In the facebook pic, she says that's her son and father.
She adopted kids, but can you legally adopt parents?
https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/can-you-legally-adopt-an-adult
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you forgot to include the most important part: that she climbed her way to the top of the Spokane naacp, all while pretending to be black. her real parents are white as helmanns and telling reporters they don't know wtf her deal is.It's all in the buzzfeed link. I've been laughing for hours now. :lol
wasn't there a guy on GAF that said that he identified as a different race and that it wasn't too different from transgendered people?
I MEAN DUDE:I...I don't understand..
https://twitter.com/deray/status/609179032006041601
OMG HER HUSBAND WROTE HER A SONG
https://youtu.be/_u-AKfb5MwQ
I don't really see the issue.
You gonna pretend you know another person's identity better than they do? :gurl
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHRA52KWgAEKD_t.jpg)
I might literally die laughing tonight.
She was a professor? :lolNot was, is.
adjunct professor, that's like being the sixth man, or on the practice squad if you will.She was a professor? :lolNot was, is.
And people believed it? ???That's what's most surprising to me. People actually believed her?
adjunct professor, that's like being the sixth man, or on the practice squad if you will.She was a professor? :lolNot was, is.
and most of the Cavaliers aren't Lebron.Like 75% of academia is adjunct.adjunct professor, that's like being the sixth man, or on the practice squad if you will.She was a professor? :lolNot was, is.
Imagine the reaction if a young white man suddenly declared that he was trapped in the wrong body and, after using chemicals to change his skin pigmentation and crocheting his hair into twists, expected to be embraced by the black community.
Lawrence Dolezal said his daughter was involved in Voice of Calvary, a “racial reconciliation community development project where blacks and whites lived together,” while at Belhaven University in Jackson, Miss.
“You speak and sound and act and take on the mannerisms of the culture you live in,” he said. When Rachel applied to Howard University to study art with a portfolio of “exclusively African American portraiture,” the university “took her for a black woman” and gave her a full scholarship.
“You’ve got a white woman coming in that got a full-ride scholarship to the black Harvard,” Lawrence Dolezal said. “And ever since then she’s been involved in social justice advocacy for African Americans. She assimilated into that culture so strongly that that’s where she transferred her identity.”
He added: “But unfortunately, she is not ethnically by birth African American. She is our daughter by birth. And that’s the way it is.”
http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/12/if-rachel-dolezal-isnt-black-how-is-caitlyn-jenner-a-woman/
:hitler
http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/12/if-rachel-dolezal-isnt-black-how-is-caitlyn-jenner-a-woman/:ohhh
:hitler
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/rachel-dolezal-responds-to-claims/vi-BBl1xvm?ocid=sfGood for her, after all her people have been through she just can't roll over.
She's not giving up her counterfeit black card without a fight.
I don't see how transracialism can't exist.
I don't see how transracialism can't exist.
"If we can get this shit accepted, it's only a matter of time before transageism and I get to declare myself a teenager..." :ohhh
I don't see how transracialism can't exist.
Tyrone had your average American upbringing. He never suffered physical or sexual abuse from his maternal white parents. His father was a plumber who brought home a decent wage. His mother was a supervisor at the DMV. Nothing about Tyrone’s childhood seems to be particularly out of the ordinary.horrible humor done seriously :lawd
“I never felt like I belonged, know what I’m sayin’? My parents were good to me, for sure. I love my folks. But it was just like, I don’t know… It was like their traditions weren’t my own. Then one day I was out with some friends, driving around ‘n sh*t. We were all still in high school at the time. Lookin’ for chicks, an all that. My buddy Pete puts in this album he just bought. It was Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’. From that first cut I was hooked. So many pieces fell into place in my head. My alienation. Why I could never connect with my white parents… It was because was an African American trapped in a white man’s body.”
