President of Spokane NAACP outed as white imposter

[Zioneer]

From what I understand, she's falsified her race on several legal documents, her parents don't back her up (as they are completely white), she's made up an elaborate fictional life, she's doing major cultural appropriation, and she may or may not have made up the death threats she's been getting.

So I have no sympathy for this lady. I have more sympathy for ethnic minorities who attempt to pass as white, since at least they have an excuse that white people have privileges that they don't have. This lady though is just appropriating a slice of black culture for her own whims.

EDIT: Also, passing her adopted brother off as her "son" is just weird.

[Zioneer]

EDIT: Also, passing her adopted brother off as her "son" is just weird.

she legally adopted that brother as her son

Even so, that's really weird.

This guy nails it

@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.
5:37 AM - 12 Jun 2015 · Washington, DC, United States

Exactly, which its why its tacky and cultural appropriation at best to pretend to be black.

Dolezal once told a Hispanic student that she "didn't look Hispanic enough" to truly understand what it feels like to be discriminated against.


To the posters saying "What's the big deal, she still was helping black people", I think the problem people have is that she actively lied and hid her past. Claiming various black people in pictures are her relatives, talking about growing up as a black child, putting "African-American" on job applications, stuff like that.

Yeah, knowing full well that you are white and telling a Hispanic person that they don't know what it feels like to be discriminated against is a jerk move.