Rachel Dolezal lands publishing deal to write book about race

Former NAACP regional leader famously identifies as black despite having white parents.

Rachel Dolezal, the civil rights activist who became a huge talking point last year when, despite identifying as black, her white heritage was exposed, is to write a book about race.

She has struck a deal with BenBella Books, according to EW, telling NBC’s Today that the book is about “this larger issue of if you don’t fit into one box and if you don’t stay there your whole life, being identified from birth as who you are – what does that look like?”

Dolezal was forced to resign from her position as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Spokane, Washington, after her white parents stepped forward.

She added to the chat show that she is “really excited to write the book and really get into addressing some of the issues I’ve researched for many years.

“Race didn’t create racism, but racism created race.”

In an age where people are becoming more accepting of people forming their identities as they please, Dolezal’s is an interesting case.

She still identifies as black, telling the Guardian at the end of 2015: “For me, how I feel is more powerful than how I was born.”