White NAACP Leader Who Passed As Black

[gemini2727]

Well, she resigned today

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/15/us/washington-rachel-dolezal-naacp/

 

[gemini2727]

At the end of the video posted above, she is asked if a black man pictured is her dad. She answers, Yup, that's my dad! Very nice, how does her white dad feel about her denying his existence I wonder?

 

[AnAmericanInDisney]

In general the media tends to be intellectually lazy. The comparison is intended to cause controversy. Is that what you are doing?

It's just a topic for discussion. I'm guessing that's why other people (the lazy media) are discussing it.

 

[AnAmericanInDisney]

At the end of the video posted above, she is asked if a black man pictured is her dad. She answers, Yup, that's my dad! Very nice, how does her white dad feel about her denying his existence I wonder?

Her birth parents were on GMA this morning. Apparently they do not get along and are estranged.

 

[aprilchem]

Well, she resigned today

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/15/us/washington-rachel-dolezal-naacp/

My guess is that she'll lose her faculty position if she's tenure-track. Lying and misrepresentation are both grounds for tenure removal at my institution, my guess they are at most.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

If you are 50% black and 50% white, can you really claim to be either?

How "black" do you have to be to qualify for a scholarship intended for blacks?

I don't recall reading anything that said the scholarship she got was intended for blacks (or being black was a requirement).

I have known some minority scholarships to require a minimum percentage of that minority you must be to apply.

That said, I also thought that some universities where the population is a high percentage of a specific race will give minority scholarships to a student who would be a minority at that specific school.

Either way, she is Caucasian per her parents/lineage. She cannot claim otherwise.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Her birth parents were on GMA this morning. Apparently they do not get along and are estranged.

And I think it is clear why. She's a nutcase.

 

[AustinTink]

I can't help but think her extreme persona/lifestyle change stems more from this beef she has with her parents and less to do with her identifying as a black person. There's something creepy going on with that whole family. Her biological brother is being investigated for child molestation. The parents came out with this news about her true racial origin just as she was about to take the stand against her biological brother.

I'm thinking something is going on with those parents that caused her to change literally everything about herself and force them out of her life.

 

[Jennasis]

I wonder when she decided/discovered she was black? Some compare this to Caitlyn Jenner, who seems always felt she was a woman. When did Rachel discover she was a black woman trapped in a white woman's body?

I think it's fine if she wants to be black. I don't think fabricating a back story is acceptable though.

 

[Mokat76]

I can't help but think her extreme persona/lifestyle change stems more from this beef she has with her parents and less to do with her identifying as a black person. There's something creepy going on with that whole family. Her biological brother is being investigated for child molestation. The parents came out with this news about her true racial origin just as she was about to take the stand against her biological brother.

I'm thinking something is going on with those parents that caused her to change literally everything about herself and force them out of her life.

So this acknowledged liar is the "victim" you choose to defend?

 

[Mizzoufan]

I think she needs to hire a PR and put out a statement.

 

[AustinTink]

So this acknowledged liar is the "victim" you choose to defend?

WTH? Who is defending her? I think she is crazy in the head and something made her that way. Was it her family? I have no idea.

 

[gwynne]

I can't help but think her extreme persona/lifestyle change stems more from this beef she has with her parents and less to do with her identifying as a black person. There's something creepy going on with that whole family. Her biological brother is being investigated for child molestation. The parents came out with this news about her true racial origin just as she was about to take the stand against her biological brother.

I'm thinking something is going on with those parents that caused her to change literally everything about herself and force them out of her life.

What could she have possibly said on the stand that would have been helpful? A large portion of her life is full of shall we say...fibs. It's better that her deliberate "befuddlement" about her identity came out the way it did rather than in probable perjury on the stand.
I don't see her as mentally challenged in any way, she made it through a master's program.

Some people are good at figuring out a quick way to fame/success/attention. They do what works for them. Pretty sure she was rather straight with her brothers about not "blowing her cover". She knew what she was doing. I think she'll write a book someday, might be a movie in her future, too.

 

[AustinTink]

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[JanaDee]

I can't help but think her extreme persona/lifestyle change stems more from this beef she has with her parents and less to do with her identifying as a black person. There's something creepy going on with that whole family. Her biological brother is being investigated for child molestation. The parents came out with this news about her true racial origin just as she was about to take the stand against her biological brother.

I'm thinking something is going on with those parents that caused her to change literally everything about herself and force them out of her life.

Her parents didn't come out with anything. They were asked a question by a reporter and told the truth.

 

[EMom]

I can't help but think her extreme persona/lifestyle change stems more from this beef she has with her parents and less to do with her identifying as a black person. There's something creepy going on with that whole family. Her biological brother is being investigated for child molestation. The parents came out with this news about her true racial origin just as she was about to take the stand against her biological brother.

I'm thinking something is going on with those parents that caused her to change literally everything about herself and force them out of her life.

I don't think her parents "came out" with the news at all. They kept quiet and let her do what she did (lie) until they were contacted by the press very recently. Upon being asked point blank if they were Rachel's bio parents, they told the truth. That is not outing her. The timing was not of their own making. They simply did not back up her lie and who can blame them? She pretends one of their children (her adopted brother) is her own son. The paperwork does not lie. The bio parents have a birth certificate and adoption papers for their 4 adopted children. Rachel, however, invented her story. One that was of enormous advantage to her...while it lasted.

 

[Geoff_M]

Either way, she is Caucasian per her parents/lineage. She cannot claim otherwise.

Actually, some people are starting to question that notion:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-...is-possible-that-she-might-actually-be-black/

 

[AnAmericanInDisney]

I'm not as interested in "her" story, per se, as I am in the whole idea that people can declare themselves to be anything they like- man, woman, black, white, etc. We're all just sneetches in the end.

 

[Hrhpd]

I can't help but think her extreme persona/lifestyle change stems more from this beef she has with her parents and less to do with her identifying as a black person. There's something creepy going on with that whole family. Her biological brother is being investigated for child molestation. The parents came out with this news about her true racial origin just as she was about to take the stand against her biological brother.

I'm thinking something is going on with those parents that caused her to change literally everything about herself and force them out of her life.

From what I have gathered, her parents did not initiate the contact with the media. The media started snooping into her background when the latest claim of a hate crime was proven to be false and she was suspected of putting the letter in the PO Box.

The media found her parents and asked them. That propelled their story into the media spotlight and they have taken advantage of it.

But since the media apparently contacted them first, it would be hard to connect this to the legal problems between them.

 

[gwynne]

Actually, some people are starting to question that notion:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-...is-possible-that-she-might-actually-be-black/

From your quote: "..... whether there’s a way to describe “the achievement of blackness despite one’s parentage."
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This might be a big stretch from what most people consider the basics of ethnicity, but what do I know?