Tyrone accentuates his “black” appearance with a wardrobe filled with FUBU brand products and cosmetically darkening his skin tone. He looks like your average appreciator of hip hop culture but with a face painted in a dark brown hue with bright red lipstick outlining his mouth in a comical frown.
Some people are accusing Tyrone of being racist, pointing out that he’s doing little more than wearing offensive black face. Tyrone tells National Report this couldn’t be further from the truth.
“When I go out in my makeup people are always yelling obscenities at me, right. They call me a bigot, a wigger, they ask if I’m joking or just trying to start a fight. I’ve been threatened. I’ve been attacked in public places where others just stood by and watched. I’ve been refused service at restaurants.”
“I’ve encountered persecution equal to or greater than that of the LGBTQ community and my story seems to garner no sympathy from the same media that promotes Caitlyn Jenner. I’m accused of racism because of how I choose to present myself. Because of the makeup I wear to feel more comfortable in my skin? African American’s aren’t shunned for using skin lightening treatments. No one calls transsexuals misogynists for wearing lipstick and eyeliner. Why is my story so different?
I don't see how transracialism can't exist.
There are documented scientific literature proving transsexuality's existence. Please provide me with scientific suveys on transracialism. Further, transracialism mostly only benefits light skinned people who choose to pretend to be darker. The same thing cannot apply for dark skin people who choose to be lighter unless they're already mixed, and in which case they're racially ambiguous to begin with. It cannot be transracialism if only one side can gain the benefit of the transition. Thus, it doesn't exist.
I don't see how transracialism can't exist.
There are documented scientific literature proving transsexuality's existence. Please provide me with scientific suveys on transracialism. Further, transracialism mostly only benefits light skinned people who choose to pretend to be darker. The same thing cannot apply for dark skin people who choose to be lighter unless they're already mixed, and in which case they're racially ambiguous to begin with. It cannot be transracialism if only one side can gain the benefit of the transition. Thus, it doesn't exist.
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complain about "tumblr culture" going too far but then argue the existence of transracialism :lol
get the entire fuck out
My favorite Rachel Dolezal black hair moment is when girlfriend broke out the HEADWRAP—looking like a lighter version of Erykah Badu. This is damn near a street style shot at Afropunk.
http://jezebel.com/rachel-dolezal-definitely-nailed-the-hair-ill-give-her-1710899988?rev=1434127176258QuoteMy favorite Rachel Dolezal black hair moment is when girlfriend broke out the HEADWRAP—looking like a lighter version of Erykah Badu. This is damn near a street style shot at Afropunk.
NO.
IT DOES NOT.
(http://i.imgur.com/ViUhZmo.gif)
Her hair looks like SHIT. It looks like a weave or a wig and looks like a dry frizzled hot MESS.
Always looked Italian to me. Meh.
Toretto isn't Italian.
Remember when I brought up the paper bag test
http://thegrio.com/2015/06/13/rachel-dolezal-brother-dont-blow-my-cover/
This woman has no shame :rofl
“She puts dark makeup on her face and says she black. It’s basically blackface.”
Remember when I brought up the paper bag test
http://thegrio.com/2015/06/13/rachel-dolezal-brother-dont-blow-my-cover/
This woman has no shame :rofl
complain about "tumblr culture" going too far but then argue the existence of transracialism :lol
get the entire fuck out
who did this
How is race a social construct? :snoop Black skin isn't my imagination. Neither are different features that blacks, hispanics, etc have.
Are you trolling or not?
You ever read a post or comment online about some racial issue which ends in "oh and also I'm black so don't play the race card" and you're 99% sure the person is white as Carson Daly?
This is like creating a whole lifestyle based on that.
(http://i.imgur.com/9Gup6L1.jpg)
:mindblown
Rachel went on tell the white reporter that it’s more important for her to clarify this with the Black community than it is to “explain it to a community that I, quite frankly, don’t think really understands the definitions of race and ethnicity” — which basically means, ‘You white people just don’t understand me.’.
