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migsan

(17 posts)
82. Your correct
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 07:47 PM
Jun 2015

I should of done my research.

I guess she was on the Lopez tonight show and she said she considers herself black. George asks for the break down and says her mother is Irish and her father is black and her great grandmother on her dads side was from Valenzuela. So people are like well her dad isn't full black but what African American is full black? so her background is she is less than 10% latino 45% black 45% white.
And i doubt those are accurate considered latino isn't a race. I am asian but my great-great granmother was white so does that make me white? no I am still asian. You go by what your mother and father is.
She was on the cover of Essence which i heard she wanted to be on which is a black magazine and usually only black women are on there
She was on the cover of vibe and ebony which are also black magazines
She always has a black choir and black people in her back up singers
I always thought she was just some mixed black girl she even sounds like one and not to mention she is doing R&B which is African American culture that started in the African American Community.
Mix of Rhythm and Blues.
So because she considers herself black its a bad thing?
What about Alicia Keys, Halle Berry etc they consider there selves black but nobody says anything.
As I said in another thread, I am waiting for studies to see. yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #1
She FELT black?? missingthebigdog Jun 2015 #32
Well you'll have to ask her. I don't have those feeling when I was young yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #49
She felt so black at age five, in her 20's she sued Howard joeybee12 Jun 2015 #36
She lost the lawsuits goldent Jun 2015 #66
That could explain it! joeybee12 Jun 2015 #68
ROFL malaise Jun 2015 #79
She really does need help...nt joeybee12 Jun 2015 #81
I suspect she is a habitual liar. Chemisse Jun 2015 #77
That's kinda weird. Raine1967 Jun 2015 #107
Were you in an environment where everybody was white? Person 2713 Jun 2015 #151
It's simple. Avalux Jun 2015 #130
Then anybody can identify as any non-real race, religion or class prayin4rain Jun 2015 #134
Certainly not. Identification isn't the issue - masquerading and lying is the issue. Avalux Jun 2015 #137
I thought your first post prayin4rain Jun 2015 #138
You got my first post correct. Avalux Jun 2015 #142
I hadn't heard about a fake medical condition? prayin4rain Jun 2015 #143
I can't believe this keeps having to be said. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #2
K&R Solly Mack Jun 2015 #3
I'm with you on this. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #4
Excellent. cali Jun 2015 #5
Excellent and definitive article nt MrScorpio Jun 2015 #11
This is key! malaise Jun 2015 #88
All I know wendylaroux Jun 2015 #6
Super wrong in many ways -- still brazen and amazing! Freelancer Jun 2015 #7
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2015 #8
Really well said. eom guillaumeb Jun 2015 #9
It's too bad the discussion wasn't more about race versus culture. Warpy Jun 2015 #10
According to what I've read, she represented herself as African American on applications. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #13
Is DNA the only determinant of who a person is? Warpy Jun 2015 #15
Race is physical MohRokTah Jun 2015 #17
So is gender. Warpy Jun 2015 #18
Only very light African American people could gollygee Jun 2015 #25
But so is gender.physical...right down to the DNA in every cell in the body. zeemike Jun 2015 #22
Gender goes beyond the physical DNA structure, race does not. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #26
So you can feel like the opposite sex but not like you are black. zeemike Jun 2015 #33
A white person who self identifies as black is the perfect example of white privilege. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #34
There is nothing to stop them from self identifying as white of feeling that way zeemike Jun 2015 #41
OH YES THERE FUCKING IS!!!! MohRokTah Jun 2015 #44
When the yelling begins I quit. zeemike Jun 2015 #54
Well fucking good. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #60
