Rachel Dolezal, the white NAACP leader who misrepresented herself as black for years, was pictured for the first time since the scandal surrounding her race erupted as she left her home on Friday. She also gave an interview about the controversy, saying of her detractors; "I don't give two shi*s what you guys think." You are so far done, and out, of my life' When pressed further about her race, she told KREM; 'I actually don't like the term African-American. I prefer black, and I would say that if I was asked I would definitely say that yes I do consider myself to be black.'Rachel Dolezal, 37,was pictured outside her home Friday for the first time since scandal erupted over her misrepresentation of her raceShe also responded to her detractors in a new interview, saying; 'What I'd say to them is "I don't give two s***s what you guys think"'She then added; 'I do consider myself to be black'Her parents revealed Thursday she started 'disguising herself' as black in 2007 and no longer speaks to them because they will 'ruin her image'She has been a civil rights activist in Idaho and Eastern Washington for years and also teaches Africana Studies at Eastern Washington UniversityShe is facing a city ethics investigation after identifying herself as black in an application to serve on a local police ombudsman commission
'Her effectiveness in the causes of the African-_ community would have been so much more viable, and she would have been more effective if she had just been honest with everybody.'