Rachel
Dolezal, the former head of Spokane, Washington’s NAACP chapter who claimed to
be black before her parents ‘outed’ her as white, officially changed her name
to Nkechi Amare Diallo in a Washington court in October, legal documents
obtained by DailyMail.com show.
Nkechi,
short for Nkechinyere, is a name that originates from the Igbo language of
Nigeria and means ‘what god has given’ or ‘gift of god.’
Diallo,
meaning ‘bold,’ is a last name of Fula origin. The Fula people are a Muslim
ethnic group thought to have roots in the Middle East and North Africa, who are
now widely dispersed across West Africa.
Since the
revelation about her race two years ago, Dolezal, 39, has had a difficult time
patching her reputation back together and providing for herself and three
children.
After
applying for more than 100 jobs, including a position at the university where
she used to teach, she says that no employer will hire her. A friend reportedly
helped her pay two months of rent and Dolezal said she expects to be homeless.
Shortly
after her name change last fall, though, Dolezal employed her newfound identity
to try to garner a small amount of positive attention.
She started
a Change.org petition in October urging the TEDx organization to post one of
her controversial speeches from April, 2016 at the University of Idaho. She
listed the petition under Nkechi Diallo, never mentioning her birth name.
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