Rachel Dolezal, who embroiled the nation over the quesion of her race earlier this year, finally admitted on Monday that she was born white.

The 37-year-old civil rights activist and former president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington told the hosts of "The Real" that she was born white, but has identified as black since 2006, according to People.

"I acknowledge that I was biologically born white to white parents, but I identify as black," Dolezal said. She added that, since she was "really young," she has seen herself as "being black."

Dolezal elaborated on the matter saying people had labeled her as biracial since "around 1998." When she was stopped by police officers, they would always mark her race as "black" down on traffic tickets.

When host Tamera Mowry-Housley asked her what being black means to her, Dolezal explained it as more than just "how we're born" and that it can be defined as "philosophical, cultural, biological."

Dolezal first made headlines in June in her "Today" show appearance when she first revealed she identified racially as "human" and culturally as black. She maintains that she is not "African American" but identifies as "black," and she feels there's a difference between these two terms.

"I've had my years of confusion and wondering who I really [was] and why and how do I live my life and make sense of it all, but I'm not confused about that any longer," she told Vanity Fair in July. "I think the world might be -- but I'm not."

Because she kept this facet of herself a secret from the NAACP chapter, Dolezal eventally lost her position as president of the Spokane, Washington chapter, as well as her part-time teaching job at Eastern Washington University.

Mowry-Housley, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, Adrienne Baillon and Jeannie Mai are all co-hosts of "The Real," a daytime talk show that airs weekdays at 4 p.m. ET on CW23 and weeknights on BET at 1 a.m. ET.

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