Racial identity question over US activist

QUESTIONS are being raised over the ethnicity of US activist Rachel Dolezal who portrays herself as black, with her parents insisting she is caucasian.

Questions are being raised over the ethnicity of US civil-rights activist Rachel Dolezal.

A US civil-rights activist is facing questions over whether she lied about her racial identity, with her family saying she portrays herself as black despite being caucasian.

RACHEL Dolezal, who heads a local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in northwestern United States, would not answer questions about her background in an interview with a local newspaper.