The fact that people won't accept them has everything to do with it gollygee Jun 2015 #61
Discrimination was created not race. zeemike Jun 2015 #89
Race is not biological gollygee Jun 2015 #97
Not so . . . markpkessinger Jun 2015 #42
Excellent post Spazito Jun 2015 #52
Well stated. n/t DeadLetterOffice Jun 2015 #55
+1 gollygee Jun 2015 #62
well stated.nt stage left Jun 2015 #64
How do we know there is no such thing as intrinsic racial identity? zeemike Jun 2015 #98
How do we know there's no such thing as intrinsic disabled identity? Major Nikon Jun 2015 #154
Well we don't sense identity is a product of the mind not biology. zeemike Jun 2015 #155
The reason being protected classes can't be directly compared Major Nikon Jun 2015 #156
In short, all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. zeemike Jun 2015 #157
So, you are saying it's so....because you say it's so sub.theory Jun 2015 #102
No, not because I say it's so . . . markpkessinger Jun 2015 #148
Since we can't see into her brain pnwmom Jun 2015 #131
That is one of the clearest explanations I have seen, thank you Maeve Jun 2015 #133
Atypical gender identities likely have a physical or genetic origin. Chemisse Jun 2015 #87
And so does skin colour.. and that is not just likely but a fact. zeemike Jun 2015 #94
Only if black people are allowed to be white. bravenak Jun 2015 #115
The school district somehow labeled my light skinned, blue eyed, blond daughter DamnYankeeInHouston Jun 2015 #29
I got in trouble in 1970s when had to fill out a questionnaire to graduate uppityperson Jun 2015 #45
I guess things have progressed slightly. DamnYankeeInHouston Jun 2015 #51
She wasn't brought up with her black adopted brothers. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2015 #69
It was not a paid position. notadmblnd Jun 2015 #84
"Transracial" is like "Affluenza". MohRokTah Jun 2015 #12
Borrowing a word from religion: AMEN n/t etherealtruth Jun 2015 #46
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #47
Oh Lord, YES! Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #92
There are only about 6 black folks in this town, barely enough for the cops to beat up on. jtuck004 Jun 2015 #14
Dolezal is only black when it's convenient. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #16
Well said n/t Spazito Jun 2015 #19
“Damn, Rachel Dolezal. Even Vanilla Ice didn’t claim to BE black”: W. Kamau Bell KamaAina Jun 2015 #20
This sounds absurd. jalan48 Jun 2015 #21
I wonder if she understands how badly she has hurt the Exilednight Jun 2015 #23
how has she hurt the racial struggles? handmade34 Jun 2015 #30
I have known many trans racial people in my life maindawg Jun 2015 #24
So, tell us . . . markpkessinger Jun 2015 #65
its a cultural thing maindawg Jun 2015 #116
"Dress and act like people of color" ???? gollygee Jun 2015 #71
it's about whether we we are in the group that gets discriminated against or not. maindawg Jun 2015 #118
Thanks for outing yourself. n/t gollygee Jun 2015 #119
Gosh, no transphobia in your post... Spazito Jun 2015 #122
Every one of those people was a white person playing at being black. Codeine Jun 2015 #90
Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #117
tell that to Johnny Otis uhnope Jun 2015 #27
I heard her say TNNurse Jun 2015 #28
Yep. That right there ^^^ beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #31
I just saw her on NBC TNNurse Jun 2015 #53
Classic behaviour for a pathological liar. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #57
why? handmade34 Jun 2015 #35
LOL! stage left Jun 2015 #72
I agree with you, but I do kind of feel sorry for her though. dawg Jun 2015 #37
Not sure about that LittleBlue Jun 2015 #38
There may be no such previous thing in language, the post-modernists HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #39
When a black man can "self identify" as a white man and cops stop pulling him over.... MohRokTah Jun 2015 #40
Has she undergone treatments to change her skin color? jalan48 Jun 2015 #43
The Jerk - I was born a poor black child. Unknown Beatle Jun 2015 #48
Thank you, thank you, thank you ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #50
