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This is a really odd story, but also kind of hilarious.

http://mashable.com/2015/06/12/who-i...m-Tw-main-link

Dolezal has drawn outrage from those critical of her appropriation of black culture, as well as her outright deception about her race, but maintained on Friday that she sees herself as "black."

Who is Dolezal, and how did a woman of European descent from northwest Montana come to represent herself as African-American?

Her parents, Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, are both white and live in the Troy area of Montana, according to local news outlet CDA Press. They say their daughter is not African-American.

Rachel Dolezal, however, has long told a different story. She had a strong message for her biological parents, who questioned Dolezal's claims about her ethnicity, and brought her story to light.

"I don't give two sh*ts what you guys think," Dolezal said in an interview with local television station KREM. "It's more important for me to clarify that with the black community."

Dolezal added that she identifies as black, but not African-American, during the interview.

But in a 2012 profile in local magazine Spokeane CDA, she claimed "African-American, Native American, German, Czech, Swedish, Jewish and Arabic" ancestry.