. >> reporter: three years ago tensions erupted when caucasian-american rachel dolezal, at a leadership position at the naacp, was outed as white. after she was unable to respond to a reporter's question about her race. >> are you african-american? >> i don't -- i don't understand the question. >> reporter: her parents sitting down with "nightline" to set the record straight. >> it's alarming that rachel mal statements. >> reporter: the controversy eventually leading her to step down from her position at the naacp, although she still maintains that she identifies as black. even becoming the focus of a netflix documentary, "the rachel divide." >> she never woke and up said, franklin, i know what i'm going to do today, i'm going to be black. >> reporter: jackson argues the modern version of blackface is about cultural appropriation and blackfishing is popping up all over social media. >> the internet that is wonderful and diverse and great, but it's also part of the wider world where race and socialization and culture and all these things matter in the way that we interact with each other

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rachel dolezal. you can change your race. change your heights.re people who are identifying as animals now. look it up. you can't argue with that because it's my identity. he is identifying as a person 20 years younger. >> jesse: it's financially stupid because you get discounts at movies, public transportation. >> greg: and your social security is 20 years away now. >> dana: he said he wanted to do it with his chance of success on dating apps. discrimination against older people at the workplace is a problem. >> jesse: i was discriminated against once i hit 40. >> dagen: but then you got the hairpiece. [laughter] >> jesse: i told you that in confidence. >> dana: we could send you back out on the road. you want those opportunities? >> jesse: did someone say spring break? >> dana: mine was about a 7-foot alligator. do we have time? the owner of a 7-foot alligator is upset because animal control officers came and took him away and he said no, he is like a dog. >> greg: that's a crock. >> jesse: good one. support alligator? >> dana: they found two b