For those who doubt that 'race' (unlike gender) is 100% socially constructed . . . markpkessinger Jun 2015 #56
Completely correct sub.theory Jun 2015 #80
Someone has to explain it to her.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #58
in grade school + childhood, i always preferred making black friends. much easier in the hood. BUT pansypoo53219 Jun 2015 #59
In adoptionland transracial is a term that POCs adopted by white people use to self-identify me b zola Jun 2015 #63
Thank you for starting a separate thread about this! beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #99
I agree. stage left Jun 2015 #67
Her motto: It's not a lie if you believe it. betsuni Jun 2015 #70
Mariah Carey migsan Jun 2015 #73
She is multiracial gollygee Jun 2015 #74
Your correct migsan Jun 2015 #82
because one of their parents' is black shanti Jun 2015 #96
"its a bad thing" if your parents are lily white and you claim one of them is black. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #100
Multiracial people (white and African American) are usually treated as black by society gollygee Jun 2015 #149
agreed Skittles Jun 2015 #75
Race is far more nebulous than gender sub.theory Jun 2015 #76
Please see post #42, which addresses your question n/t markpkessinger Jun 2015 #83
I love her. JanetLovesObama Jun 2015 #85
She SUED Howard University for discrimination! beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #91
Of course it's not. 840high Jun 2015 #103
Tell that to the poster who wants to give her the Arthur Ashe courage award. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #104
I hope you're joking. 840high Jun 2015 #109
Those parents ! JanetLovesObama Jun 2015 #78
If she said it hasppened - I don't believe her. 840high Jun 2015 #108
Setting Rachel Dolezal aside, race is pretty much a construct AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #86
#2 is not English MrsMatt Jun 2015 #164
Thank you. lovemydog Jun 2015 #93
I don't what to think of the entire situation... 99Forever Jun 2015 #95
As a light skinned black woman who people look at tblue Jun 2015 #101
+1 well said! nt Damansarajaya Jun 2015 #129
Thank you. K/r 840high Jun 2015 #105
I appreciate this post so very much. Raine1967 Jun 2015 #106
There's different angles for the pro or cons. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #132
You don't know her! Omnith Jun 2015 #110
Oh, please. Frankly, I'm not certain that this woman even knows herself. MrScorpio Jun 2015 #111
Perhaps Omnith Jun 2015 #113
I have no need to cut her or any of her lies any slack. MrScorpio Jun 2015 #114
There wouldn't Jamaal510 Jun 2015 #112
+1 lovemydog Jun 2015 #121
I've got to part company with you on this . . . Damansarajaya Jun 2015 #120
"I was born a black person in a white body…" MrScorpio Jun 2015 #123
That's rather an ungenerous view of Johnny Otis. Damansarajaya Jun 2015 #126
He identified as black because he wanted to make black music... MrScorpio Jun 2015 #128
correct Skittles Jun 2015 #139
Thanks! MrScorpio Jun 2015 #141
absolutely Skittles Jun 2015 #147
Demeaning the opposing views of others as Damansarajaya Jun 2015 #158
I will always demean the opposing view of bigots Skittles Jun 2015 #159
Alerting on this. nt Damansarajaya Jun 2015 #160
Alert failed, but just barely. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #162
Thanks, Comrade. Was trying to have Damansarajaya Jun 2015 #163
There's anything we want to be...for instance yesterday I declared myself a unicorn. ileus Jun 2015 #124
If you can shit us up some vibrant rainbows... MrScorpio Jun 2015 #125
How about if I just fix X-ray equipment??? ileus Jun 2015 #127
Says who? BKH70041 Jun 2015 #135
Dolezal has lied to support her case that she's a black woman in a white body... MrScorpio Jun 2015 #144
My opinion is that it ultimately won't matter. BKH70041 Jun 2015 #146
No, it's not. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #150
No such thing as transracial plstephen Jun 2015 #136
Rachel Dolezal tried to pull... jjewell Jun 2015 #140
+1 lovemydog Jun 2015 #145
How about Trans nationality? fadedrose Jun 2015 #152
That would make immigration easier n/t gollygee Jun 2015 #153
do you walk like an Egyptian, fadedrose? Skittles Jun 2015 #161
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