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. ?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?