Dolezal's family dispute leaks into her professional life

What starts out as a simple dispute can sometimes grow to unimaginable proportions.

In the last week, many eyes across the nation have been fixated on Rachel Dolezal, the recently resigned president of Spokane’s NAACP chapter and a part-time African Studies professor at Eastern Washington University.

Dolezal, who is originally from Montana, has been under the microscope after her parents revealed to the media that she is white with a trace of Native American heritage and alleging that their daughter has been portraying herself as a black woman.

Dolezal initially dismissed her parent’s claims,...