NAACP leader outed as white & doing Soul Man routine (2 Viewers)

[TheIronSheik]

2. Very few are defending her, Whoopi, Cher, and few other celebs have, but really not respected liberal/progressive voices. Both NBC/MSNBC were rather charitable in their interviews but even Melissa Harris-Perry said from the hour she spent with her, that while she seemed sincere in her beliefs, she could well be a con artist.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Peter Bailey of the Miami Times, the Daily Kos, Michael Dyson of MSNBC....More and more every day.

An individual diary at Daily Kos (of which there are hundreds daily by contributors, doesn't represent the views of the site, just the individual author.

And Dyson didn't really defend her actions - he said while not AA, she identified with them and could be black "in a cultural sense" and pointed out that "I bet a lot more black people would support Rachel Dolezal than would support say Clarence Thomas" which is true as Thomas is not well liked among AAs who feel that he has not represented their concerns or interests on the court.

Look, I can find links to people on the right who share a distinct minority opinion among conservatives on any issue but that doesn't make them representative of how most conservatives think.

Seems like the list of people supporting/defending her is growing by the hour.

It really isn't but carry on. If you want to keep digging up isolated instances of support, go ahead.

Actually, her interviews yesterday have made her look like even more of a nutcase, claiming her parents listed on her birth certificate may not be her real parents. She is getting a lot of pity for her delusional behavior but there has been no outpouring of support for the charade she engaged in or her justifications for it.

There actually has. Do a quick search and you can see that it's pretty evenly split.

 

[General Tso]

I'm confused about a couple of points here. Mainly:

1. Why is this story national news for several days running? (And why has it garnered 10 pages of discussion here?)

2. Why are people defending this woman? She's obviously a liar and a little crazy as well.

3. Why are people comparing her to Caitlyn Jenner?

She somehow managed to debunk the whole idea of race, opened eyes to the folly of categorizing people by the color of their skin, and revealed just how dumb and unverifiable race based admission standards are at American colleges.Essentially she's managed to bring more consensus to these topics in one week than we've been able to achieve in the last 50 years.

 

[Al O'Pecia]

I'm confused about a couple of points here. Mainly:

1. Why is this story national news for several days running? (And why has it garnered 10 pages of discussion here?)

2. Why are people defending this woman? She's obviously a liar and a little crazy as well.

3. Why are people comparing her to Caitlyn Jenner?

She somehow managed to debunk the whole idea of race, opened eyes to the folly of categorizing people by the color of their skin, and revealed just how dumb and unverifiable race based admission standards are at American colleges.Essentially she's managed to bring more consensus to these topics in one week than we've been able to achieve in the last 50 years.

Link?

 

[squistion]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/06/17/rachel_dolezal_was_raised_by_strict_fundamentalists_the_revelation_sheds.html?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5581c3ba04d3011cbb000001&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Rachel Dolezal Was Raised by Christian Fundamentalists. No Wonder She Wanted a New Identity.

The bizarre story of Rachel Dolezal, the white NAACP official who has been passing herself off as black for years, has been the flashpoint for tons of heated debate and think pieces as well as the inspiration behind some interesting history lessons. But so far there's been relatively little information that could help answer one central question: Why?

Dolezal herself is clearly an erratic and dishonest person, so she's not the most reliable source. But you can find some fascinating background at Homeschoolers Anonymous, a blog primarily focused on people who escaped "the conservative, Christian homeschooling subculture" that is all too often "used to create or hide abuse, isolation, and neglect."

Apparently these escapees from radical fundamentalism spotted Dolezal as one of their own and got to digging. R.L. Stoller, the community coordinator at Homeschoolers Anonymous, claims to have sources who knew the Dolezal family. These sources paint a picture of the Dolezals as adherents to a fundamentalist theory of child-rearing that puts an emphasis on adoption - the Dolezals adopted four children - and basically advises beating children into submission, following the rules established by the infamous Christian child-rearing manual To Train Up a Child. (Kathryn Joyce explored this subculture of Christianity for Slate in 2013.)

