Raquel Saraswati, a white woman born Rachel Seidel, has been caught posing as Latina, Arab, and South Asian. She resigned from her position in a social justice organization founded by Quakers after being exposed for race faking.
A white woman, who converted to Islam and allegedly posed as a person of color for years, has resigned from her position in a social justice organization founded by Quakers after being exposed for race faking.of Philadelphia-based American Friends Service Committee and had been lauded for her racial and LGBTQ+ equity efforts. But praise for Saraswati’s activism has evaporated after she was accused of faking her ethnic background.
“[American Friends Service Committee’s] Chief Equity, Inclusion, and Culture Officer, Raquel Saraswati, who is facing public allegations that she misrepresented her background and past associations, has informed us of her intention to separate from the organization,” the organization said in a statement to, adding that job candidates do not have to prove their ethnic background in order to apply for positions.
“We see ending all forms of racism as a critical part of this work both within our organization and in the world,” the organization said., Saraswati claimed she was Latina, as well as of South Asian and Arab descent, but her family claimed that was all a lie. Instead, they said she was born Rachel Elizabeth Seidel and actually had British, German, and Italian ancestry. They claimed Saraswati started to take an interest in Eastern cultures while away at boarding school in Troy, New York.
“Saraswati has gone to great lengths to purge much of the public records that can correct her mistruths regarding her race and ethnicity,” the letter reads. “There have been attempts since 2015 to call for accountability in light of Saraswati’s cultural vulturism.” (Allegations of race faking were first raised on Twitter in 2015 by
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