Whereas ethnicity and sex are biological - ie if you have XX chromosomes you're genetically female.If we're defining ethnicity as haplotypic likeness among a given population, sure. But imo that's far removed from what 'ethnicity' means the majority of the time its used and any distinctions made between differentiating ethnicity A and ethnicity B are going to be arbitrary. Dolezal isn't looking to rearrange her alleles in order to contract sickle cell anemia, she's emulating black American culture, which, to me at least, puts this squarely within the cultural appropriation debate. Himu brought up how she has a 'mask' of blackness that she can potentially take off and assume whiteness, which many black Americans can't do and Himu rightly felt angry about. That reminded me of the transableism discussion from last week; I think that's the parallel you wanna draw with transracialism (which I'm still not convinced comprises an actual subculture: I googled and found a) the nationalreport article that benji posted a while back -which it should be noted featured a jpeg of a guy in blackface, bang-up job benji- and b) a whole slew of medical shit my social science brain couldn't handle defining it as 'racial dysphoria,' which could constitute its own post about the pathologization of deviant behavior :foucauxpert).
himuro really fucking hates this woman. it's like a puddles vendetta but with more emoticons.
First, let's get the disclaimer out of the way. This book is not How to Become a Black Person If You Are Not Already Black. You cannot use this book as a magic potion. You cannot digest the printed copy and expect some supernatural physical transformation beyond painful indigestion. If you purchased the book with the intention of changing your race, I thank you for your money, but there will be no refunds. None.
Honestly getting sick as shit of Himu being a goddamn bigot.
Fucking stop. You of all people should check yourself for a minute.
Fucking hell this shit is weird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsNWHpldrOA
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People are already using the argument to use transphobic arguments that we are similarly manipulative. This woman and her situation could make things better or worse for us. Time will tell. So far, I'm leaning on worse.
This woman and her situation could make things better or worse for us. Time will tell. So far, I'm leaning on worse.
better or worse for us. So far, I'm leaning on worse.
BETTER OR WORSE
WORSE[/b]
You can't actually be serious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsNWHpldrOAGreat now I have an identity crisis.
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After getting away with it for so long, I wonder how she finally slipped up. Did she get caught listening to country music or something?Her parents outed her.
Race is hereditary, gender is social.
As it is, race as we know it, is a fairly modern concept. You are correct, it is a social construct.
You say that gender is a social construct and not observable by science and you are completely, 100% flat on your face incorrect.
My guess is that if elective surgery advances to the point where people could realistically be mistaken for another race, this form of subjectivity will become more common. I can easily imagine an otaku nerd paying to look Japanese and claiming that inside he's been Japanese all along. The historical evidence for this type of identification is fairly prevalent if you think about it, the technology just hasn't been there to make it a reality (yet).
Sorry, I explained that wrong. Let me try to explain it from my view. If I'm wrong, please correct me.
Racial features are hereditary. However, the division of races as an IDEA is very much a social construct created by Europeans in early modern times to divide and flex European superiority. That said, race is still mostly hereditary. Someone who is mixed and is racially ambiguous has the racial makeup of multiple races that makes it hard to make them appear as a specific race. Our Vin Deisel example is a great one. The system of racial division due to these differences is very much a social construct. A social construct does not mean these differences do not exist.
On the other hand, in order to talk about gender, we must separate gender and sex. Gender is not sex, as gender is mostly a fluid system of roles and characteristics which includes biological sex (male, female, intersex), gender roles, or gender identity. In many cultures and historically, gender roles and identities change. In countries like Samoa, sometimes these roles blur deeply between lines and roles. However, that does not change persons SEX and much like race, can still end up being ambiguous.
Race, while having nuance as people can be racially ambiguous, is still mostly hereditary as physical racial differences are observable.
Gender, as an expression of femininity and masculinity and the roles between them, is mostly based around a social construction. For example, earlier in the 1900's blue was for girls, pink was for boys or how Ashley was a boys name. It's a system of rules and expression of femininity and masculinity that change over time.