This aligns with some of what we already know about Dolezal's family: Her adopted brother, Izaiah Dolezal, sued for emancipation at age 16; he claimed that "my adoptive parents use physical forms of punishment as well as sending children away to other states to group homes (where two of my siblings are) if we don't cooperate with their religion and rules, they make us do manual labor and send us away." Instead of granting his request for emancipation, the court settled on transferring his guardianship to his now infamous older sister, Rachel.

The real meat of Homeschoolers Anonymous' findings are in excerpts from a memoir written by Dolezal's older biological brother, Joshua, titled Down From the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging. (He is currently facing charges of sexual abuse against a child.) The memoir paints a picture of religious fanaticism, including passages that describe speaking in tongues; his family's beliefs evoke a Pentecostal strain of the Christian patriarchystyle views of the Duggar clan from TLC's 19 Kids and Counting. (Both the Duggars and the Dolezals apparently endorsed the child-abuse-as-discipline technique known as "blanket training.") Joshua Dolezal describes his father's rages and his mother nearly bleeding to death after a miscarriage, relying on faith-healing instead of modern medicine. He claims he and his sister were born at home without the assistance of a physician or midwife, and listed "Jesus Christ" as the witness on their birth certificates. (Rachel Dolezal said on Tuesday that she was born "in the woods.")

If Rachel Dolezal did indeed grow up in an abusive, extremist family, it's of course no excuse for lying about her identity. But the cult-like fundamentalism that festers in so many pockets of our country does real damage to the psyches of people who might grow up to rebel against their upbringingand even reject their core identity - in the strangest of ways.

 

[cstu]

I'm confused about a couple of points here. Mainly:

1. Why is this story national news for several days running? (And why has it garnered 10 pages of discussion here?)

2. Why are people defending this woman? She's obviously a liar and a little crazy as well.

3. Why are people comparing her to Caitlyn Jenner?

She somehow managed to debunk the whole idea of race, opened eyes to the folly of categorizing people by the color of their skin, and revealed just how dumb and unverifiable race based admission standards are at American colleges.Essentially she's managed to bring more consensus to these topics in one week than we've been able to achieve in the last 50 years.

At the very least it's made more people question the label of 'race' that we give people.

She might have mental issues (especially if the story about her upbringing is true) but she can legitimately call herself African-American (as we all are).

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/06/17/rachel_dolezal_was_raised_by_strict_fundamentalists_the_revelation_sheds.html?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5581c3ba04d3011cbb000001&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Rachel Dolezal Was Raised by Christian Fundamentalists. No Wonder She Wanted a New Identity.

The bizarre story of Rachel Dolezal, the white NAACP official who has been passing herself off as black for years, has been the flashpoint for tons of heated debate and think pieces as well as the inspiration behind some interesting history lessons. But so far there's been relatively little information that could help answer one central question: Why?

Dolezal herself is clearly an erratic and dishonest person, so she's not the most reliable source. But you can find some fascinating background at Homeschoolers Anonymous, a blog primarily focused on people who escaped "the conservative, Christian homeschooling subculture" that is all too often "used to create or hide abuse, isolation, and neglect."

Apparently these escapees from radical fundamentalism spotted Dolezal as one of their own and got to digging. R.L. Stoller, the community coordinator at Homeschoolers Anonymous, claims to have sources who knew the Dolezal family. These sources paint a picture of the Dolezals as adherents to a fundamentalist theory of child-rearing that puts an emphasis on adoption - the Dolezals adopted four children - and basically advises beating children into submission, following the rules established by the infamous Christian child-rearing manual To Train Up a Child. (Kathryn Joyce explored this subculture of Christianity for Slate in 2013.)

This aligns with some of what we already know about Dolezal's family: Her adopted brother, Izaiah Dolezal, sued for emancipation at age 16; he claimed that "my adoptive parents use physical forms of punishment as well as sending children away to other states to group homes (where two of my siblings are) if we don't cooperate with their religion and rules, they make us do manual labor and send us away." Instead of granting his request for emancipation, the court settled on transferring his guardianship to his now infamous older sister, Rachel.

