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Rachel Dolezal on being black: 'I didn't deceive anybody'
CNN ^ | JUly 20, 2015 | Lisa Respers France

Posted on 07/20/2015 9:26:53 AM PDT by PROCON

(CNN)—Weeks after making headlines amid accusations that she is a white woman passing herself off as African-American, Rachel Dolezal says she is no longer confused about who she is.

She is a black woman, she told Vanity Fair.

"It's not something that I can put on and take off anymore," Dolezal said. "Like I said, I've had my years of confusion and wondering who I really (was) and why and how do I live my life and make sense of it all, but I'm not confused about that any longer. I think the world might be -- but I'm not."

Dolezal stepped down as head of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP in June over criticism that she's portrayed herself as black, even though her parents told a local newspaper that the 37-year-old was born white. She said then that she identified as black, and Dolezal maintains that she wasn't being deceptive.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: liberalism; naacp; race; racheldolezal; spokane; washington
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To: PROCON

She would get more support if she decided she was a black man.


21 posted on 07/20/2015 9:36:42 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: stars & stripes forever

“Orange is the new black”.


22 posted on 07/20/2015 9:36:48 AM PDT by glasseye
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To: PROCON

This chick is on drugs


23 posted on 07/20/2015 9:37:20 AM PDT by lesko
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To: PROCON

Self-definition. Be whatever you want to be.

This will not end well.


24 posted on 07/20/2015 9:37:27 AM PDT by lurk
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To: PROCON

Honestly though, if you are going to do something this crazy, it is probably the best route to take. Just double down. Like the old Eddie Murphy segment in “Raw”, “Wasn’t Me”. (:


25 posted on 07/20/2015 9:38:11 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: PROCON

True.


26 posted on 07/20/2015 9:39:38 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: PROCON

She’s playing word games now. She says she’s black but not African American. That skin dye stuff she’s using makes it so apparently.


27 posted on 07/20/2015 9:40:34 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nobody can be anybody without everybody.

Bad enough that some persons suffer from sexual ambiguity and misplaced identification, now it has to be conflated to race as well? Now race has been identified as a “state of mind”, never mind the supposed “privilege” that may or may not be associated with it.


28 posted on 07/20/2015 9:42:34 AM PDT by alloysteel (If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers.)
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To: PROCON

‘I didn’t deceive anybody’ she really meant “I didn’t deceive Nobody”


29 posted on 07/20/2015 9:43:51 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: PROCON

Right, Rachel.

And I’m a natural blonde.


30 posted on 07/20/2015 9:44:05 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: PROCON

She was born a poor black child.


31 posted on 07/20/2015 9:44:47 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
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To: PROCON

“I was born a poor black child...”


32 posted on 07/20/2015 9:45:14 AM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!)
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To: JudyinCanada
"In this upside down world, it’s a good defense. If they’re nuts enough to think Bruce Jenner is female, then Rachel identifying as black is perfectly feasible."

If this is acceptable to the Left, they people should be able to self identify for all the statistical information in Obama's racial action data base. Also, since people can self identify every day, that data base should be very dynamic.

33 posted on 07/20/2015 9:45:16 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: PROCON

Wacko-bird, totally.


34 posted on 07/20/2015 9:45:20 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: PROCON

‘I didn’t deceive anybody’ she really meant “I didn’t deceive Nobody”. She just ain’t black enough yet!


35 posted on 07/20/2015 9:45:45 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Truth29

they = then


36 posted on 07/20/2015 9:46:53 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Timber Rattler

Note that Thersa Heintz is an African-American.


37 posted on 07/20/2015 9:47:44 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: PROCON

Another mentally ill democrat.


38 posted on 07/20/2015 9:50:43 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: PROCON

Maybe CNN is hiring, Rachel.


39 posted on 07/20/2015 9:52:35 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Darksheare
When this story first broke, I watched an interview with her where the reporter was just grilling her on her deception and she just stood there with this dumbfounded, amazed look on her face as if to say, "How can you deny me what I feel I am."

She is certifiably insane.

40 posted on 07/20/2015 9:53:06 AM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted!)
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