Rachel Dolezal on "The Real"

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Rachel Dolezal is still up to her old tricks—chiefly, identifying as black and saying little beyond that when questioned about virtually anything—per her appearance on today’s episode of The Real, the View-style roundtable talk show whose panel is made up entirely of women of color. God knows why Dolezal appeared on the show—her internet-breaking notoriety earlier this year now seems several lifetimes ago. Certainly, the women on the panel came ready to hand Dolezal her ass.



Tamar Braxton asked Dolezal if she felt that she had deceived anyone. “No, I don’t,” said Dolezal. “Don’t we all have the right to be exactly who we are?” Some would call it an obligation, even.



Loni Love said to Dolezal, “Let me tell you something: I’m black. I can’t be you. I can’t reverse myself. Let’s check you, Rachel. If the police stopped me, you could throw that off and show that nice fine hair up under, and you might get away. I may not. I may not even make in the jail.” To that Dolezal did not reply.



Tamera Mowry-Housley asked Dolezal what being black means to her and why she wants to be black. “Well, I think that sometimes how we feel is more powerful than how we’re born, and blackness can be defined as philosophical, cultural, biological, you know, it’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people,” said Dolezal. “And I think you do have to kind of walk the walk if that’s who you are.”



Braxton asked Rachel if she feels like she has walked the walk of a black woman. “Absolutely,” said Dolezal.



Dolezal also reported, “The police mark ‘black’ on my traffic tickets,” and that she didn’t have to identify her race on her application to Howard University.



But before you jump to the conclusion that Dolezal has learned absolutely nothing from her wild time in the public eye, check out Adrienne Bailon circling back around. “Why not say you’re white, but you identify as being black? You don’t seem to answer the question straight on.” Dolezal answered the question with a question and Jeannie Mai confronted her with, “You weren’t born black, so when you say you are black, it makes it hard for people to understand where you’re coming from.”



“Right, and that’s why I said, I acknowledge that I was biologically born white to white parents, but I identify as black,” said Dolezal. At this the audience erupted into applause. Some people stood and cheered at the progress that was made onstage.

[cookiemdough]

She is a nut

[pixy0stix]

This lady makes me roll my eyes SO HARD.

[sushi]

They cheered this fool?!

[thejackpot]

The show is stupid and so is she.

[miniroller]

Nov 3, 2015 13:13:46 GMT -5 sushi said:

They cheered this fool?!

Right?!? I was hoping people would've thrown things & for more of a Jerry Springer judging-ish audience At the very least a stunned, disappointed, sorrowful silence.

[jln]

I watched it yesterday. She finally admitted she is white and born to white parents. They cheered that because it was after several minutes of her skirting the question.

She seems like she's dug such a big hole that she's embarrassed or so confused that she just can't come clean. It was very hard to watch because she just sat and lied, until she finally confessed. She's just a hot mess.

[jln]

Nov 3, 2015 13:18:09 GMT -5 miniroller said:

Nov 3, 2015 13:13:46 GMT -5 sushi said:

They cheered this fool?!

Right?!? I was hoping people would've thrown things & for more of a Jerry Springer judging-ish audience At the very least a stunned, disappointed, sorrowful silence.

For the most part the audience booed and gasped, fwiw.

[ECB]

Interestingly- the picture of her is the most "white" I've seen her look. While she's clearly still tanning or whatever, her hair is pretty innocuous. I wonder if there is one little neuron in her brain sparking and telling her to back off.

[Alyssa]

I love Loni Love, she makes a great point....shocker that Rachel didn't respond.

[jln]

Nov 3, 2015 13:20:50 GMT -5 Dig Ophelia said:

Huh?

So, she's claiming to be, what, transracial?

Is that a thing? I don't think that's a thing.

I mean...huh?

That's what she was getting at, I think, without spelling it out.

[busybodyk]

Did she talk about being pregnant? Is she? I heard something about her being pregnant last month. Just wondering if that was another fantasy of hers....

[mx27]

Nov 3, 2015 23:12:57 GMT -5 busybodyk said:

Did she talk about being pregnant? Is she? I heard something about her being pregnant last month. Just wondering if that was another fantasy of hers....

Yes, she stated that she is pregnant. After she made her announcement, Lonnie love said something like, "and the baby is going to be black...". Then Rachel said something about not discriminating when it comes to people she dates, meaning she dates black, white, etc. and men and women. She falls in love with a person's soul.