Why is Barack Obama any different? He pretends to be an American black, complete with phony black accent, when in fact he is African and has no history of oppression and discrimination, and in fact grew up in a privileged background, going to an exclusive prep school with a grandmother who was vice-president of Hawaii’s largest bank.
Rachael is such a good little liar that she has convinced herself. I think she was lonely, and decided to reinvent herself. She became a member of a group she agrees with, sort of like a nice kid can change from a wannabe pretender to a real live, hard core gang member, with the record to prove it.