Question: What race did the sister of the author of "Down from the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging" identify as?

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Atheism in the African diaspora: Atheism in the African Diaspora is atheism as it is experienced by black people outside of Africa.  In the United States, blacks are less likely to be religiously unaffiliated, let alone identifying as atheist or "none."  The demographics are similar in the United Kingdom.  Atheists are individuals who do not hold a belief in a god or in a plurality of gods.  Atheism is not a disbelief in gods or a denial of gods; it is a lack of belief in gods.  Some, but not all, atheists identify as secular humanists, who are individuals who believe that life has meaning and joy without the need for the supernatural or religion and that all individuals should live ethical lives which can provide for the greater good of humanity.  Black atheists and secular humanists exist today and in history, though many were not always vocal in their beliefs or lack of belief.

List of UFO religions: UFO religions are groups which deal with alleged communication between humans and extraterrestrial beings.  Forms of communication include telepathy and astral projection.  Groups often believe that humanity can be saved after being educated by the aliens as to how to improve society.  Alien abduction belief can lead to formation of a UFO religion.  I AM Religious Activity, founded in 1930 by Guy Ballard, is seen, according to one author, as the first UFO Religion, though Aetherius Society founded by George King has also been given this distinction.  Scholars identify the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident as a key event within the history of UFO spirituality.  Melodie Campbell and Stephen A. Kent describe Heaven's Gate and Order of the Solar Temple as among the most controversial of the UFO belief groups.  Scientology is seen by scholars as a UFO religion, due to its Xenu cosmogony and the presence of Space opera in Scientology doctrine.

White nationalism: White nationalism is a type of nationalism or pan-nationalism which holds the belief that white people are a race and seeks to develop and maintain a white national identity.  Its proponents identify with and are attached to the concept of a white nation.  White nationalists say they seek to ensure the survival of the white race, and the cultures of historically white states.  They hold that white people should maintain their majority in majority-white countries, maintain their political and economic dominance, and that their cultures should be foremost.  Many white nationalists believe that miscegenation, multiculturalism, immigration of nonwhites and low birth rates among whites are threatening the white race, and some argue that it amounts to white genocide.

Cherokee cultural citizenship: Cultural citizenship psychologically and ideologically connects members within a community or members of different communities through a sense of common belonging, a reciprocal recognition of belonging, and shared experiences of daily life.  Cultural citizenship consists of implications in language, literature, education, art, religion, and additional facets of culture.  Cultural citizenship does not replace legal or political concepts of citizenship.  Instead, cultural citizenship works in tandem with legal and political notions of citizenship to create a comprehensive understanding of how individuals identify themselves and their own belonging within a community or nation state.  Unlike legal or political notions of citizenship, the emic approach to cultural citizenship does not restrict people to geographical boundaries or political entities.  Shared aspects of culture facilitate belonging and citizenship on a global scale.

Mountaintop Removal (film): Mountaintop Removal is a 2007 documentary film directed by Michael O'Connell.  The film explores how mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia has affected local communities.  Filmed over a two-year period, "Mountain Top Removal" features community advocates, such as Ed Wiley, Larry Gibson, Julia Bonds, Maria Gunnoe, and Mountain Justice Summer volunteers, in their efforts to oppose the destruction of Southern Appalachia's natural landscape.  The film includes commentary from Jeff Goodell, author of "", geologists Dr. William Schlesinger and Dr. Peter Taft, and also Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association.  The film won the "Reel Current Award" (presented by Al Gore) at the 2008 Nashville Film Festival.  "Mountaintop Removal" also received a Jury award at the 2008 Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Audience award at the 2008 Woods Hole Film Festival and was screened at The Lincoln Center on Earth Day April 22, 2008.  The film is currently being distributed nationwide on PBS through NETA.  The film's soundtrack includes music by Jim Lauderdale, Donna the Buffalo, John Specker and Sarah Hawker.

