Rachel Dolezal stepped down from her post as the leader of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP in 2015 amid criticism that she was passing herself off as black. Nicholas K. Geranios/AP hide caption
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Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, left, checks her phone Tuesday after taking a photo as President Trump and leaders of historically black colleges and universities pose for a group photo in the Oval Office. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In this in July 2009 photo, Rachel Dolezal stands in front of a mural she painted at the Human Rights Education Institute's offices in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Nicholas K. Geranios/AP hide caption
Ken Chen is the executive director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York. Courtesy of The Asian American Writers' Workshop hide caption
Why A White Poet Posed As Asian To Get Published, And What's Wrong With That
Rachel Dolezal tells NBC's Today show that she knew "at some point, I would need to address the complexity of my identity." Today Show/NBC hide caption