Rachel Dolezal, a White Woman, Says She Identifies “As Black” (Page 5)

[lightbulb27]

That's hillarious, it's lying, but to her maybe it isn't anymore than a woman who thinks she's fat when she is skinny. she should not have resigned. Now that... that is pure racism that she cannot work for NAACP. Total racism.

She's also bisexual, apparently was married to a black guy.

Oddly her dog associates as a cat. (fake news) It would be really ironic if her x husband associated with being chinese, but that's a whole another matter.

beyond that, whatever...

[Yc2K15]

If she prefers the black culture and the thinks its easier to fit in if she claims to be the same, then I guess she basically doesn't like the way she was living nor the people she was around. I think that is fine.. Its a little extreme, but I think its waaaaay worse that its global headline news. Like really?

[RationalLioness]

I agree as well and I honestly don't think it matters. She feels what she feels and I honestly believe that her parents did her wrong by what they did.

Especially her mother and what she said (not verbatim) "I don't know why [Rachel] would denounce and be ashamed of her race like that".

Let her be who she wants.

[kingoficeolation]

Identifying as who you feel you truly are should not involve lying about your entire life, it should be about finally telling the truth.

[rondon06]

Rachel Dolezal is not black and caitlyn/bruce jenner is not a woman, If I dress up in a batman suit can I identify as batman and have the western world except me

[couldntthinkofaname]

All I'm going to say is you are what you're born as whether you want to be or not, just accept it and deal with it. Changing your appearance doesn't suddenly make you something.

[Anonymous]

Why is this ok?
Jenner is a man, he was born that way. Getting tits doesn't make him a woman it makes him dellusional and mentally ill.

As for this tanned lady, she is not black.
Black = African. She is not.

A person can't simply say "I feel like a rhinoceros" it's the same thing.

Accept what you are don't try to become some freak of nature.

[Aquariusmystery]

Gender is a social construct, race isn't. Caitlyn Jenner is a woman, Bruce Jenner doesn't exist. Rachel is an imposter. There's a huge difference.

[itsallover]

@Aquariusmystery I would argue that both are social constructs

[BumbleSuperBee]

I agree with you @anonymous
If Bruce was a guevedoche the okay.. we'd say he had both male gonads and female characteristics but he's obviously not. I find the Bruce jenner transformation worse than Rachel's.. even tho both souund pretty idiotic

[BumbleSuperBee]

Then*
(and he'll always be Bruce jenner to me and a "he")

[Aquariusmystery]

@itsallover not quite, race is also cultural. Gender is who you are.

[Opinion Owner]

@Aquariusmystery Race is only cultural if you are born into that culture.

[Opinion Owner]

Apparently the mental illnesses that Bruce Jenner has are called Body dysmorphic disorder as well as Gender identity disorder.

[rAiNbOwTeRdZ]

I identify as a unicorn but I don't have a horn with magical powers 'n shit!

When I die, I will burst out candy and rainbows.

[Anonymous]

All this just makes me hope Trump will one day identify as a woman and the liberals will either do two things: accept that he is the first woman president or find the absurdity the trans movement has become.

I probably sound very transphobic or whatever but I’ll say this. Unless you are actually diagnosed with things like gender dysphoria or Klinefelter syndrome, you are not entitled to be addressed by the pronouns you feel like you deserve to be addressed. At that point, you seem to be just looking to score oppression brownie points. If this offends anyone, I’m not sorry.

[pooper89]

I don't see what's so significant about this. I mean, Justin Bieber thinks he's black too... there are lots of people who are delusional. It's about as common as dirt.

Maybe because she was actually elected president of a local NAACP chapter? Which I think is fucking hilarious. They must not have enough black people in Spokane. That's the only piece of solid information you can conclude from this bogus piece of "news"

[SilenRose]

You don't have to be black to support the NAACP. The difference between her and Justin Beiber is that she fully embraced the black culture. I have no issue with her and if she wishes to live this way more power to her. Let her live her life.

[OnionsNstuff]

i identify as a potato and when i die i want to be included in a nice warm meal of fish n chips

[rAiNbOwTeRdZ]

Beautiful <3

[WhatTheHellAmy]

That's my hubby <3

[Words_and_Wisdom]

Imagine a 60 year old man claiming to be a 13 year old boy.