Vin Diesel always looked Italian to me. Meh.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3yon2GyoiM
How is race a social construct? :snoop Black skin isn't my imagination. Neither are different features that blacks, hispanics, etc have.
Are you trolling or not?
My guess is that if elective surgery advances to the point where people could realistically be mistaken for another race, this form of subjectivity will become more common. I can easily imagine an otaku nerd paying to look Japanese and claiming that inside he's been Japanese all along. The historical evidence for this type of identification is fairly prevalent if you think about it, the technology just hasn't been there to make it a reality (yet).
I don't think we need advances in elective surgery to increase the subjectivity of race. It's already 100% subjective. It has nothing to do with the human genome and everything to do with how you are perceived/perceive yourself.
How is race a social construct? :snoop Black skin isn't my imagination. Neither are different features that blacks, hispanics, etc have.
Are you trolling or not?
I did find all the weird Japanese prejudice against Koreans and Chinese to be utterly befuddling. Many Japanese people claim that they can tell the difference between the three races at-a-glance, but I've never met anyone who actually can. It's tremendous horseshittery.
So, to me, some forms of race are nearly exclusively a social construct.
Sorry, I explained that wrong. Let me try to explain it from my view. If I'm wrong, please correct me.
Racial features are hereditary. However, the division of races as an IDEA is very much a social construct created by Europeans in early modern times to divide and flex European superiority. That said, race is still mostly hereditary. Someone who is mixed and is racially ambiguous has the racial makeup of multiple races that makes it hard to make them appear as a specific race. Our Vin Deisel example is a great one. The system of racial division due to these differences is very much a social construct. A social construct does not mean these differences do not exist.
On the other hand, in order to talk about gender, we must separate gender and sex. Gender is not sex, as gender is mostly a fluid system of roles and characteristics which includes biological sex (male, female, intersex), gender roles, or gender identity. In many cultures and historically, gender roles and identities change. In countries like Samoa, sometimes these roles blur deeply between lines and roles. However, that does not change persons SEX and much like race, can still end up being ambiguous.
Race, while having nuance as people can be racially ambiguous, is still mostly hereditary as physical racial differences are observable.
Gender, as an expression of femininity and masculinity and the roles between them, is mostly based around a social construction. For example, earlier in the 1900's blue was for girls, pink was for boys or how Ashley was a boys name. It's a system of rules and expression of femininity and masculinity that change over time.
You're not wrong -- this is on point -- though I would caution against romanticizing racial relations in a place like Brazil (http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/22/408813624/expats-find-brazils-reputation-for-race-blindness-is-undone-by-reality).
"No one can tell you what race you are. They might have an opinion, but the reality is there is no scientific way to define it. "
I don't believe that Japanese have bigger eyes. It's also the first time I've heard that observation, so I don't think Japanese people are going by eye size. I also don't believe they have any validity to their claims; it is easier to tell a Japanese-American from a Japanese-Japanese than it is to try and tell most Chinese people apart from Japanese; American body language, posture, diet, and facial muscle structure (determined by cultural use) tends to make people of the same national background appear different, while Japanese-raised Chinese and Koreans are brought up in Japanese culture, making them less distinguishable than that.I did find all the weird Japanese prejudice against Koreans and Chinese to be utterly befuddling. Many Japanese people claim that they can tell the difference between the three races at-a-glance, but I've never met anyone who actually can. It's tremendous horseshittery.
So, to me, some forms of race are nearly exclusively a social construct.
For the most part, I've noticed Japanese tend to have bigger eyes than Chinese. Could be wrong in that observation?
I dunno. I can easily tell when someone is African and not Black American at the flip of the switch, because for the most part, Africans generally don't look completely like us. I know where they're coming from. Aren't Koreans and Chinese typically a bit darker than Japanese too?
Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members,
It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here in Spokane and across the nation. Many issues face us now that drive at the theme of urgency. Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement, health inequities, and a lack of pro-justice political representation are among the concerns at the forefront of the current administration of the Spokane NAACP. And yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity.
I have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story. I am consistently committed to empowering marginalized voices and believe that many individuals have been heard in the last hours and days that would not otherwise have had a platform to weigh in on this important discussion. Additionally, I have always deferred to the state and national NAACP leadership and offer my sincere gratitude for their unwavering support of my leadership through this unexpected firestorm.
While challenging the construct of race is at the core of evolving human consciousness, we can NOT afford to lose sight of the five Game Changers (Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Health & Healthcare, Education, Economic Sustainability, and Voting Rights & Political Representation) that affect millions, often with a life or death outcome. The movement is larger than a moment in time or a single person's story, and I hope that everyone offers their robust support of the Journey for Justice campaign that the NAACP launches today!
I am delighted that so many organizations and individuals have supported and collaborated with the Spokane NAACP under my leadership to grow this branch into one of the healthiest in the nation in 5 short months. In the eye of this current storm, I can see that a separation of family and organizational outcomes is in the best interest of the NAACP.
It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley. It is my hope that by securing a beautiful office for the organization in the heart of downtown, bringing the local branch into financial compliance, catalyzing committees to do strategic work in the five Game Changer issues, launching community forums, putting the membership on a fast climb, and helping many individuals find the legal, financial and practical support needed to fight race-based discrimination, I have positioned the Spokane NAACP to buttress this transition.
Please know I will never stop fighting for human rights and will do everything in my power to help and assist, whether it means stepping up or stepping down, because this is not about me. It's about justice. This is not me quitting; this is a continuum. It's about moving the cause of human rights and the Black Liberation Movement along the continuum from Resistance to Chattel Slavery to Abolition to Defiance of Jim Crow to the building of Black Wall Street to the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement to the #BlackLivesMatter movement and into a future of self-determination and empowerment.
With much love and a commitment to always fight for what is right and good in this world,
Rachel Dolezal
She seems like an okay person other than the whole pretending to be a black person thing (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/manny.png)Which is tragic, because the lie will overshadow everything.
She seems like an okay person other than the whole pretending to be a black person thing (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/manny.png)
I look forward to "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rachel Dolezal Story" starring Anna Faris, coming to Lifetime soon.:dolezal
I look forward to "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rachel Dolezal Story" starring Anna Faris, coming to Lifetime soon.:dolezal
Do you want me to fill the right side in?
Former Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal sued Howard University in 2002 for allegedly discriminating against her because she’s white, according to court documents obtained by the Smoking Gun. Dolezal, who has claimed to be black for several years, said the school refused to hire her for teaching posts and denied her scholarships because of her race.http://gawker.com/report-rachel-dolezal-sued-howard-university-for-discr-1711464382?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Should have hired a Jewish lawyer, Rachel.
Should have hired a Jewish lawyer, Rachel.
A Jewish lawyer would never represent that Schwartz :larry
The lawsuit was dismissed in February 2004, after Judge Zoe Bush found no evidence that Dolezal was discriminated against. Dolezal was ordered to reimburse the school for $2758.50 for a “Bill of Costs” and another $1000 for an “obstructive and vexatious” court filing.
Didn't Jesus "identify" as a human, yet nobody criticizes him; in fact we celebrate his works, as a human. Why can't we celebrate the positive work Rachel did as a black woman? How is this act of love any different than what Jesus did.
BREAKING: Eastern Washington University says Rachel Dolezal is "no longer an employee," says she was never a professor as claimed -BB
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=168101306&postcount=3348:umad
:rofl
https://twitter.com/PzFeed/status/610571639135334400QuoteBREAKING: Eastern Washington University says Rachel Dolezal is "no longer an employee," says she was never a professor as claimed -BB
Rachel Dolezal, the former president of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has allegedly been helping the victim in a sexual assault case against Dolezal's biological older brother, the New York Daily News reported on Saturday.
