Rachel can be who she wants to be and that's up to her. I don't think her actions are truly hurting anyone and the saddest part of this is more how her upbringing informed her decision to identify as black. I think the 'outrage' felt by some is maybe a little overblown and the personal struggles of one person cannot be compared to an entire race - nor should they - but the persecution and hatred she's received is a bit much. Shame, as she's probably destined to live out the rest of her life in relative uncomfort as a result of the world's inability to accept difference, whatever form it comes in. It's not illegal what she's doing so it's a shame it's become so controversial.

Rachel Dolezal became well known to us when she was forced to confess that she is "born white". And after that I have always been thinking "wth!". So obviously I didn't want to miss this documentary.And you know, I am glad I didn't. It is very well done trying to be objective and giving the voice to pretty much everyone involved. I always felt bad for Rachel even though I think that while she can do whatever she wants with her hair and love any culture, if she thinks this makes her black, she needs a therapist. But what she did was pretty harmless and not out of malice. And yes it seems like some sort of escape from reality, finding herself, finding love and belonging among black people. I want to add that I am not very quick to accept her explanation that their parents abused them. Even if it was supported by the siblings. Because there is at least one other adopted brother who denies those stories, he was not in the movie. So I neither accept nor reject it. It is their family feud and I rather have them resolve it themselves.But no matter what this movie gave me a better understanding of Rachel, her family, people who support her and people who think that what she did was wrong. The movie gave us a lot of footage and a lot of voice. And yes, I think this is a valid topic to discuss. Hope it works out for them all.

This is well done. Very objective and fair to all parities involved. My personal view re: Rachel? I don't follow news very much so this was all very new to me. I knew about her but didn't know details of her story and lies before the documentary. I did know there was a "white" woman that was saying that she was "black." Now, I'm Cuban. I'm used to this. I've seen this before. Many white woman I grew up with that were white and blond liked all things black, not only men but culture, food, the way they talked etc and really identified themselves with black people. Not a big deal to me. One thing I can say, I have noticed all my life that African America tend to discriminate among themselves. Even if they they are half or light skin which happens to a lot of Latinos that are black latinos. What is the big deal? Jenner can be a woman, Michael Jackson can change his skin, Beyonce can be blond but this regular woman can't be black?

4/30/18. Despite what you think about Rachel Dolezal, this documentary is worth watching. The viewer gets a chance to see her for who she is - a very messed up person. Despite all the facts that attest to her white heritage, her perception of herself is to self-identify as being racially black. By the end of the documentary, it seems she will continue to self-identify as being black despite how this would affect her two biracial sons. What this film does raise, but only peripherally, is how different is this from those who self-identify as being trans? It's amazing how vocal black women were about what Dolezal is doing as being fraudulent. Yet those who feel they were born with the wrong genitals can go mainstream, even to the point of changing their birth certificates regarding their sex (just like Dolezal does to her son's birth certificate about her racial identity). To me, it's the same problem. People who are unhappy with what they are born with needs to deal with dysmorphia, whether it's racial or gender dysmorphia. She definitely needs some serious counseling.