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Rachel Dolezal disinvited from Baltimore Book Festival after public backlash
foxnews.com ^ | 5/31/17 | foxnews.com

Posted on 05/31/2017 9:58:52 AM PDT by ColdOne

Organizers for the Baltimore Book Festival announced Tuesday they disinvited Rachel Dolezal, the controversial white woman who represented herself as African American for years, to this year's event after receiving major public backlash.

Festival organizers released a statement on its Facebook page, citing reaction from attendees and authors as the reason for rescinding Dolezal's invitation.

"A top priority of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts is to listen to our constituents, and after hearing from a cross-section of opinions on having Rachel Dolezal participate in this year’s festival, we had to consider how her appearance may affect both the audience and the other extraordinary authors we have planned for the Baltimore Book Festival," the statement read.

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To: ColdOne

Bwaaa-Haaa-Haaa!

Maybe Cindy Sheehan can sub for her? *SNORT*

Welcome to the long list of Life’s LOSERS, Rachel.


21 posted on 05/31/2017 11:04:16 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Drew68

i think the same way.


22 posted on 05/31/2017 11:06:08 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I guess she was never the guest host on Soul Train.


23 posted on 05/31/2017 11:07:51 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ColdOne

Ed

24 posted on 05/31/2017 11:28:08 AM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: ColdOne

I can’t feel any animosity to her. She’s mentally ill and does herself more harm than any of us could.


25 posted on 05/31/2017 11:40:37 AM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL)
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To: ColdOne

She identifies....


26 posted on 05/31/2017 1:06:26 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ColdOne

Wait just a minute here. Why can’t she identify as black and gain benefit, IF trans people can identify as the opposite sex and receive special bathroom privileges?


27 posted on 05/31/2017 1:37:23 PM PDT by mtrott
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Why not indeed. For years, we’ve been told that “race is a social construct”. For example: https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/16/how-fluid-is-racial-identity/race-and-racial-identity-are-social-constructs

Just as “sex” is biological, and “gender” is a social construct (which allows individuals to chose the gender they “identify with”); one should be able to chose the race they most identify with. (For consistency’s sake — I’m not advocating anything here.)

BTW, IMHO, “race” is both a biological and a social construct. That just happens to be the way the term is used — usually, in whichever way best supports the point one wants to make. The semantics often negate substantive debates.


28 posted on 05/31/2017 2:29:20 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: ColdOne

“Her 15 minutes may be up?”

that fruitcake’s shelf-life is WAY past it’s sell-by date


29 posted on 05/31/2017 3:42:37 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: All

I love it when the Left eat their own. It serves to prove how incredibly miserable they are as people when they can’t get along with members of their own tribe.


30 posted on 06/01/2017 7:12:06 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: ColdOne; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


31 posted on 06/02/2017 12:13:22 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: ColdOne

Racist blacks have declared open season on the White man.

Brought to you courtesy of Abe Lincoln and the Republican party.


32 posted on 06/02/2017 12:16:32 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Snickering Hound

There’s a reason why Lincoln is buried in a steel cage beneath 3 tons of concrete.


33 posted on 06/02/2017 12:18:17 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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