Posted on 06/14/2015 5:40:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
One local NAACP member is asking for Rachel Dolezal's resignation. Kitara Johnson has set up an online petition through the website MoveOn.Org and has received more than 200 signatures as of Sunday night.
"We don't care what race she is, but when you are leader, it doesn't even matter if you've made a mistake but the fact that you will not respond to the people, that you won't issue and apology,” Johnson said. “Come clean.”
Dolezal has been portraying herself as an African American, despite the face that her Montana birth certificate lists her as white. Johnson said that she was fully behind Dolezal when the allegations came out, but changed her mind when she saw KXLY 4 News exclusive interview.
“Are you African American?” Reporter Jeff Humphrey asked Dolezal on Wednesday. After a moment of silence, Dolezal responded, “I don't understand the question.”
Johnson said she was floored by her answer.
“So you mean to tell me that your going to lie within a lie and say you don't understand the question,” Johnson said. “And you don't know if your African American or not because she had been proudly professing that."
Johnson said that's also why she is concerned with the position taken by the national NAACP. Last week, the organization released a statement that said in part: “The NAACP Alaska-Oregon-Washington State Conference stands behind Ms. Dolezal's advocacy record.”
Johnson said that record has been based on lies.
“I've asked people to boycott the NAACP, do not go to meetings, do not pay membership until they reconsider the decision to back a person they consider a leader, because we don't,” Johnson said.
Johnson has also planned a peaceful demonstration before Spokane NAACP's regular meeting on Monday. She and others planned to meet outside the building on 25 W. Main at 6 p.m. and hold signs until the meeting starts at 7 p.m.
On Sunday, the Spokane NAACP wrote on their Facebook page that the meeting was canceled. The post reads:
“Due to the need to continue discussion with regional and national NAACP leaders, tomorrow's meeting is postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. We appreciate your patience and understanding at this time.”
Johnson said the peaceful protest will continue whether or not there is meeting. She said that she wants to forgive Dolezal, but first she needs to apologize to set a good example.
“It's time to show the next generation that doing the right thing goes out of style and that integrity and honesty is how you move forward in life to become successful," Johnson said.
Or party affiliation?
Actually it's skin tone, they have a gradient scale. She isn't even "high yellah" like Obomber.
She’ll be in observation in a cell before the month is out
Can you imagine the conversation this chick and Michael Jackson might have had? They both wanted to be a black woman.
Aren’t those rooms white?
lol
Black people just woke up and saw, for the first time, some white chick was in charge of them ?
Sorry, but the phrase 'stupid ****** ' comes to mind.
And if I'm wrong and out of place with that remark, then there HAS been a tin foil plot laid out a long time ago ... waiting for a moment ..... THIS moment.
During the slave-years, in Virginia (and possibly in some other states), a Quadroon - someone who was 1/4 black and 3/4 white - was legally Caucasian.
The "One-Drop Rule" was a twentieth century invention, designed to prevent blacks from owning certain real estate.
And yes, there were a lot of "white slaves". Some descended from Irish (and other) slaves, and some descended from a mixing of African slaves with free (or enslaved) white people.
Sally Hemmings (Thos Jefferson's famous slave) was an Octoroon; 1/8 black. Her children were 1/16 black (there was no equivalent term) and were slaves until Jefferson freed them.
Spelling from the ID perhaps?
Or white Hispanics.......
When Bruce Jenner gives up his Gold Medal for pretending to be a man.
spot on.
“She should just change her name to Interrachel Dolazel.”
Very clever.
She’s TransRacial. What part of that don’t they understand. They celebrated the “Trans-identity” thing with Bruce Jenner.
Gotta root for Frank Gorshin! :-)
The KKK branch of the naacp must be appeased!
It would be much better if she got a boot in the ass and told to not come again.
Yep, LOL!
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