The real meat of Homeschoolers Anonymous' findings are in excerpts from a memoir written by Dolezal's older biological brother, Joshua, titled Down From the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging. (He is currently facing charges of sexual abuse against a child.) The memoir paints a picture of religious fanaticism, including passages that describe speaking in tongues; his family's beliefs evoke a Pentecostal strain of the Christian patriarchystyle views of the Duggar clan from TLC's 19 Kids and Counting. (Both the Duggars and the Dolezals apparently endorsed the child-abuse-as-discipline technique known as "blanket training.") Joshua Dolezal describes his father's rages and his mother nearly bleeding to death after a miscarriage, relying on faith-healing instead of modern medicine. He claims he and his sister were born at home without the assistance of a physician or midwife, and listed "Jesus Christ" as the witness on their birth certificates. (Rachel Dolezal said on Tuesday that she was born "in the woods.")

If Rachel Dolezal did indeed grow up in an abusive, extremist family, it's of course no excuse for lying about her identity. But the cult-like fundamentalism that festers in so many pockets of our country does real damage to the psyches of people who might grow up to rebel against their upbringingand even reject their core identity - in the strangest of ways.

No mention of them making her eat ham hocks?

 

[squistion]

I'm confused about a couple of points here. Mainly:

1. Why is this story national news for several days running? (And why has it garnered 10 pages of discussion here?)

2. Why are people defending this woman? She's obviously a liar and a little crazy as well.

3. Why are people comparing her to Caitlyn Jenner?

She somehow managed to debunk the whole idea of race, opened eyes to the folly of categorizing people by the color of their skin, and revealed just how dumb and unverifiable race based admission standards are at American colleges.Essentially she's managed to bring more consensus to these topics in one week than we've been able to achieve in the last 50 years.

At the very least it's made more people question the label of 'race' that we give people.

She might have mental issues (especially if the story about her upbringing is true) but she can legitimately call herself African-American (as we all are).

Except, at least from the interviews yesterday, she doesn't call herself that, she said to Matt Lauer "I identify as Black" and repeated that to Melissa Harris-Perry, but avoided labeling herself as African American.

And if you are White, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American and want go around calling yourself African American you are free to do so, and most people are also free to laugh at you for making such a statement even though it is technically true.

 

[Gary Coal Man]

Rachel Dolezal Accused of Misconduct on Spokane Police Oversight Board

June, 17, 2015

The Washington state woman who resigned from her NAACP leadership post after questions were raised over her racial identity has been accused of misconduct while on a Spokane commission that oversees police conduct.

Rachel Dolezal, 37, is accused in an independent report commissioned by the city of creating an intimidating workplace environment and with improperly revealing the names of people involved in police misconduct investigations during public meetings.

"If people are going to bring complaints forward, it needs to be kept confidential, and to break confidentiality is just flat out wrong," Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart told reporters Wednesday.


Dolezal's alleged misconduct stems from her time as a commissioner on Spokane's volunteer Office of Police Ombudsman Commission, which is tasked with civilian oversight of police conduct. Stuckart said he has asked Dolezal and two other commissioners named in the report to resign.

Dolezal has been at the center of a controversy over her racial identity since her parents alleged she is "Caucasian by birth," and that she has been misrepresenting herself as black for years.

On Monday, Dolezal resigned from her position as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. She also lost her job as an African studies instructor at a Washington university.

On Tuesday, in interviews with NBC News, Dolezal denied she had deceived anyone and said "I identify as black."

The investigation report released Wednesday was carried out by a law firm in response to complaints of harassment filed by a city employee back on April 16, before Dolezal made national headlines.


Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed" by the request that she resign from her position as chair of the police oversight commission, and said, "I standby [sic] my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement."

"I am sincerely troubled by the short sided [sic] conclusions that have so quickly been made with this report," Dolezal said in a statement. "I urge the people of Spokane to take a close look at the timing and intentions of the investigation and request for my resignation."

- Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed"



- "I am sincerely troubled"

Hard to argue with her on those above points.

 

[PatsWillWin]

Now imagine she was....uhhh...damnit.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Now imagine she was....uhhh...damnit.

Mexican!

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

None. None more black.

