Im a white woman who dated a Black Panther. I could have been Rachel Dolezal.
In 2006, I joineda circle of Black Panthers and other minority activists. I went to weekly meetings in neighborhoods that white people avoidedSouth Bronx, Flatbush, and Bedford-Stuyvesantaccessorized with headscarves and painted wooden bangles. I had internal monologues about our struggle and protested against police brutality as if I, myself, were a victim of racial profiling.