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==History==

==History==

The concept of transracial identity first gained prominence in 2015 when [[Rachel Dolezal]], a [[Caucasian]] woman who self-identified as black, resigned her position as president of the [[Spokane, Washington]] chapter of the [[NAACP]] due to criticism of her racial identity; she had publicly declared herself to be black.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Urquhart|first1=Vanessa|title=It Isn’t Crazy to Compare Rachel Dolezal With Caitlyn Jenner|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/06/15/rachel_dolezal_caitlyn_jenner_how_transgender_is_different_from_transracial.html|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=Salon|date=15 June 2016}}</ref> Dolezal had grown-up with four adopted [[African-American]] siblings, attended the [[historically black college]] [[Howard University]], and married an [[African-American]] man.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Katy|first1=Osborn|title=Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Transracial’ NAACP Activist|url=http://time.com/3918915/rachel-dolezal-race-naacp/|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=[[TIME Magazine]]|date=15 June 2015}}</ref> Dolezal explained that her identification with African-Americans began when she was five years old and would draw self-portraits with "the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon." Dolezal went on to note that she was originally "socially conditioned to not own that, and to be limited to whatever biological identity was thrust upon me and narrated to me" before deciding to become a black woman. <ref>{{cite news|last1=Perez-Pena|first1=Richard|title=Rachel Dolezal, Ex-N.A.A.C.P. Official, Breaks Her Silence on ‘Today’ Show and MSNBC|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/rachel-dolezal-nbc-today-show.html?_r=0|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=[[New York Times]]|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

The concept of transracial identity first gained prominence in 2015 when [[Rachel Dolezal]], a [[Caucasian]] woman who self-identified as black, resigned her position as president of the [[Spokane, Washington]] chapter of the [[NAACP]] due to criticism of her racial identity; she had publicly declared herself to be black.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Urquhart|first1=Vanessa|title=It Isn’t Crazy to Compare Rachel Dolezal With Caitlyn Jenner|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/06/15/rachel_dolezal_caitlyn_jenner_how_transgender_is_different_from_transracial.html|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=Salon|date=15 June 2016}}</ref> Dolezal had grown-up with four adopted [[African-American]] siblings, attended the [[historically black college]] [[Howard University]], and married an [[African-American]] man.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Katy|first1=Osborn|title=Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Transracial’ NAACP Activist|url=http://time.com/3918915/rachel-dolezal-race-naacp/|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=[[TIME Magazine]]|date=15 June 2015}}</ref> Dolezal explained that her identification with African-Americans began when she was five years old and would draw self-portraits with "the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon." Dolezal went on to note that she was originally "socially conditioned to not own that, and to be limited to whatever biological identity was thrust upon me and narrated to me" before deciding to become a black woman. <ref>{{cite news|last1=Perez-Pena|first1=Richard|title=Rachel Dolezal, Ex-N.A.A.C.P. Official, Breaks Her Silence on ‘Today’ Show and MSNBC|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/rachel-dolezal-nbc-today-show.html?_r=0|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=[[New York Times]]|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

Though the term "transracial" had previously been used to describe children of one race adopted by parents from another, psychologist Larry Curry has said the Dolezal case gave new meaning to the term while David Goldberg of the University of California's Humanities Research Institute opined that "what the Rachel Dolezal conversation [produced] - interestingly and importantly - is exactly a critical conversation about undoing the naturalized commitments to racial identification."<ref name="Denver">{{cite news|last1=McNamara|first1=Anne|title='Transracial' is the latest word in our vocabulary, but what does it mean?|url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/thenow/transracial-is-the-latest-word-in-our-vocabulary-but-what-does-it-mean|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=[[KMGH-TV]]|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

Though the term "transracial" had previously been used to describe children of one race adopted by parents from another, psychologist Larry Curry has said the Dolezal case gave new meaning to the term while David Goldberg of the University of California's Humanities Research Institute opined that "what the Rachel Dolezal conversation [produced] - interestingly and importantly - is exactly a critical conversation about undoing the naturalized commitments to racial identification."<ref name="Denver">{{cite news|last1=McNamara|first1=Anne|title='Transracial' is the latest word in our vocabulary, but what does it mean?|url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/thenow/transracial-is-the-latest-word-in-our-vocabulary-but-what-does-it-mean|accessdate=16 June 2015|work=[[KMGH-TV]]|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

Dolezal's classification of herself as transracial has been controversial, and viewed by various people as incorrect and offensive.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Syreeta McFadden|title=Rachel Dolezal's definition of 'transracial' isn't just wrong, it's destructive|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/16/transracial-definition-destructive-rachel-dolezal-spokane-naacp|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=16 June 2015}}</ref>

Dolezal's classification of herself as transracial has been controversial, and viewed by various people as incorrect and offensive.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Syreeta McFadden|title=Rachel Dolezal's definition of 'transracial' isn't just wrong, it's destructive|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/16/transracial-definition-destructive-rachel-dolezal-spokane-naacp|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=16 June 2015}}</ref>

==Research==

==Research==