Posted on 06/12/2015 8:17:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
If you can choose your gender, why not have the ability to choose your race?
That appears to be the argument shaping up to explain the bizarre case of NAACP Spokane, Washington chapter president Rachel Dolezal, whose parents have gone public with the fact that she was born blond and blue-eyed.
Rachel Dolezal, the president of the Spokane, Washington, NAACP, is being accused of falsely portraying herself as a black woman, CBS News' Adriana Diaz reports.
Her biological parents claim she is misrepresenting "major portions of her life," including being born white. As the city's mayor says it has opened an investigation and is gathering facts to determine if any city policies were violated, Dolezal is denying these accusations.
"Actually, I don't like the term African-American; I prefer black. So, if asked, I would say, yes, I consider myself to be black," Dolezal said to Spokane affiliate KREM.
But Dolezal's biological parents say that's just not true.
"Our daughter is primarily German and Czech and of European descent," her mother said.
Her parents, Ruthanne and Larry, live in a rural home in Troy, Montana.
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I wonder if she’d be guilty of mail fraud for putting the hate letter in her P.O. box. It was done on USPS property, but it didn’t actually get processed through the mail, from the sound of it. She’s either diabolically clever(avoiding mail fraud charges by not actually mailing said letter) or really dumb(not thinking that they’d check for a postmark). I’m thinking dumb is more likely.
I don’t know when I’ve seen a worse looking hangman’s noose. Was it even functional?
Mrs. AV
Navin, I’d love you if you were the color of a baboon’s a$$.
I can’t believe but CNN is covering this story at the moment.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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