Weave and Identity

Weave and Identity

The dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity, i have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story.

Rachel Dolezal

Because you're you and I'm here, I'll tell you. If I'm at the grocery store or anywhere else I'd be like, 'none of your business; back off,' this is a weave, and I do it myself.

I felt very isolated with my identity virtually my entire life, that nobody really got it and that I really didn't have the personal agency to express it, i kind of imagined that maybe at some point (I'd have to) own it publicly and discuss this kind of complexity.

 Rachel Dolezal