 

[belljr]

"I was raised a poor white women"

The Jerk 2 coming soon

 

[FlapJacks]

I'm confused about a couple of points here. Mainly:

1. Why is this story national news for several days running? (And why has it garnered 10 pages of discussion here?)

2. Why are people defending this woman? She's obviously a liar and a little crazy as well.

3. Why are people comparing her to Caitlyn Jenner?

3 there really isn't any comparison......Caitlyn grew up and lived a full life of white male privilege. Moreover, he was a star athlete which is like a triple whammy of white male privilege. Now, she has the luxury of being who she believes that she is, just now committing to the life amid a wide array of admiration. Rachel had black siblings, a black husband, went to Howard University and lived the life. She committed to it and did her part to seek social justice, fighting the good fight, in the face of whatever adversity a black woman might face in our culture.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Rachel Dolezal Accused of Misconduct on Spokane Police Oversight Board

June, 17, 2015

The Washington state woman who resigned from her NAACP leadership post after questions were raised over her racial identity has been accused of misconduct while on a Spokane commission that oversees police conduct.

Rachel Dolezal, 37, is accused in an independent report commissioned by the city of creating an intimidating workplace environment and with improperly revealing the names of people involved in police misconduct investigations during public meetings.

"If people are going to bring complaints forward, it needs to be kept confidential, and to break confidentiality is just flat out wrong," Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart told reporters Wednesday.


Dolezal's alleged misconduct stems from her time as a commissioner on Spokane's volunteer Office of Police Ombudsman Commission, which is tasked with civilian oversight of police conduct. Stuckart said he has asked Dolezal and two other commissioners named in the report to resign.

Dolezal has been at the center of a controversy over her racial identity since her parents alleged she is "Caucasian by birth," and that she has been misrepresenting herself as black for years.

On Monday, Dolezal resigned from her position as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. She also lost her job as an African studies instructor at a Washington university.

On Tuesday, in interviews with NBC News, Dolezal denied she had deceived anyone and said "I identify as black."

The investigation report released Wednesday was carried out by a law firm in response to complaints of harassment filed by a city employee back on April 16, before Dolezal made national headlines.


Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed" by the request that she resign from her position as chair of the police oversight commission, and said, "I standby [sic] my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement."

"I am sincerely troubled by the short sided [sic] conclusions that have so quickly been made with this report," Dolezal said in a statement. "I urge the people of Spokane to take a close look at the timing and intentions of the investigation and request for my resignation."

- Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed"



- "I am sincerely troubled"

Hard to argue with her on those above points.

I want more of her side of the story, I actually want as much of this as I can get.

This is reality TV at its best.

 

[MaxThreshold]

Rachel Dolezal Accused of Misconduct on Spokane Police Oversight Board

June, 17, 2015

The Washington state woman who resigned from her NAACP leadership post after questions were raised over her racial identity has been accused of misconduct while on a Spokane commission that oversees police conduct.

Rachel Dolezal, 37, is accused in an independent report commissioned by the city of creating an intimidating workplace environment and with improperly revealing the names of people involved in police misconduct investigations during public meetings.

"If people are going to bring complaints forward, it needs to be kept confidential, and to break confidentiality is just flat out wrong," Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart told reporters Wednesday.


Dolezal's alleged misconduct stems from her time as a commissioner on Spokane's volunteer Office of Police Ombudsman Commission, which is tasked with civilian oversight of police conduct. Stuckart said he has asked Dolezal and two other commissioners named in the report to resign.

Dolezal has been at the center of a controversy over her racial identity since her parents alleged she is "Caucasian by birth," and that she has been misrepresenting herself as black for years.

On Monday, Dolezal resigned from her position as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. She also lost her job as an African studies instructor at a Washington university.

On Tuesday, in interviews with NBC News, Dolezal denied she had deceived anyone and said "I identify as black."

The investigation report released Wednesday was carried out by a law firm in response to complaints of harassment filed by a city employee back on April 16, before Dolezal made national headlines.


Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed" by the request that she resign from her position as chair of the police oversight commission, and said, "I standby [sic] my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement."

