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'Rachel Divide' Director Says Dolezal 'Has Remained Resolute'

In 2015, Rachel Dolezal became a walking Rorschach test for America's racial dysfunction. A new Netflix documentary explores what happened to Dolezal after the initial furor died down.
After years of claiming she was black, Rachel Dolezal was outed as white in 2015. The Netflix documentary <em>The Rachel Divide </em>explores the fallout for Dolezal and her family.

Back in 2015, Rachel Dolezal became a walking Rorschach test for America's racial dysfunction. She was the president of the Spokane, Wash., NAACP chapter, and she was outed as white after spending years claiming she was black.

The public backlash, and fascination, was intense.

Now, the Netflix documentary shows what happened to Dolezal after the initial furor died down. Filmmaker Laura Brownson says, "There [was] collateral

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