Posted on 06/14/2015 4:41:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When news broke last night that the president of Spokane's NAACP chapter Rachel Dolezal is actually a white woman who's been pretending for years to be black, Twitter erupted into a cacophony of outrage, disbelief, and — best of all — jokes. While we prepare for the impending storm of hot takes — and, as activist Deray McKesson put it, some actually interesting essays exploring "performative blackness, appropriation as reality, and the white gaze" — let's take a moment to enjoy the humor in this before it's considered too mean. For instance, Dolezal's Twitter handle is literally @HarlmRenaissanc. You can't make this stuff up.
Andi Osho ✔@andiosho Is it a black women in a blue shirt or a white woman in a gold shirt? #RachelDolezal
Mr. Cub 1931-2015 @JeffOutLoud I declare February 29th as #RachelDolezal Day because it's generally not a part of Black History Month, but every 4 years it pretends to be.
Danielle Henderson @knottyyarn Her own mama outed her. HER OWN MAMA! That is the blackest thing that ever happened to her. #RachelDolezal
dodai ✔@dodaistewart 🎶 "you ain't really **** with me way back then, how 'bout now?"
Desus Nice ✔@desusnice Next black peoples meeting expect long lines. Everyone gotta reapply #RachelDolezal
Tracy LaFway Clayton ✔@brokeymcpoverty her instagram name is afrocentricfemme. she was in this for the long haul.
PostBadMelanin @melaninmatters National Appropriation Association for Caucasian People 6:56 PM - 11 Jun 2015
Deaux @dstfelix iggy azalea ran so rachel dolezal could fly
Tracy LaFway Clayton ✔@brokeymcpoverty all these pictures of her look like she googled 'what do black people wear' and just did that
lowercaseg @Saint_Martha Obviously, Emma Stone has to play #RachelDolezal in the inevitable film about this mess.
Ruler of New Wakanda @insanityreport Got a dark skin friend look like #racheldolezal, got a light skin friend looks like #racheldoelzal
Rembert Browne @rembert When rachel knew that Good Times lyric was "hanging in a chow line," I was like--this stinks of exhaustive research. should have spoken up.
PrestonMitchum @PrestonMitchum If #RachelDolezal can do it, so can I.
I am now a white American.
Give me: good credit, the ability to swim, and police NOT beating me.
A To and Fro.
Her own mama outed her. HER OWN MAMA! That is the blackest thing that ever happened to her. #RachelDolezal
Is it just me or does she look like Sideshow Bob’s long-lost twin sister?
I am now a white American.
Give me: good credit, the ability to swim, and police NOT beating me.
A little racist, but still funny
Emma Stone has to play #RachelDolezal in the inevitable Lifetime movie of the week about this hot mess.
What would happen if George Zimmerman met Rachel Dolezal? He wouldn’t know whether to follow her around the neighborhood or domestic abuse her? Could a white hispanic and a transracial black woman make it work?
darn you!! i was gonna post that!! a little racist but hysterical!!
So Iggy Azelia and Vanilla Ice are now banned from rapping?
Question: Did she love being black or hate being white?
Or.. did she become black to get a job?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Does Ms Dolezal now lose her n-word pass card?
How come Tom Hanks hasn’t come out and told the public his son is white?
Racial Dolezal ALERT!
Tom Hanks' black son said it got transferred to him.
ROFL, yeah I think you called it.
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