Video from 'Today Show': Rachel Dolezal says 'I identify as black'

Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP chapter president accused of pretending to be black, tells Matt Lauer in an exclusive live interview that she identifies as black — something she started doing at the age of 5.

June 16, 2015 at 2:06PM
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