"I am sincerely troubled by the short sided [sic] conclusions that have so quickly been made with this report," Dolezal said in a statement. "I urge the people of Spokane to take a close look at the timing and intentions of the investigation and request for my resignation."

- Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed"



- "I am sincerely troubled"

Hard to argue with her on those above points.

I want more of her side of the story, I actually want as much of this as I can get.

This is reality TV at its best.

translation: "I could bang that drum all night long." DD is in love, i think.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Repost? http://i.imgur.com/BDt4n5n.jpg

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Rachel Dolezal Accused of Misconduct on Spokane Police Oversight Board

June, 17, 2015

The Washington state woman who resigned from her NAACP leadership post after questions were raised over her racial identity has been accused of misconduct while on a Spokane commission that oversees police conduct.

Rachel Dolezal, 37, is accused in an independent report commissioned by the city of creating an intimidating workplace environment and with improperly revealing the names of people involved in police misconduct investigations during public meetings.

"If people are going to bring complaints forward, it needs to be kept confidential, and to break confidentiality is just flat out wrong," Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart told reporters Wednesday.


Dolezal's alleged misconduct stems from her time as a commissioner on Spokane's volunteer Office of Police Ombudsman Commission, which is tasked with civilian oversight of police conduct. Stuckart said he has asked Dolezal and two other commissioners named in the report to resign.

Dolezal has been at the center of a controversy over her racial identity since her parents alleged she is "Caucasian by birth," and that she has been misrepresenting herself as black for years.

On Monday, Dolezal resigned from her position as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. She also lost her job as an African studies instructor at a Washington university.

On Tuesday, in interviews with NBC News, Dolezal denied she had deceived anyone and said "I identify as black."

The investigation report released Wednesday was carried out by a law firm in response to complaints of harassment filed by a city employee back on April 16, before Dolezal made national headlines.


Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed" by the request that she resign from her position as chair of the police oversight commission, and said, "I standby [sic] my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement."

"I am sincerely troubled by the short sided [sic] conclusions that have so quickly been made with this report," Dolezal said in a statement. "I urge the people of Spokane to take a close look at the timing and intentions of the investigation and request for my resignation."

- Dolezal said Wednesday she is "disturbed"



- "I am sincerely troubled"

Hard to argue with her on those above points.

I want more of her side of the story, I actually want as much of this as I can get.

This is reality TV at its best.

translation: "I could bang that drum all night long." DD is in love, i think.

If I got the whole story I'd take one for the team on this. Would be a 2 million page thread.

 

[cstu]

Except, at least from the interviews yesterday, she doesn't call herself that, she said to Matt Lauer "I identify as Black" and repeated that to Melissa Harris-Perry, but avoided labeling herself as African American.

And if you are White, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American and want go around calling yourself African American you are free to do so, and most people are also free to laugh at you for making such a statement even though it is technically true.

Oh, obviously they will laugh - you won't see me doing it.

 

[Chemical X]

there is a walgreens commercial out now with some kiddy girls dancing troupe. The troupe head is kind of a dead ringer for our black & white cookie. funny

 

[Hang 10]

I'm confused about a couple of points here. Mainly:

1. Why is this story national news for several days running? (And why has it garnered 10 pages of discussion here?)

2. Why are people defending this woman? She's obviously a liar and a little crazy as well.

3. Why are people comparing her to Caitlyn Jenner?

1. Why wouldn't it be?

2. This question adds to your first question.

3. People started that as a joke. But now SHE is the one saying she "identifies as a black person" which is the phrasing Jenner used. I don't think anyone who is comparing her to Jenner is doing so seriously unless they are crazy like her.

Jenner identifies as a black person?

They're both delusional white lesbians?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Leave it to morons like Olaf to ruin a completely awesome story with his political

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Leave it to Dr. Detroit to try to derail a thread with personal attacks when he doesn't agree with a viewpoint. We've only seen that like, what, five million times.

Thanks, #######.

Where is the Clinton alias? Dead?

ETA: Yeah looks like Clinton was permabanned, shocking. Your racist, empty, and ridiculously bigoted posts aren't lost on me. #####.

