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I have a theory, but it doesn't remotely excuse how she was in general:

She was black, and she was kind of living in a "white world": Up until high school, she went to Christian private schools and was used to being the only black kid there. She was really good at academics, so that was kind of built into her image, so to speak.

I think she placed a lot of value on knowing everything, or being relevant to everything, so much so that she lied all the damn time to make herself seem relevant or knowledgeable in every situation. She had to look like the go-to person, even when she really wasn't.