Parents of Spokane NAACP President claim she's misrepresenting her ethnicity

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Yeah exactly - That's what I said (or what I meant if I said it badly) she talks of hardships she never experienced because she likes the attention and probably the feeling of community.

Ok, I see what you meant. That's why plenty of black women are rightfully upset about her deception. She could have obtained her job position and everything else without doing this. But as groundbreaking as it might seem, most black people have seen this before, just not on this large of a scale.

I know plenty of women and men who try real hard to copy our mannerisms and lifestyle because they're romanticized what it means to be black in America.

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that's a major jump, the end-clause.

lemme say it a different way -

she got these jobs in Spokane, WA based on a series of application forms, where she clearly listed her race as 'African American, bi-racial'.

the applications forms aren't where the lies stopped, or where they began.

[Darnell 8,479]

the applications forms aren't where the lies stopped, or where they began.

so we can say, for her, to be Black is Whack. Geez. Erie, that just sucks, and not in a good way.

[decocker 7,198]

so we can say, for her, to be Black is Whack. Geez. Erie, that just sucks, and not in a good way.

oh no. i won't say that. i left 'whack' in the nineties where it belongs, darnell.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

so we can say, for her, to be Black is Whack. Geez. Erie, that just sucks, and not in a good way.

No, just that she didn't need to portray herself as such to get what she wanted. White people can advocate for black issues with the same voracity as a black person can, just requires the right amount of empathy and compassion. I'm a straight man, but I could easily go put my life on the line for gay rights. Because it's the right thing to do.

Edit: You really need to leave the slang terms alone. You sound like those old dudes who try to be hip but just come off sounding offensive. Just some advice.

Edited June 15, 2015 by Stay Woke

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She had difficulties coming out happens.

[Darnell 8,479]

No, just that she didn't need to portray herself as such to get what she wanted. White people can advocate for black issues with the same voracity as a black person can, just requires the right amount of empathy and compassion. I'm a straight man, but I could easily go put my life on the line for gay rights. Because it's the right thing to do.

Edit: You really need to leave the slang terms alone. You sound like those old dudes who try to be hip but just come off sounding offensive. Just some advice.

Well, I hope she gets sued, civil cases abounding, and made to repay her salaries and grants.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

She had difficulties coming out happens.

You can't compare what she did to "coming"out.

Well, I hope she gets sued, civil cases abounding, and made to repay her salaries and grants.

She should, false representation.

[Darnell 8,479]

Edit: You really need to leave the slang terms alone. You sound like those old dudes who try to be hip but just come off sounding offensive. Just some advice.

Hey ! that's my schtick ! Kudos for figuring it out ! I was silent for almost a year and a half, but I'm way more active this season.

Administrivia - since the site owner limited the search engine, you cannot read (at one whack) all of my prior posts - but if'n you did, well, you'd easily figure it out about 3 years ago.

and a PS - just wait until you get around your younger nieces and nephews - they'll have the exact complaint on ya

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Hey ! that's my schtick ! Kudos for figuring it out ! I was silent for almost a year and a half, but I'm way more active this season.

Administrivia - since the site owner limited the search engine, you cannot read (at one whack) all of my prior posts - but if'n you did, well, you'd easily figure it out about 3 years ago.

and a PS - just wait until you get around your younger nieces and nephews - they'll have the exact complaint on ya

My kids are already giving me this headache...

[Ban Hammer 13,693]

Spokane NAACP president's brother joins melee

Rachel Dolezal, the embattled president of Spokane's NAACP chapter, is facing more allegations, now from her adopted brother.

"She took me aside and just told me not to blow her cover," Ezra Dolezal, one of her African American adopted siblings, told CBS affiliate KREM-TV by phone. "She's like trying to say like people were racist to her her entire life, even though she grew up a white, privileged person up in Montana."

Dolezal has been at the center of a firestorm ever since her parents came forward last week and said she is lying about being African American. She abruptly canceled a Monday meeting where she planned to explain herself, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone.

Her parents, Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, remember their daughter as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl.

"I am her birth father, I will always be her birth father. And so her true birth ethnicity is Caucasian," Larry said.

"Our daughter is primarily German and Czech and European descent," Ruthanne said.

Dolezal is the subject of multiple investigations, and some members of her chapter are demanding she step aside. However, Dolezal said she has not misled anyone about her race.

