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In reply to the discussion: There's no such thing as "Transracial" [View all]migsan
(17 posts)82. Your correct
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.
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Certainly not. Identification isn't the issue - masquerading and lying is the issue.
Avalux
Jun 2015
#137
According to what I've read, she represented herself as African American on applications.
MohRokTah
Jun 2015
#13
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
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
There are only about 6 black folks in this town, barely enough for the cops to beat up on.
jtuck004
Jun 2015
#14
“Damn, Rachel Dolezal. Even Vanilla Ice didn’t claim to BE black”: W. Kamau Bell
KamaAina
Jun 2015
#20
it's about whether we we are in the group that gets discriminated against or not.
maindawg
Jun 2015
#118
When a black man can "self identify" as a white man and cops stop pulling him over....
MohRokTah
Jun 2015
#40
For those who doubt that 'race' (unlike gender) is 100% socially constructed . . .
markpkessinger
Jun 2015
#56
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
"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
Tell that to the poster who wants to give her the Arthur Ashe courage award.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#104
There's anything we want to be...for instance yesterday I declared myself a unicorn.
ileus
Jun 2015
#124
Dolezal has lied to support her case that she's a black woman in a white body...
MrScorpio
Jun 2015
#144