{"id":6054,"date":"2015-06-19T19:30:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T02:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=6054"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:06:30","slug":"the-line-on-rachel-dolezal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-on-rachel-dolezal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Reacts to Rachel Dolezal (Web Extra)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s line opinion\u00a0panelists\u00a0talk about news coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/06\/17\/us\/rachel-dolezal-nbc-today-show.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachel Dolezal<\/a>, the\u00a0now\u00a0former president of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington. Dolezal made national and international headlines when her parents told the media that she is white but has claimed to be black for years.<\/p>\n<p>Host Gene Grant and the line reflect on the significance of this story in conversations about race and identity, both in the U.S. and in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bsh3vjmmLcE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>LINE PANELISTS:<\/em><br \/>\nMerritt Allen, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voxoptima.com\/\">Vox Optima LLC<\/a><br \/>\nDennis Domrzalski, Associate Editor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeabq.com\/\">ABQ Free Press<\/a><br \/>\nJoey Peters, Senior Reporter, <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/\">NM Political Report<\/a><br \/>\nLaura Sanchez-Rivet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanchezlegalsolutions.com\/\">Sanchez Legal Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s line opinion\u00a0panelists\u00a0talk about news coverage of\u00a0Rachel Dolezal, the\u00a0now\u00a0former president of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington. 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