If she gets to be black, just because she has “an affinity” then I get to be Hawaiian. I insist on repatriation too. Pay my way!
The thing that’s ridiculous is that at present there isn’t any particular reward for being black, as there is for bieng in a tribe or native Hawaiian. In theory, yeah, affirmative action opportunities (although research suggests that “mismatch” renders said opportunities less than useless), but I’ve heard nothing about Dolezal benefiting from that. She was a part-time university instructor (believe me, that pays less than minimum wage often), unpaid NAACP leader, and underground hair braider.