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This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

This Rachel Dolezal documentary is powerful, sad, and interesting. I'm not going to judge this woman, she clearly has issues just like everyone does, but what is slightly different is that Rachel is a public figure, she did all of that brilliant work for the African-American community and she threw it all away because she lied. Near the end of the documentary we see that Rachel is in tears saying that she "Can't go back to being that Amish girl with those dresses and the long blonde hair" or something like that, but no one is asking her to, what people are upset about is that she lied to their faces, if she simply accepted that she is a white woman while still having the urban style of clothes and hair - no one would have a problem with that, the problem was that she said she was a black woman, and she is still saying that she identifies as black, what i think she means is that she identifies with African-American culture and that's okay, but you are not a black woman, accept that! It is sad because there are psychological reasons why Rachel doesn't like being a white woman, we see in this documentary that her parents were abusive and they adopted black kids which got Rachel interested in black history. We see in this documentary that Rachel is a very talented person with her hairdressing and her art drawings. Hopefully one day she will accept the fact that she is white, just because her biological parents were not good people - doesn't mean that you should reject your race. A very interesting documentary.

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?

There is an interesting story here, despite your views on her or the topic in general. She's endured a lot, including the loss of her entire community's support.

I'm from Belgium, so I never really experienced the scandal as Americans did. I can vaguely remember that it even made the newspapers here. I must have read this article years ago. When I opened Netflix I recognized Rachel. So I started watching.This documentary was actually better than I thought it would be. The main focus is clearly on Rachel herself, and how this scandal affects her children, family and in general her whole social life. From the beginning you get the straight feeling that this story is not an easy one to tell. There is no black and white (get it!? ;-) ), with a big lie in between. This is obviously a woman who has been struggling with her identity for many years. You do start to feel she cannot be categorized as a liar. That would just be to simple. I think Rachel does believe that she never really lied. Perhaps she was just really creative with the "truth", so she could continue being the person she loved the most. But when you ignore a certain part of you, it will come back to bite you. That's exactly what happened. Towards the end you do feel Rachel is pushing it. Her family is clearly crumbling, and trying to get away from her. I got the feeling she did see this happening, but just couldn't help herself. Her son was actually quite spot on: "You can't tell my mom what to do". Clearly frustrated. This kid just wishing for life getting back to normal. She's like a dog being hit with a stick and coming back for more. All this for acceptance she will never get.Being an European I do watch at identity a bit different then most Americans do. And I do feel this woman was born a few decades to early. Whether you like it or not, we've gone from a world to a little village in a few decades. Soon there will be no more "race". So identifying yourself with a certain culture will be a social choice. In that way I think the black community, understandably very hurt about the struggle they already had, made a big mistake here. Instead of demonizing this woman, they could have joined this idea. Making acceptance a universal thing. Not just related to the way you look and your skin color. Isn't this what they have been fighting for? Not being judged on the way you look, but who you are? Equal opportunities? Doesn't that go for a person, who is white but feels black? Or maybe it is just all very black and white. Who am I to say!?