 

[cstu]

I definitely experienced this. There was a time in my 20s when everything I learned about the history of racism made me hate myself, my Whiteness, my ancestors... and my descendants. I remember deciding that I couldn't have biological children because I didn't want to propagate my privilege biologically.

I'm the opposite - I used to have a Malcolm X poster on my wall in college but then I realized I like privilege too much and took it down. My daughter is only half privileged though, kinda feel bad about taking that away from her.

 

[cstu]

Beverly Daniel Tatum has written that White people don't choose to identify as White because the categories to choose from are loaded from the start. Traditionally, one can identify as a colorblind White person, a racist White person or an ignorant White person: those are the three ways White people get talked about as White.

Thanks to me colorblind ###hole White person is trending on Twitter.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Leave it to Dr. Detroit to try to derail a thread with personal attacks when he doesn't agree with a viewpoint. We've only seen that like, what, five million times.

Thanks, #######. Where is the Clinton alias? Dead?

ETA: Yeah looks like Clinton was permabanned, shocking. Your racist, empty, and ridiculously bigoted posts aren't lost on me. #####.

Hillary or Bill?

eens:

 

[TheIronSheik]

This chick was 70 before she found out she was white, not black.

 

[FlapJacks]

This chick was 70 before she found out she was white, not black.

Part of me wonders if she might still be(maybe that isn't her biological dad)..maybe that is how a black couple was allowed to adopt a white baby in the deep south during those days

 

[Doctor Detroit]

This chick was 70 before she found out she was white, not black.

That's not real, she is got some soul in her blood for sure.

 

[FlapJacks]

here we go again....

"

Rachel Dolezal 2.0? Shaun King, activist for the Black Lives Matter movement, outed as a white man "http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-lives-matter-activist-shaun-king-white-article-1.2330658

 

[moleculo]

here we go again....

"

Rachel Dolezal 2.0? Shaun King, activist for the Black Lives Matter movement, outed as a white man "

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-lives-matter-activist-shaun-king-white-article-1.2330658

"He never saw what hit him. He never had a chance. I didn't stop to count how many attacked him, but the number was easily in the neighborhood of a dozen. They were big white farm boys, all members of the FFA. Immediately a crowd formed while they stomped the life right out of Shaun, who couldn't have weighed much more than 100 pounds, if at all," Gold said.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

He wasn't even a good quarterback

 

[Hang 10]

 

[Chadstroma]

How many of these crazy people are there?

 

[Black Box]

People are finally coming around to the idea that race is not biological, but rather society- and identity-based.

Full article: http://www.vox.com/2015/8/19/9180389/the-shaun-king-controversy-explained

A person's race isn't derived by biology; it is instead set by society and a person's own identity. As Jenée Desmond-Harris previously explained for Vox, Americans embraced the concept of race to justify treating some people better than others. And since race is arbitrary, different people can genuinely disagree over who counts as white, black, brown, or any other racial identity.

The case of Rachel Dolezal, the former president of the Spokane, Washington, NAACP chapter, captured this issue. Both of Dolezal's parents were white, but she self-identified as black. And people around her believed she was black or biracial — until her parents told reporters that Dolezal was white, leading to a media frenzy.

Dolezal accomplished this supposed fraud by changing her hair to a curly Afro and sporting what appeared to be a fake tan. That this is all Dolezal had to do to get people around her to believe she's multiracial speaks to how flimsy perceptions of race can be — a hairstyle and tan are all it takes to convince most people.

Little White Lie, a film about a woman with a black father and white mother who grew up believing she was white despite her brown skin and curly hair, also demonstrated these issues. In the trailer for the film, a childhood friend tells her, "I always looked at you like you looked black … but not that you were." In this case, even the woman's skin color wasn't enough to convince others that she's biracial, simply because she didn't identify as such.

Even DNA, ancestry, and family history can't sufficiently pin down what someone's race is. A previous study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics found there are many Americans — particularly in the South — who have "hidden African ancestry" but identify as white. And although the researchers found that Americans tend to claim they're African American after they hit 28 percent African ancestry, there was still a significant amount of disagreement.

