NAACP leader accused of lying about her race (1 Viewer)

[Mr. Sparkle]

Head of Spokane NAACP is white, pretended to be black for 10 years

Is Rachel Dolezal, head of Spokane NAACP, white? - CNN.com

Dolezal has built a wide-ranging career on her racial identity.

She is not just president of her local NAACP chapter; she is also an academic expert on African-American culture and teaches many related classes at Eastern Washington University.

She represents the black community publicly and vocally, including as a spokeswoman on race-influenced police violence. On Tuesday she spoke to Al Jazeera on the topic.

She has appeared alongside Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who has filed charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man.

The mayor of Spokane appointed Dolezal chairwoman of a police oversight committee to keep an eye on fairness in police work.

 

[LOONEY]

The racial identity of one of the most prominent faces in Spokane, Washington’s black community is under question after her parents produced a birth certificate that showed she is white

Head of Washington State NAACP Chapter Accused of Lying About Her Race by Own Family | KTLA
MODs please merge it appears to be two threads about same topic thanks

 

[kcirdor]

Interesting thread title choice compared to the other one that posted about the same thing.

Head of Spokane NAACP is whiter than Drew Brees

NAACP leader accused of lying about her race

 

[insidejob]

Whiter than Drew Brees? Huh?

Appears she is, in fact, caucasian. And a moron.

 

[You]

She looks white to me.

How does the naacp elect their president?

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Sorry if the thread title offends - I will change it. I just thought it was hilarious.

 

[billinms]

What a bizarre story.

 

[insidejob]

Sorry if the thread title offends - I will change it. I just thought it was hilarious.

I don't think anyone is offended. Just confused as to why Drew Brees is the standard for whiteness.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

This gon be good
We'll get to talk about white privilege AND skin privilege with this one
The #itsallblackpropaganda crowd gets to laugh at the naacp (not that they needed much prompting)
The #institutionalracism crowd will try desperately to explain cultural misappropriation to people who won't have anything to say until megyn Kelly rebuffs it in bizarrely, illogical ways

I'm sure there will be more than one Clayton bigsby memes herein as well

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

I don't think anyone is offended. Just confused as to why Drew Brees is the standard for whiteness.

Aside from perhaps Mitt Romney, I can't think of anyone whiter. But, thats JMHO, not relevant to the story.

 

[billinms]

Well, if she self identifies as African American, who are we to judge?

 

[insidejob]

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I don't think anyone is offended. Just confused as to why Drew Brees is the standard for whiteness.

bc Riley Cooper would have been too ironic

 

[insidejob]

ok. i can't keep up already. can we get a merge or a delete?

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

go ahead and delete this thread before people think Drew Brees has gone blackface.