Joshua Dolezal has been accused of four counts of felony child sexual assault in Clear Creek County, Colo., according to the Denver Post. He was arrested in March 2014 for alleged incidents dating back to July 2013, and he is scheduled to face trial in August, court documents show, according to the Denver Post.
Is that why her parents ratted her out? :ohhhQuote from: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rachel-dolesal-brother-sexual-assault-caseRachel Dolezal, the former president of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has allegedly been helping the victim in a sexual assault case against Dolezal's biological older brother, the New York Daily News reported on Saturday.
Joshua Dolezal has been accused of four counts of felony child sexual assault in Clear Creek County, Colo., according to the Denver Post. He was arrested in March 2014 for alleged incidents dating back to July 2013, and he is scheduled to face trial in August, court documents show, according to the Denver Post.
:mindblown
https://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/the-media-is-doing-exactly-what-rachel-dolezals-abusive-homeschooling-parents-want/
Appallingly, my earlier jab at their parenting ability does not even begin to cover how bad these parents are.
I sympathize with the dilemma of Rachel Dolezal, the head of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP whose parents maintain that she is not any part black, as she has claimed (#whiteisthenewblack). See, I too have been living a lie. For the past 50 years I’ve been keeping up this public charade, pretending to be something I’m not. Finally, in the wake of so many recent personal revelations by prominent people, I’ve decided to come out with the truth.
I am not tall (#shortstuff).
Although I’ve been claiming to be 7’2” for many decades, the truth is that I’m 5’8”. And that’s when I first get out of bed in the morning. Just goes to show, you tell a lie often enough and people believe you. I expect there will be some who will demand I give back the championship rings and titles that I accumulated during my college and professional basketball career because I was only able to win them by convincing other players that they had no chance against my superior height. How could these achievements have any lasting meaning if I’m not really as tall as Wikipedia says I am?
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Al Jolson, once considered the most popular entertainer in the world, rose to fame wearing blackface. He also used his considerable influence to help blacks. At one time, he was the only white man allowed into some of the nightclubs in Harlem. Ironically, Jolson admitted that when he performed the same songs without blackface he never felt he did as good a job. Some critics say it’s because while singing in blackface, he was singing for all downtrodden people, including his own Jewish people. And he found his strength and passion and power while identifying with another culture. Maybe like Quentin Tarantino in Jackie Brown and Django Unchained.
So, does it really matter whether Rachel Dolezal is black or white?
Dr. King said we should be judged by the content of character rather than color of skin, which is what makes this case so difficult. So, yes, it does matter. Apparently lying to employers and the public you’re representing when the lie benefits you personally and professionally is a deficit in character. However, the fight for equality is too important to all Americans to lose someone as passionate as she is and who has accomplished as much as she has. This seems more a case of her standing up and saying, “I am Spartacus!” rather than a conspiracy to defraud. Let’s give her a Bill Clinton Get Out of Jail Free card on this one (#Ididnothavesex) and let her get back to doing what she clearly does exceptionally well—making America more American.
It’s given me the courage to also say, “I am Spartacus. All 5’8” of me.”
In an interview with NBC News on Tuesday night (http://nbcnews.to/1LfaDYU ), Rachel Dolezal said she hasn't had a DNA test and there's no "biological proof" that Larry and Ruthanne Dolezal are her parents.
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This gif is ruined by the fact that the name isn't properly centered.
“It’s not a costume,” she says. “I don’t know spiritually and metaphysically how this goes, but I do know that from my earliest memories I have awareness and connection with the black experience, and that’s never left me. It’s not something that I can put on and take off anymore. Like I said, I’ve had my years of confusion and wondering who I really [was] and why and how do I live my life and make sense of it all, but I’m not confused about that any longer. I think the world might be—but I’m not.”
I'm metaphysically black. Suck my BBC, Kant.