Multiple Jeopardy: Multiple Jeopardy a term used by scholars such as Deborah K. King and Patricia Hill Collins describes the way in which oppressive barriers that individuals face contribute to the level of oppression faced due to these factors culminating together to cause further and greater oppression. “The modifier ‘multiple’ refers not only to several, simultaneous oppressions but to the multiplicative relationships among them as well.  In other words, the equivalent formulation is racism multiplied by sexism multiplied by classism."  - Deborah K. King Multiple Jeopardy stems off the term double jeopardy, which when used from a sociological perspective, refers to the additional obstacles individuals face when exposed to multiple disadvantages due to their unique being.  When considering double jeopardy, often times there is an emphasis on just two aspects such as race and gender.  An example of this would be the rights observed by black women.  Not only are these individuals oppressed because they are female, but also because they are black.  These women are a part of a dual oppressive system and are not only hindered by one trait, but by two.  “Not only are colored women . . . handicapped on account of their sex, but they are almost everywhere baffled and mocked because of their race.  Not only because they are women, but because they are colored women."  – Mary Church Terrell“As blacks they suffer all the burdens of prejudice and mistreatment that fall on anyone with dark skin.  As women they bear the additional burden of having to cope with white and black men."  -Frances M. BealMultiple jeopardy differs from double jeopardy, by the fact that instead of just two factors playing into the disadvantages of individuals, there are multiple.  Three common factors that are often observed are the factors of race, class, and gender.  In Deborah King’s article, "Multiple Jeopardy, Multiple Consciousness: The Context of a Black Feminist Ideology", she recounts the ill treatment of black women during the slavery era.  During the slavery time period in America, all black people were subjected to demanding physical labor and harsh brutal punishments; this was due to their race and their class, or their position in society.  However, what sets black women slaves apart is the fact that they often endured struggles that were only subjected to women, namely rape (King).  As Angela Davis put it in her book "Women, Race, and Class", “If the most violent punishments of men consisted in floggings and mutilations, women were flogged and mutilated, as well as raped."  In this scenario, black women could not identify with black males due to their gender and sexuality, nor could they identify with the sexual oppression of white women due to their race and class.

Skytruth: SkyTruth is a nonprofit environmental watchdog group based in Shepherdstown, West Virginia with a mission to promote environmental protection and awareness through the use of remote sensing and digital mapping technology.  SkyTruth uses publicly available satellite imagery and remote sensing data to identify and monitor threats to the planet’s natural resources ranging from offshore drilling and oil spills, urban development, hydraulic fracturing, mountaintop removal mining, and illegal fishing.  SkyTruth releases all of its imagery and data to researchers and the public for free, with the intent of moving policy makers, governments, and corporations towards more responsible stewardship of the planet Earth.

DNA barcoding: DNA barcoding is a taxonomic method that uses a short genetic marker in an organism's DNA to identify it as belonging to a particular species.  It differs from molecular phylogeny in that the main goal is not to determine patterns of relationship but to identify an unknown sample in terms of a preexisting classification.  Although barcodes are sometimes used in an effort to identify unknown species or assess whether species should be combined or separated, the utility of DNA barcoding for these purposes is subject to debate.

Rachel Dolezal: In June 2015, Dolezal came to media attention when her European American parents stated publicly that Dolezal was a white woman passing as black.  Their statement followed Dolezal's reports to police and local news media that she had been the victim of nine hate crimes; however a subsequent police investigation did not support Dolezal's allegations.  Dolezal's critics contend that she has committed cultural appropriation and fraud; Dolezal and her defenders contend her racial identity is genuine while not based on biology or ancestry.  In a November 2015 television interview, Dolezal publicly stated for the first time since the controversy began that she was born white but still identified as black.

Joshua Dolezal: Joshua Andrew Dolezal (also spelled Doležal ; born September 1975) is an American academic and writer.  He is a full Professor of English studies at Central College (Iowa), focusing on American literature, creative nonfiction, medical humanities and sustainability issues.  He is also the author of a memoir, "Down from the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging", which details his upbringing in "a strict, cult-like Christian family" and which received widespread attention in connection with the 2015 controversy surrounding his sister, Rachel Dolezal.  The book was described by Kim Barnes as an "intimate and lyrical story of fallen faith, found love, and the way we must sometimes circle back to find what we have lost."  Dolezal is also the author of a number of essays, poems and academic papers.

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Answer: black