People can even disagree with their parents and siblings about what race they belong to. For example, there's the story of Lucy and Maria Aylmer, 18-year-olds whose father identifies as white and whose mother is "half-Jamaican" (and, we're to assume, thinks of herself as black): As Desmond-Harris explained, Lucy and Maria are twins who see themselves as members of different racial groups — one black and one white.

Obviously, Lucy and Maria's story is rare. But it shows that how people identify can vary even within their own families. So even if King's family members identify as white, black, or something else, it's entirely plausible for King to identify as black or biracial — and he wouldn't be the first person to disagree with his family on these issues.

None of this is to suggest that race doesn't matter, or that King's identity is irrelevant. Although race may have no biological basis, social perceptions of race play a huge role in people's lives — and could impact King's place in the Black Lives Matter movement.

 

[tommyboy]

sorry, race is biological.

funny article though, lol

 

[TPW]

http://louderwithcrowder.com/caught-blacklivesmatter-activist-shaun-king-is-actually-white/

Shaun King, an activist of the prominent, loud, destructive and obnoxious #BlackLivesMatter group is, according to his birth certificate and family heritage, whiter than a box of rice. He’s whiter than Casper the Ghost. Pour some milk in your cereal this morning? Shaun King is whiter than that. If you look up into the sky today and see some puffy clouds, make sure you call them Puffy Shaun King clouds, because Shaun King is whiter than those clouds in the sky. He makes Rachael Dolezal look like the JV team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AltMeuPkWRs

 

[TheIronSheik]

Is it possible to be half Jewish yet?

 

[Parrothead]

Is it possible to be half Jewish yet?

you like fat-free bacon?

 

[psychobillies]

sorry, race is biological.

funny article though, lol

For now it is. Won't be long before you are a racist for saying that. These are strange times we live in.

 

[tommyboy]

well it will be funny to know from a hypersensitive liberal SJW how the US Gov't can require race answers on the US Census while at the same time claiming that race isn't biological, but an identity>? taken to the absurd conclusion then all college admissions and quota systems IE affirmative action are moot.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Is it possible to be half Jewish yet?

I haven't been Jewish for a long time.

 

[belljr]

I could choose? Damnit

 

[SacramentoBob]

Random musing...

Does anyone find it interesting/odd that some physical traits, like skin color are a blend of the parents, while others, like eye color, are strictly dominant/recessive? The world would be a much better place if white people were a recessive gene.

 

[Chadstroma]

Random musing...

Does anyone find it interesting/odd that some physical traits, like skin color are a blend of the parents, while others, like eye color, are strictly dominant/recessive? The world would be a much better place if white people were a recessive gene.

No idea why the world would be better if 'white people' were a recessive gene. I am thinking if you think along those lines you are more of the problem than the solution.

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

well it will be funny to know from a hypersensitive liberal SJW how the US Gov't can require race answers on the US Census while at the same time claiming that race isn't biological, but an identity>? taken to the absurd conclusion then all college admissions and quota systems IE affirmative action are moot.

US Census should also account for dirt staches.

 

[Fennis]

Is it possible to be half Jewish yet?

Lenny Kravitz's father is Jewish and mother is black.

Lisa Bonet's mother is Jewish and father is black.

Zoe Kravitz is their kid. Zoe is 1/4 jewish +1/4 black +1/4 black + 1/4 jewish.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Is it possible to be half Jewish yet?

Lenny Kravitz's father is Jewish and mother is black.

Lisa Bonet's mother is Jewish and father is black.

Zoe Kravitz is their kid. Zoe is 1/4 jewish +1/4 black +1/4 black + 1/4 jewish.

She looks just like her mom. The black part at least.

 

[Fennis]

Is it possible to be half Jewish yet?

Lenny Kravitz's father is Jewish and mother is black.

Lisa Bonet's mother is Jewish and father is black.

Zoe Kravitz is their kid. Zoe is 1/4 jewish +1/4 black +1/4 black + 1/4 jewish.

She looks just like her mom. The black part at least.

no one in my Hebrew school was that hot

 

[tommyboy]

1% jewish is 100% jewish

 

[Fennis]

how great would life be to have two super hot parents? I wish my parents were hot....