Specific Demographics > Ethnic Studies

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A Downhill Read

ByAlways Writeon March 13, 2017

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Some of you reading my opinions here are going to ask, “Is this a 2-star review or a 5-star review?” because I have really nice things to say about Rachel Doležal's book. Wording wise, it was a super smooth read for me. And it has a smart short-chapter structure, which allows the reader to find good breaking points as needed. So kudos to her ghostwriter, Storms Reback, too. I got my hardcover copy from Amazon on Sunday afternoon and finished reading it Monday night.

The book others have referred to as a memoir is more like an autobiographical account since it does chronicle what seems like the author's entire life from infancy to present day. And the book definitely accomplishes what the author, now named Nkechi Amare Diallo, intended it to do: it makes it clear as to why she identifies as Black. The book features her very interesting childhood experiences, a harsh Christian upbringing, coming of age struggles, her very loving support of and care for her younger siblings, recognition/acceptance by fellow college students, her many accomplishments and artistic talents. And it includes a nice pictorial section with supporting documentation, family photos, and some of her artwork.

But after her sad marriage and divorce, Ms. Diallo's story really started to go downhill and became increasingly uncomfortable for me, a conservative Christian, to read content wise. There are a few blemishes of unnecessary swearing in the book where she swore in expressing herself. I also felt too much information was disclosed about her willing sexual encounters in the San Francisco chapter.

Then heart-breaking text appeared on page 242. After reading about Ms. Diallo's activism which I could not relate to yet didn't judge her for, after bursting out in tears when she recounted how her little sister disclosed abuse, and after reading between the lines that Ms. Diallo's Christian beliefs were diminishing over the years, I was stunned to read her disclosure that she had “managed” to get pregnant and had two abortions after her divorce.

I kept reading all the way through the Epilogue

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