Judge grows impatient with 'race-faker' Rachel Dolezal

Rachel Dolezal

A former leader of the NAACP, a white woman who once sued a university over alleged anti-white discrimination but then later claimed to be black, has a new court date on charges of welfare fraud in the state of Washington.

The case against Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, will begin in Spokane on March 4.

According to KHQ-TV in Spokane, Judge Michelle Szambelan was "growing impatient with legal maneuverings" by the former head of the local NAACP, as the case was languishing on the docket.

USA Today reported she could face up to 15 years in prison for receiving thousands of dollars in public assistance illegally.

Between Aug. 1, 2015, and Nov. 30, 2017, she obtained public assistance when she was not entitled to it, prosecutors contend.

Court documents claim she illegally received more than $8,747 in food assistance and $100 in child care assistance.

She was receiving income from her autobiography, "In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World," while claiming her monthly income was less than $500, and authorities investigated.

They discovered Dolezal deposited nearly $84,000 into her bank account in monthly installments from late 2015 to about the same time in 2017.

That income was not, however, reported.

In December 2018, the Blast reported Dolezal took heat for sharing a a photo of herself holding up her memoir, along with Michelle Obama's “Becoming,” and said, “Two great memoirs!”

Rachel Dolezal shared a photo of her own memoir with that of Michelle Obama

During her teen years, Dolezal, who has been dubbed a "race-faker" by Britain's Daily Mail, was blond with pale white skin. But she later began to "identify" as transracial, then biracial and then black, eventually becoming president of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington.

Rachel Dolezal, as she appeared in adulthood versus as she appeared in her younger years.

WND reported in 2015 when she resigned her NAACP post shortly after her parents outed her as white.

The Smoking Gun reported Dolezal sued Howard University in 2002 for discriminating against her for being white. She claimed retaliation based on her race, gender, pregnancy and family responsibilities, saying she had been denied teaching positions and scholarship aid. She also complained that some of her artwork had been removed from an exhibition because black students were being favored. A judge, and subsequently an appeals court, found no basis for her claims.