Can we seperate the overall issue from the person involved? Can a person feel a different color skin than the one they are with? Is this equivalent to the gender question? It's a question the movie raises, but it's tough to have clear sympathy for Rachel. Not because she doesn't deserve it at all. But because she has some very serious issues.
Issues she has to work on and maybe even talk to a proffessional about. But will we look on her request to be someone else as so wrong in the future? I really don't know what to think about that and there lies something in this documentary that is tough to adress or to deal with in general. It's obvious that African Americans feel cheated, because someone just wants all the benefits of being black without having to endure the racism that goes along with it. On the other hand, Rachel did try to help .. she didn't use the right tools (allegedly), but that is a different story.
So while it may seem simple on the surface, there is more to it beyond that ...
Issues she has to work on and maybe even talk to a proffessional about. But will we look on her request to be someone else as so wrong in the future? I really don't know what to think about that and there lies something in this documentary that is tough to adress or to deal with in general. It's obvious that African Americans feel cheated, because someone just wants all the benefits of being black without having to endure the racism that goes along with it. On the other hand, Rachel did try to help .. she didn't use the right tools (allegedly), but that is a different story.
So while it may seem simple on the surface, there is more to it beyond that ...