Dolezal defended the fact (which was not really a fact) that she was black by applying the cultural constructivist logic of gender ideology (that gender is dictated by culture—or even your own feelings, not biology) to the issue of race.
Basically, so the argument goes, if Caitlyn Jenner can decide what gender she is, then Rachel Dolezal can decide what race she is. There is no argument that works for one and doesn’t work for the other. More…