Civil Rights Leader Disguised Herself As Black For Years

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WTF?!

Link here.

A Civil Rights Leader Has Disguised Herself As Black For Years, Her Parents Say

Rachel Dolezal is president of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP and also chairs a city police oversight commission. Her parents also told BuzzFeed News that she is passing off her younger adopted black brother as her own son.

A civil rights leader in Eastern Washington state has been passing herself off as black for years, her parents told local media.

When reached by BuzzFeed News late Thursday, Rachel Dolezal’s father, Larry Dolezal, said that he and her mother are both white.

“She’s our birth daughter and we’re both of European descent,” he said, adding, “we’re puzzled and it’s very sad.”

Rachel Dolezal has been the president of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP since January. She also serves as chair of the city’s police oversight commission.


She is also an adjunct professor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University.

According to her staff biography, Dolezal received her master’s degree from Howard University, an historically black university in Washington, D.C.

“Her passion for civil rights is influenced by her years in Mississippi, where she advocated for equal rights and participated in community development,” the bio states.

Dolezal’s biography also states she has been the victim of at least eight “documented hate crimes.” No suspect has been identified.

Representatives at EWU said they did not have a comment on Thursday night.

But on Thursday, Dolezal’s parents also told local media outlets that their daughter’s heritage is Czech, Swedish, and German — including possible traces of Native American.

Larry Dolezal told BuzzFeed News he could not fully explain why his daughter might have wanted to pose as a black woman.

But, he added: “She has over the past 20 years assimilated herself into the African-American community through her various advocacy and social justice work, and so that may be part of the answer.”

He went on to say that Rachel cut off all communication with him and her mother, and “doesn’t want us visible in the Spokane area in her circle because we’re Caucasian.”

To her colleagues in Spokane, however, she identified a different man as her father.

According to the Spokesman-Review, Dolezal misrepresented herself on her application for the city commission, writing that her ethnicity included white, black, and American Indian. Officials told the Spokesman-Review they were investigating whether she violated any city policies.

And in an interview with KXLY 4, Dolezal did not answer when asked if she was African-American.


The formerly straight-haired blonde also posted a photo of her “natural” curls.

Though rumors regarding her background had circulated for years, a recently reported hate crime prompted serious questions of Dolezal’s credibility.

Dolezal said she found a threatening package in the NAACP’s post office box in February, KXLY reported. The city of Spokane later sent out a press release that the package contained racist messages and death threats. The city statement reiterated that it was the ninth hate crime Dolezal had experienced.

“It is deplorable and shocking that Ms. Dolezal should be experiencing hateful and malicious threats. We stand strongly in solidarity with her, as a university and as a campus community,” Eastern Washington University President Mary Cullinan added in a statement.

But postal workers told police the envelope was not timestamped or canceled. The only way the letter could have gotten into the box was if it had been placed there by a post office employee or by someone who had the P.O. Box key.

Dolezal told the station she would never falsify something so serious.

In interviews and her writing, Dolezal often mentions her black sons.

The Coeur d’Alene Press quotes Dolezal referring to “my oldest son Izaiah.”

But Larry Dolezal said that Izaiah is actually Rachel’s adopted brother.

About five years ago, when Izaiah was 16, he opted to go live with Rachel, Larry Dolezal said, at which time she obtained guardianship. Still, he told BuzzFeed News that he and his wife, Ruthanne, remain Izaiah’s legal parents.

Larry and Ruthanne eventually lost contact with Izaiah, and on Thursday did not know where he was. Larry added that Thursday is Izaiah’s 21st birthday.

Rachel hinted to the Press recently that Izaiah was her brother:

Rachel Dolezal confirmed in a recent phone interview with The Press that Izaiah is one of her adopted brothers.

“He used to be my brother,” she said. “But I have full custody of him now.”

“The last we heard he was either attending pre-law at the University of Idaho in Moscow, or through the branch campus in Spokane or in Coeur d’Alene,” Larry said.
 He also denied claims made by Rachel to local media that she had been abused by her parents.

In addition to herself, Rachel told the Press that Larry and Ruthanne Dolezal had abused her siblings as children. She also maintained that she was black.

“They can DNA test me if they want to,” she told the newspaper.

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Boo! I did a search before I posted! This is what happens when you don't give threads descriptive titles!

[nursewife]

I was just reading this, and my exact reaction was a huge WTF. Seriously?!

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I even did a decent job of making this easy for you guys to read without having to click a link.

HARUMPH.

[Deleted]

This also demonstrates that I don't read threads with vague titles posted by unfamiliar screennames. LOL.

[Deleted]

I am sad I cannot see whatever was just posted.

[panbitch]

Jun 12, 2015 12:04:48 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

I am sad I cannot see whatever was just posted.

Eye roll from "The Good Wife"

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Jun 12, 2015 12:11:51 GMT -5 @koko said:

....if she really is white, I'mma set everything on fire about that last picture you posted.

HAND TO GOD. THE ENTIRE WORLD ABLAZE IN MY RAGE.

