NAACP standing behind Dolezal

COEUR d’ALENE — The NAACP issued a statement Friday in response to the controversy regarding Rachel Dolezal’s ethnicity.

From the organization’s Baltimore headquarters:

“For 106 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has held a long and proud tradition of receiving support from people of all faiths, races, colors and creeds. NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal is enduring a legal issue with her family, and we respect her privacy in this matter"

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