"If I was asked, I would definitely say, that yes, I do consider myself to be black," she said.

But the city council is now exploring whether she should be removed as chairwoman of a commission that oversees misconduct complaints against police officers.

Dolezal checked off numerous boxes -- including African American -- on her employment form.

Dolezal was elected president of the NAACP's Spokane chapter last November. She holds a masters degree from Howard University and teaches African studies at a local university.

NAACP member Kitara Johnson is organizing a protest against Dolezal and has created a petition calling on her to take a leave of absence.

"If I find out that you have not been completely honest with me, and you lied just to get close to me? Yes, I feel betrayed," Johnson said.

Dolezal has claimed the man pictured here is her father. She is estranged from her biological parents and said the truth is complicated.

"It is a very private matter especially getting into somebody's childhood and past, and family members that have had a history of litigation," Dolezal said.

Officially, the NAACP said race has never been a factor in choosing its leaders and that the organization stands behind Dolezal. Over the years, Dolezal has also claimed to have been the target of numerous racist incidents and messages. On Friday, the Spokane police said all cases involving her have been suspended.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/naacp-spokane-chapter-president-rachel-dolezal-adopted-brother-speaks-out/

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Spokane NAACP president's brother joins melee

Rachel Dolezal, the embattled president of Spokane's NAACP chapter, is facing more allegations, now from her adopted brother.

"She took me aside and just told me not to blow her cover," Ezra Dolezal, one of her African American adopted siblings, told CBS affiliate KREM-TV by phone. "She's like trying to say like people were racist to her her entire life, even though she grew up a white, privileged person up in Montana."

Dolezal has been at the center of a firestorm ever since her parents came forward last week and said she is lying about being African American. She abruptly canceled a Monday meeting where she planned to explain herself, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone.

Her parents, Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, remember their daughter as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl.

"I am her birth father, I will always be her birth father. And so her true birth ethnicity is Caucasian," Larry said.

"Our daughter is primarily German and Czech and European descent," Ruthanne said.

Dolezal is the subject of multiple investigations, and some members of her chapter are demanding she step aside. However, Dolezal said she has not misled anyone about her race.

"If I was asked, I would definitely say, that yes, I do consider myself to be black," she said.

But the city council is now exploring whether she should be removed as chairwoman of a commission that oversees misconduct complaints against police officers.

Dolezal checked off numerous boxes -- including African American -- on her employment form.

Dolezal was elected president of the NAACP's Spokane chapter last November. She holds a masters degree from Howard University and teaches African studies at a local university.

NAACP member Kitara Johnson is organizing a protest against Dolezal and has created a petition calling on her to take a leave of absence.

"If I find out that you have not been completely honest with me, and you lied just to get close to me? Yes, I feel betrayed," Johnson said.

Dolezal has claimed the man pictured here is her father. She is estranged from her biological parents and said the truth is complicated.

"It is a very private matter especially getting into somebody's childhood and past, and family members that have had a history of litigation," Dolezal said.

Officially, the NAACP said race has never been a factor in choosing its leaders and that the organization stands behind Dolezal. Over the years, Dolezal has also claimed to have been the target of numerous racist incidents and messages. On Friday, the Spokane police said all cases involving her have been suspended.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/naacp-spokane-chapter-president-rachel-dolezal-adopted-brother-speaks-out/

Makes me wonder, why did her parents wait until now to say something? She's been doing this for a hot minute, I hope their reasoning isn't deceptive as hers is...

[Jacque67 7,328]

Makes me wonder, why did her parents wait until now to say something? She's been doing this for a hot minute, I hope their reasoning isn't deceptive as hers is...

It has been reported that they are angry with her for not defending her brother in a child abuse investigation.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Has been reported she sued Howard University for ANTI-WHITE policy five years before she started to pretend she was black...

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[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Problem is, she could have still done everything while being white...

But she wasn't a victim. She didn't suffer hardships because of this. She changed her skin color to get more credit when she spoke about black issues, but she didn't experience them.

Your comment would be valid IF she got the position based on her skin color, but there have been a few folks in the NAACP that held that position and were white. Everything she obtained would have turned out exactly the same if she would have stayed as a white woman.

Read marvin read. Her teaching Jon