Just when you thought the news cycle was done with Rachel Dolezal, Rihanna name-drops her in an interview.
In a lengthy cover story for Vanity Fair, the pop star mentioned Dolezal, the white NAACP leader who said she identified as a black woman. Rihanna seemed to defend her, saying that Dolezal gave people a new perspective.
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“I think she was a bit of a hero, because she kind of flipped on society a little bit," she says. "Is it such a horrible thing that she pretended to be black? Black is a great thing, and I think she legit changed people’s perspective a bit and woke people up.”
So ... there's that.
Rihanna's cover photo was shot in Cuba by photographer Annie Liebovitz.
Introducing our November cover star, @Rihanna, as shot by Annie Leibovitz in Old Havana http://t.co/z1VDhFuk8G pic.twitter.com/8fIKsTJCar— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) October 6, 2015