Posted on 06/14/2015 10:11:58 PM PDT by tcrlaf
As Rachel Dolezal’s story unravels on- and offline, the Internet has followed suit with questions of its own. In a recent interview, Dolezal’s parents said they’re “both of Caucasian and European descent,” and their now 37-year-old daughter — the president of Spokane’s NAACP chapter — has been pretending to be black for the last decade.
On Twitter today, several hashtags about Rachel were trending, including #transracial – a term that some users seemed to define as the idea that a person could be born as one race but assume another racial identity. The term — and the online conversation around it — was discussed in tandem with Caitlyn Jenner’s gender.
Here’s the thing: The conversation around being “transracial,” which has manifested in comparisons and memes like these, is transphobia and racism operating under the guise of a philosophical conversation
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1. Obama has never lived the experience of the Black American.
2. Bill Clinton was the first Black President.
Just adding to the list of observations.
Here is a south park clip on transpecies.
"There are lot of people out there that are transpecies."
Dolphinoplasty
My son calls her kind Afro-Saxon
I knew I’d seen her somewhere before
Racial Dolezal....
Moral edicts from MTV. Now I have seen everything.
oh and she says she's always been black just like gays say they have always been gay even if they had sexual relations with an opposite sex person
this has got to be the best outing this century!!
Does anyone else think it’s funny that the faux sistah causing the hubub, bub up in Spokane is named ‘Rachel’?
I like the hashtag #dontshootimspraytanned
hashtag # I be Geo Soros or at the very least Warren Buffett...Come on kids!..lets get those checks cashed....DONATE tomorrow!!
One of the best threads ‘evaar’. :D
Steve Martin: “I was born a poor black child then one day I saw my name in the phone book and then I was somebody.” Or something like that...
“Huh? My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin’ on the porch with my family, singin’ and dancin’ down in Mississippi.” ~The Jerk
If the transsexuals can have a sex change operation, Rachel should be able to have a race change operation. Fair enough? /sarc.
Oh, that is...GOOOD! I especially liked scrolling down to see Chris Christie (falsely) labeled a Republican.
That’s the one. ;)
You know, I don’t care what people want to call themselves. If you think you’re a lion, so what? As long as you aren’t hunting folks, who cares?
The problem is when the mentally insane demand that everyone else accept their insanity, especially when they want to use government to punish any dissent. That is where we have to draw the line.
Today I feel like... drat. I’m still a WASP male. I’m just too stuck in reality I suppose.
Califreak: “My son calls her kind Afro-Saxon”
This thread is full of good ones. I’ll have to remember this one. She’s a self loathing white, Afro-Saxon!
LOVE the Platters!
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