She is for sure white, right?

The parents who came forward are indeed hers?

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Jun 12, 2015 12:27:58 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Jun 12, 2015 12:11:51 GMT -5 @koko said:

....if she really is white, I'mma set everything on fire about that last picture you posted.

HAND TO GOD. THE ENTIRE WORLD ABLAZE IN MY RAGE.

Can you SEE her? She is a white girl with a really bad spray tan!

She's like one step above Snooki.

Maybe.

LOL.

[knx9211]

I like your thread better because it has pictures and text and not just a link. I'm going to stay here.

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I worked hard on this thread! LOL.

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Jun 12, 2015 12:40:53 GMT -5 mp said:

I mean, her childhood photos are hard to argue against. lol. Long blonde hair?



This woman sounds unstable.

It's frightening to me.  What is going on in her head?

I don't necessarily think she is a bad person, but there must be something really wrong inside to motivate lies like this.

[wizza]

Jun 12, 2015 12:11:51 GMT -5 @koko said:

....if she really is white, I'mma set everything on fire about that last picture you posted.

HAND TO GOD. THE ENTIRE WORLD ABLAZE IN MY RAGE.

WTF?

[wizza]

Jun 12, 2015 12:11:51 GMT -5 @koko said:

....if she really is white, I'mma set everything on fire about that last picture you posted.

HAND TO GOD. THE ENTIRE WORLD ABLAZE IN MY RAGE.

Again....WTF?

[meggers5]

Jun 12, 2015 12:55:30 GMT -5 wizza said:

Jun 12, 2015 12:11:51 GMT -5 @koko said:

....if she really is white, I'mma set everything on fire about that last picture you posted.

HAND TO GOD. THE ENTIRE WORLD ABLAZE IN MY RAGE.

Again....WTF?

I think you're going to be a little more clear.

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I'm so confused.

[textbookcase]

Jun 12, 2015 12:11:51 GMT -5 @koko said:

....if she really is white, I'mma set everything on fire about that last picture you posted.

HAND TO GOD. THE ENTIRE WORLD ABLAZE IN MY RAGE.

That last picture is really something.

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[wannabe]

WTF?

heh.

[Serenity9]

Jun 12, 2015 12:55:30 GMT -5 wizza said:

Jun 12, 2015 12:11:51 GMT -5 @koko said:

....if she really is white, I'mma set everything on fire about that last picture you posted.

HAND TO GOD. THE ENTIRE WORLD ABLAZE IN MY RAGE.

Again....WTF?

A newb is WTFing KOKO?!? Whatever shall we do?!

[shostakovich]

HOLD IT. Tyra Banks was in the Black or White video?? How did I not know this until now?

[fryjack2]

Something sad is for sure going on in her head. Her "natural look" picture is what I wish my hair looked like. I love it. I want to know how she made her straight fine blonde hair look like that.

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Jun 12, 2015 13:11:22 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

HOLD IT. Tyra Banks was in the Black or White video?? How did I not know this until now?

Yup! LOL.

[wambam]

The newb isn't going to come back, are they?



Can you tell I've been on GG Tumblrs today?

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Jun 12, 2015 13:12:25 GMT -5 @koko said:

Jun 12, 2015 13:11:22 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

HOLD IT. Tyra Banks was in the Black or White video?? How did I not know this until now?

Literal WTF.  Because she was the best part!!  It was like "Oh person...person...oh that transition was cool....persOHMYGODIT'STYRA!!!!"

One of the girls from A Different World was in it, too.  And the redhead girl from Head of the Class.

[shostakovich]

Jun 12, 2015 13:12:25 GMT -5 @koko said:

Jun 12, 2015 13:11:22 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

HOLD IT. Tyra Banks was in the Black or White video?? How did I not know this until now?

Literal WTF.  Because she was the best part!!  It was like "Oh person...person...oh that transition was cool....persOHMYGODIT'STYRA!!!!"

Wait, we need to get wizza in here to confirm this WTF. 

[Serenity9]

Jun 12, 2015 13:12:48 GMT -5 fryjack2 said:

Something sad is for sure going on in her head. Her "natural look" picture is what I wish my hair looked like. I love it. I want to know how she made her straight fine blonde hair look like that.

I've been pondering her hair, too. Some of them look like they must be her real hair. But I think some of them have to be wigs. Does she have a stylist who keeps her secret?

[wizza]

Jun 12, 2015 13:00:15 GMT -5 @koko said:

Jun 12, 2015 12:55:30 GMT -5 wizza said:

Again....WTF?

WTF are you WTFing. 

I am WTFing YOU and your "set the world on fire rage". I mean, if you know her personally then I stand corrected.

[wambam]

Jun 12, 2015 13:20:24 GMT -5 wizza said:

Jun 12, 2015 13:00:15 GMT -5 @koko said:

WTF are you WTFing. 

I am WTFing YOU and your "set the world on fire rage". I mean, if you know her personally then I stand corrected.

Stick around. You may learn something.