What a lunatic. On Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 7:19:19 PM UTC-5, Bear Guy wrote: > > One line that sums up the identity politics of the left: “There’s no > protected class for me,” > > > Rachel Dolezal Is Nearly Homeless, On Food Stamps And Still White > [image: Photo of Rob Shimshock] > Rob Shimshock > <http://dailycaller.com/author/rob-shimshock/> > Education Reporter > <http://dailycaller.com/author/rob-shimshock/> > 8:43 PM 02/25/2017 > > > > Former NAACP branch president Rachel Dolezal, who lied about being black > but still identifies as black, is now jobless, living on food stamps and > expects to lose her home next month. > > *“There’s no protected class for me,”* the former NAACP branch president > told The Guardian. > <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/25/rachel-dolezal-not-going-stoop-apologise-grovel> > “I’m > this generic, ambiguous scapegoat for white people to call me a race > traitor and take out their hostility on. And I’m a target for anger and > pain about white people from the black community. It’s like I am the worst > of all these worlds.” > > Dolezal has applied for over 100 jobs, but has received no offers, even > from a supermarket. She has, however, been offered work in porn and reality > TV. While a friend helped pay her rent for February, Dolezal expects she’ll > lose her home next month. > > “I do think a more complex label would be helpful, but we don’t really > have that vocabulary,” said the former Africana studies instructor. “I feel > like the idea of being trans-black would be much more accurate than ‘I’m > white.’ Because you know, I’m not white.” > > “It wasn’t like the honest thing to do is say, ‘I’m white’, because race > is a social construct,” stated Dolezal to The Guardian. “And this gave me > this great sense of internal freedom: I wasn’t actually all fucked up. I > was actually on to something this whole time.” > > “I’m not going to stoop and apologize and grovel and feel bad about it. I > would just be going back to when I was little, and had to be what everybody > else told me I should be – to make them happy.” > > The former chair of Spokane’s police ombudsman group sunbathed, used > traditionally black hairstyles, checked the “black” box on employment and > medical documents, responded to inquiries about her ethnicity with “mixed,” > and, if asked whether her mom or dad was black, said her mom was white. > > Dolezal detailed her childhood in Montana in the article as one containing > a suppression of her creativity by her white Christian fundamentalist > parents, who supposedly beat her. > > She says that she drew herself as having curly hair and dark skin and > would cover herself with mud and pretend to have been kidnapped from > Africa. When her parents adopted black children, she braided their hair, > educated them on black history, and “began to see the world through black > eyes.” > > “On the white side I noticed hatred, fear and ignorance,” recounted the > former NAACP branch president to The Guardian, describing her experience at > college in Jackson, Miss. “And on the black side I noticed fear, anger and > pain. I felt more at home with the anger and pain towards whites, because I > had some anger and pain – toward not just my parents but also, even though > I wouldn’t have been able to articulate it then, towards white supremacy.” > > Dolezal braided her hair and wore dashikis as symbols of “renouncing the > propaganda standards of European beauty being superior.” But while some > progressives would deem these acts cultural appropriation, Dolezal noted > that African American peers in her church said that “to copy is to > compliment,” according to the article. > > A year after Dolezal received a graduate scholarship and teaching capacity > at the historically black Howard University, she became pregnant and her > tutor revoked the two positions. Dolezal sued Howard for both gender and > racial discrimination because the tutor had said “your white relatives can > probably pay your tuition.” > > “I would say the primary discrimination was gender,” remarked Dolezal. “It > sounds bad, right. It sounds like I just played that card for my advantage. > But I just knew that if I did not have my scholarship, we were going to > lose our apartment and Kevin was going to have to drop out of school.” > > Dolezal had acquired the idea that racial identity was “an invention of > human beings” from Howard University. But according to her brother, “when > she came [to Howard], they saw she was white and she wasn’t treated that > well, especially by people that worked there. She probably started > developing this kind of dislike for being white and dislike for white > people. She used to tell [her adopted brother] … that all white people are > racists. She might have developed some self-hatred,” as reported by CNN > <http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/us/washington-rachel-dolezal-adopted-brother/> > . > > *Follow Rob Shimshock on Twitter* <https://twitter.com/ShimshockAndAwe> > > *Send tips to [email protected] <javascript:>.* > > *Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without > charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. > For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact > [email protected] <javascript:>.* > > > > > http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/25/rachel-dolezal-is-nearly-homeless-on-food-stamps/#ixzz4ZnISbXy1 >
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