Rachel Dolezal may no longer be head of the Spokane, Washington NAACP, but she does have a supporter in singer Keri Hilson. According to RollingOut.com Hilson took to Twitter to encourage her followers to take a different look at Dolezal, who came under fire after her mother revealed that her family had no African ancestry. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who resigned as head of a local NAACP branch after her parents said she was white said Tuesday that she started identifying as black around the age of 5, when she drew self-portraits with a brown crayon, and “takes exception” to the contention that she tried to deceive people. […]
Rachel Dolezal. Is she white? Is she black? She’s been quoted as saying she’s transracial; kind of like transgender ala Caitlyn Jenner. Is that even possible? Well, according to some psychologists, yes it is. Dr. Wendy Walsh told me on my CNN show last night that during adolescence and college, crucial formative times, her […]
Rachel Dolezal may have divided public opinion after news broke about her being a white woman claiming to be black, but for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the embattled former NAACP Spokane, Washington chapter president ‘s efforts to support of African-Americans over the years is what really matters. In an op-ed for Time magazine, Abdul-Jabbar likened Dolezal’s situation […]
Cher has no problem with Rachel Dolezal pretending to be black for at least a decade. Her issue is with the former NAACP leader’s parents, who outed her after a reporter tracked them down to confirm her racial identity. The pop icon took to Twitter to sound off on Mr. and Mrs. Dolezal, and then […]
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The president of the NAACP’s Spokane, Washington, has resigned as furor mounted over her racial identity after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years though she is actually white. The announcement that Rachel Dolezal was stepping down was posted Monday on the civil rights group’s Facebook […]
In a new piece for Time magazine, Tavis Smiley says that, much like the rest of the world, his first reaction to the Rachel Dolezal story was, “LOL.” When we initially heard about Rachel we thought she was a Funny or Die skit. We’re still clutching our pearls because Rachel’s story is indeed real life, […]
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Author/activist Tim Wise has made a career out of studying and critiquing whiteness, so he’s the perfect person to discuss all of the issues surrounding Rachel Dolezal, the President of the Spokane NAACP currently under fire for apparently masquerading as a Black woman for the last decade. While Dolezal has only spoken in […]
And so the plot thickens. If anyone wondered why Rachel Dolezal’s family chose to out her as white last week, Dolezal suggests it is because…
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — UPDATE: Rachel Dolezal has postponed a public statement on her role with the NAACP and the controversy over her racial background. After first saying she would speak on Monday, she confirmed that her response would be delayed in a letter released over the weekend. Dear Members and Friends, Due to the […]
