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Proto-Liz Warren: Celebrated Indian Victim Wasn’t
Culture
October 24th, 2022 2:03 PM
American culture has bizarrely moved so far away from MLK’s dream that people would be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
This trend has been going on for decades. An example is actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather (born Sacheen Cruz). In a political stunt, the Apache accepted Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Award at the 1973 Oscars. She…
Walter Williams Column: Racial Deception
October 17th, 2020 4:44 PM
During slavery, many black women, often in a forcible union with a white man, bore mixed-race children. Based on their percentage of white blood, they were deemed "mulattos," "quadroons," "octoroons" or even "hexadecaroons." Depending on skin color, they could pass as white and avoid the gross racial discrimination suffered by their darker skinned brothers and sisters. This was portrayed in a…
‘Legends of Chamberlain Heights' Trolls with Rachel Dolezal Tanning
Culture
June 26th, 2017 5:57 PM
In the episode airing June 25th, Comedy Central’s Legends of Chamberlain Heights struck a blow against white appropriation with a smack at Rachel Dolezal along the way. “Chocolate Milk” deals with the white character Milk’s obsession with appropriating black culture and he looks for a way to become black – at least on the outside.
Media Slam Rachel Dolezal for Comparing Gender, Race ‘Fluidity’
Culture
April 6th, 2017 5:21 PM
Controversial race figure Rachel Dolezal is back in the news. After her fall from grace, the self-described “trans-racial” professor and former NAACP chapter president is now out with an autobiography about her saga. And in following interviews, she continues to exasperate even the liberal media by comparing gender with race.
Variety Blasts NBC for Going ‘Way Too Easy’ on Rachel Dolezal
June 17th, 2015 2:58 PM
In a Tuesday article, Variety’s co-editor-in-chief Andrew Wallenstein slammed NBC for its series of exclusive interviews with ex-NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal: “...the most absurd aspect of NBC News’ Dolezal Day was how straight-faced its interviewers sat as their subject grew loonier the more she spoke.”
Daily Beast Writer Worries Dolezal Harming Transgender Rights Push
June 16th, 2015 6:45 PM
I have to admit, watching liberals divide into two mutually-exclusive camps over the Rachel Dolezal "transracial" nonsense is kinda fun. Samantha Allen of the Daily Beast comes down squarely on the side that attacks Dolezal's actions as inexcusable, in no small part because it may be "damaging" the push for cultural normalization of transgenderism.
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CNN Guest: Dolezal Represents ‘White Privilege At a Spectacular Level'
June 16th, 2015 4:51 PM
Reacting to Rachel Dolezal’s interview with MSNBC during which the former Spokane NAACP president claimed to identify as black, CNN brought on Charles Blow of the New York Times and cultural critic Michaela Angela Davis to discuss the situation. They both dismissed the idea that Dolezal could identify as black, saying it represents white privilege.
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Whoopi Goldberg on Dolezal: ‘She Wants to Be a Black Woman, Fine'
June 16th, 2015 2:53 PM
You’ve probably heard about the latest story of someone claiming to be what she’s not. Last week, Rachel Dolezal – Spokane NAACP chapter president – was discovered not to be biracial black as she had claimed for years, but 100 percent white.
In light of recent events, the comparison between Dolezal and Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner was inevitable.
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CNN's Pereira: Rachel Dolezal is 'Appropriating...A Culture'
June 16th, 2015 1:17 PM
On Tuesday's New Day, CNN's Michaela Pereira criticized former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal for her false narrative about her race: "To a lot of people, it's as though she's just appropriating a lifestyle, a culture, a racial identity. And the fact is, she's told a lot of lies about other things."
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MSNBC’s Dyson Implies Rachel Dolezal More Black Than Clarence Thomas
June 16th, 2015 10:43 AM
On Monday’s The Ed Show, Michael Eric Dyson, MSNBC political analyst and frequent guest host on the "Lean Forward" network, used the ongoing controversy surrounding Rachel Dolezal claiming to be African American to deride Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Dyson asserted: “I bet a lot more black people would support Rachel Dolezal than would support say Clarence Thomas.”
MSNBC Guest Demands a 'Healthy Dialogue' On 'Transracial' Issues
June 15th, 2015 4:13 PM
Transgenderism is so yesterday. It’s time to “discuss” transracial issues! That, of course, according to a guest on the June 15 edition of MSNBC’s NewsNation. Tamron Hall invited Earl Hutchinson – a radio host and prominent author on racial issues – to the program to chat about the still unfolding story surrounding Rachel Dolezal, the now former head of the Spokane NAACP who lied about being…
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MSNBC's Harris-Perry Wonders If a White Couldn't Be 'Trans-Black'
June 15th, 2015 2:10 PM
Rachel Dolezal pretended to be black for years as president of the Spokane NAACP. She's now become the "Caitlyn" Jenner of a "trans-black" discussion. People may want to identify as black when they are not.
Always one for a controversial discussion about race in America, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry decided to jump in on the “trans-black” bandwagon, wondering out loud on her Saturday show:
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CNN's Hill: NAACP Leader Pretending to Be Black is 'White Privilege'
June 14th, 2015 7:43 PM
On Friday's Anderson Cooper 360, during a discussion of revelations that Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal is a white woman who has spent years pretending to be black, liberal CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill oddly asserted that her actions constitute "the ultimate exercise in white privilege."
Ironically, after enumerating several reasons why blacks may want to pretend to be white for gain…
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Nets Hailed Jenner Gender Switch; Hits NAACP Leader's Race Switch
June 12th, 2015 4:42 PM
While all three broadcast networks hailed Bruce Jenner for choosing to switch genders and become Caitlyn Jenner just one week ago – devoting 48 minutes to the story in three days – on Friday, those same networks were aghast that Spokane, Washington NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal had chosen to identify herself as black despite being white.
