President of NAACP Spokane chapter outed as white woman

[mmntech]

Blonde white woman who says she identifies as African-American allegedly dresses up in black face and an afro wig, somehow becomes president of Spokane NAACP.

SPOKANE, WA (KREM) -- A recent investigation into racially charged threats made toward the president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane have raised questions beyond who made the threats.

On Thursday, Rachel Dolezal's parents claimed she had been deceiving people.

Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal said Thursday that they want people to know the truth including that their daughter is Caucasian. The Dolezals sat down with 11Alive's Spokane sister station, KREM 2 News and said their daughter is specifically German and Czech.

Rachel Dolezal was born in Troy, Montana. Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal said their daughter has always identified with the African American culture and had black siblings who were adopted. They said she went to school in Mississippi and was part of a primarily African American community.

The Dolezals said Rachel married and later divorced a black man. They said after the divorce in 2004 Rachel began identifying differently. She started claiming to be partially African American and the daughter of bi-racial parents. They said they have noticed her change in physical appearance but do not know how she did so.

Rest of the story here, it's a longish article.
http://www.12news.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/11/spokane-naacp-president-questions/71101474/

It also appears she was sending herself racially charged hate mail. Dolezal claims to have received threatening letters from hate groups at the NAACP PO box. When postal officials investigated the letters, they lacked the proper postage marks and thus weren't mailed to the box.

 

[Grooveriding]

 

[Eug]

1. That title is awesome. Something I would have expected from The Onion.

'Black' NAACP leader outed as white woman

2. You posted the same text several times over.

 

[Jimzz]

I saw the headline at other sites but thought it was going to be how she was 1/10th white and people were not happy or something. Not she IS a white woman, let alone her look now.

 

[BoomerD]

I've been ROFL'ing at this story for a couple of days. I lived in Spokane for many years...I'm sure the black community there is about to ass-plode over this.

(however, it appears she HAS done a lot of good while posing as a black woman...in spite of the controversy over her race, those good deeds can't be taken away from her)

 

[Eug]

I've been ROFL'ing at this story for a couple of days. I lived in Spokane for many years...I'm sure the black community there is about to ass-plode over this.

(however, it appears she HAS done a lot of good while posing as a black woman...in spite of the controversy over her race, those good deeds can't be taken away from her)

Still sounds nuts.

 

[waffleironhead]

If a man can identify as a woman, why can't a white identify as a black?

 

[NuclearNed]

She's cuckoo for cocoa puffs

 

[brainhulk]

 

[KeithTalent]

1. That title is awesome. Something I would have expected from The Onion.

'Black' NAACP leader outed as white woman

2. You posted the same text several times over.

All of this.

Clean that shit up OP.

KT

 

[BoomerD]

All of this.

Clean that shit up OP.

KT

Come on...he's a canuck...that's like being autistic, retarded, and brain dead all at once. :whiste:


Wait...what? Did I actually say that out loud? :biggrin:

 

[JM Aggie08]

Wow...pretty incredible, if true.

 

[Krazy4Real]

lmao!

 

[inachu]

Here is a video she posted herself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHMOYYeJpd8

 

[waggy]

bwhahahahah i thought by the title it was a onion article. holy shit its true haha

 

[sourceninja]

...

 

[wabbitslayer]

If a man can identify as a woman, why can't a white identify as a black?

I asked my wife this when it was on the Today show this morning.

If someone can be born with the wrong genitalia, then logically, someone can be born with the wrong color skin.


For example, I was born a WASP but I am actually a Turquoise worshiper of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

 

[highland145]

Here is a video she posted herself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHMOYYeJpd8

 

[waggy]

Look, if guys can say they feel like girls and I'm forced by society to call them she and her then why can't white people say they feel black and force us to treat them black?

that is a good point.

I will say its because a black can not pain themselves white and claim to be white. it just wouldn't work. though i am amazed that she fooled people heh

 

[Maximilian]

Why lol. Money I guess?

 

[Nashemon]

that is a good point.

I will say its because a black can not pain themselves white and claim to be white. it just wouldn't work. though i am amazed that she fooled people heh

Never see a Dave Chappelle skit? Just gotta cover yourself in some powder. "I was born the wrong race!" Here comes the slippery slope the conservatives were talking about.

 

[mmntech]

1. That title is awesome. Something I would have expected from The Onion.

'Black' NAACP leader outed as white woman

2. You posted the same text several times over.

Fixed it. I'm having a bad day. This story made me laugh though.

 

[Jeffg010]

that is a good point.

I will say its because a black can not pain themselves white and claim to be white. it just wouldn't work. though i am amazed that she fooled people heh

Oh really
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/white-like-me/n9308

 

[purbeast0]

i don't get how she is "outted" as being white. you have to be blind to not see that she is a white girl.

 

[glenn1]

Never see a Dave Chappelle skit? Just gotta cover yourself in some powder. "I was born the wrong race!" Here comes the slippery slope the conservatives were talking about.

What slippery slope? That we would finally become a true meritocracy, where a white person who proved fully capable in a role won't be hounded out of that role for purely tribal reasons just to hand it to some crony simply because of their appearance? Or that a non-black might do a better job of representing blacks than any black person they might realistically recruit for the position?