The line has to be drawn somewhere...

[PeterPan11]

Well we shouldn't limit who he truly is, right? Totally kidding, its totally ridiculous. I think the line should be drawn at the very beginning. None of this is acceptable

[Anonymous]

Most of these twits are stupid... sexual identity and completely different than racial identification. She was born white and will always be white no matter how she looks or how well she connects with the African American culture. She lied and you can't identify yourself as something else when it's clear you aren't. If that's the case people people who "act white" "act black" would identify with that culture because they are more connected. It's bullshit and she knows it.

[CincinnatiRedsfan]

Caitlyn lied before she had the surgery though.

I don't see what harm either one are doing and why people care so much.

[Opinion Owner]

@cincinnatiredsfan the thing about catilyn is that she always felt that way... Rachel never expressed those feelings at an early age.. she's putting on a black face and pretending to be a black women when she's not... it's stupid and if she were an African American women or any other race trying to be someone else then it'd still think it's bullshit. I've seen Blacks trying to pass as Hispanic and Hispanic pass as whites and now Caucasians passing as black Lord why can't people just love themselves and expect who they are?

[Jersey1]

Rachel did say she identified early. I haven't heard Bruce say that but even if he did he didn't say it way back then. So they now both say it, there is no distiction then, they both said that they felt that way early in life. They both present themselves that way, they both identify that way, same logic. Their DNA says they are something other than they claim to be. It just doesn't fit with Left and is very hard for them to explain the difference, and they can't, hilarious.

[BumbleDeev]

I've never actually seen that before and didn't know anyone out there actually felt they were a different race. But I'm very accepting and feel that if that's what makes her happy, then that's what she should do since it's doing me no harm ^.^

[ImJustCurious13]

Liberals made a world where a person with a dick and balls and say he's a woman, now that a white person says she's black they have a problem with it. Nope, you made a world where people can identify as anything they want, they've brought this problem onto themselves.

[TomasLyy]

Sex and Race are completely different, you know that right?

[ImJustCurious13]

@TomasLyy Yes, I'm just saying that if they're going to make a world where people can choose their gender, then they're also going to make a world where people can choose their own race. Gender is more important than race since there's gender specific bathrooms, locker rooms, doctors, etc. while race specific should be non existent these days.

[Homey14]

This woman is a lunatic. Relating to a particular culture is one thing. Passing yourself off as being another race is entirely another. This is the problem with people trying to change from who they were born as to something else. First it was transgendered people now people are changing their race. There is so much confusion out there in the world that nothing has any kind of definition anymore.

[Archangl]

Why does it matter? If she wants to help the cause then I have no problem. Remember back in the '50's there were plenty of white folks who walked alongside minorities (namely Blacks) to fight for equality. If she wants to help fight for equality and justice, then I have no problems. If she feels like she is black hey no prob, this is not even a problem. Real problems are minorities getting killed for no reason, homelessness and hunger.

[IAmMellow]

Meh, I'm fine with it. She was doing a good job regardless. Sure she lied, but it doesn't affect anyone but herself. And for some reason this is more important than all the other REAL issues out there. Not surprised.

[PT1911]

I have no idea who would downvoted a voice of reason like this

[IAmMellow]

Can't please everyone.

[Caligirl97]

Screw being transracial. I'm in the wrong universe. I'm Transgalactic.

[epiman94]

Transatlantic!! Lol, I love it!

[epiman94]

*transgalactic
Damn autocorrect.

[LadrosTheHeroic]

But what are you then?
Nikto?
Kronikan?
Gungan?
Romulan?
Totalidiot?
Hutt?
I would go for Gree-X7.

[bang678]

Part of just feels that identifying as a different ethnicity is way different than identifying with a different gender and its nowhere near the same thing.

However its not harming anyone, so I can't really have anything against it.

[bang678]

I also think it opens a can of worms for people who are passionate about discussing cultural appropriation.

[Remonster]

Sounds like a reasonable stance to me. Though part of my mind is screaming "this shit is going way too far" right now.

[bang678]

My main thing against her is just that something about her story just doesn't add up.