General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Rachel Dolezal Changes Her Name To Nkechi Amare Diallo [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)or religious bigotry, or political bigotry, or ethnic bigotry.
Not according to social scientists.
Generally speaking, political blacks for very good reason are very protective of their identity. It's key to creating a fairly monolithic power bloc. Of course this sort of thing is going to be seen as something of a threat by some.
Especially when half at least all blacks are conservative by personality (and politics) and just as prone to racial and sexual bigotry to various degrees as whites. Those especially are the "some" hostile to and rejecting this attempt by an outsider to be one of them.
(Setting aside that she actually achieved a leadership position before being outed. I'd want to slap her around a bit myself before letting her hang around.)