I lost even more respect for the 'news.' She says that black women don't understand what she has been through. The authentic black women don't understand what the pretend black woman has been through? She started identifying with being black at age 5. What experience could she have felt by age 5 as a white girl living in Spokane with 2 white parents?

@KanezaMac

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph Mays I think she lied about that story with the crayons. I believe her parents when they said it started when they adopted their children; and by then she was in her teens.

@lordandsavior

9 жыл бұрын

She did lie about the crayons. Her parents said she never did that. Her adopted brother said it was a lie too.

@e0o9kii

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph Mays Dolezal is just a crazy person. The news shouldn't even be giving her any kind of media attention.

@haniyyahn

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph Mays She actually grew up in Montana, so even more lily-white than that.

@slurrpychillifries

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph Mays well, she grew up with crazy religious parents...that is pretty traumatic. does it mean she has experienced blackness? what does that even mean? im so fuckn tired of black ppl playing the victim. its not a war on blacks, it is a war on middle/lower class ppl. what most blacks call racism is really just bigotry. it doesnt really matter though, the only group black ppl can blame for keeping them down is black ppl themselves. too much effort went into explaining baltimore, that event alone created a significant number of racists, because they dont like "black people" burnign their business down and then justifying it, so this group is creating their own obstacles to hurdle. what is really funny is how there was little opposition to her position until her race changes, now she is not? that is racist....heheheheeh!

This interview was pointless, she dodged nearly every question.

@carrieanneatreides6240

9 жыл бұрын

She's good at dodging/deflecting/spinning. She's not upfront. I foresee a future in politics.

@truthbetold2020

9 жыл бұрын

Nicole Lannertone just about everything...what did she answer for you?

@truthbetold2020

9 жыл бұрын

***** she dodged every question so for me she answered nothing. Actually she sounded kind of stupid and kept back tracking

@truthbetold2020

9 жыл бұрын

***** yeah... I think you are missing many pieces of the story. Your defending someone who fabricated many things about her past and even her present. Hey I know all the stars of all the players in the NY yankees does that make me a major league baseball player? I think you are grabbing at straws here...shes a BIG LIAR forget her studies...and paintings alike. Just because you study a culture like a creep and do your very best to look and assume an identity doesn't make it yours. If it was about helping people she wouldn't lie and alienate people.

@ExclusiveLM

9 жыл бұрын

***** Black people should force her to use segregated bathrooms if she really wants to be black. She sounds more like a stupid valley girl. LOL

Until you grow up black you will never truly have the “Black” experience☝🏾

@johncoffey724

4 жыл бұрын

👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾. She's lying and is not well. And she wrote a book!!!! Toilet paper!!! 💩💩💩

@fullthrottlealways

4 жыл бұрын

I’m White and I agree with you. She is a vile human being. She makes a mockery of the harsh reality that is being black in this country. Her demeanor is nauseating and ridiculous.

@hoodyman415

3 жыл бұрын

Or born black

@andymaciver1760

3 жыл бұрын

@WhatJoshHasToSay ohhh...you didn't know every single black person is shot by police? They are all still slaves? These people said "who would want to be black?" Lmfao...LeBron James? Michael Jackson? Denzel Washington?

@andymaciver1760

3 жыл бұрын

@WhatJoshHasToSay for real...some serious black privilege.

She is 37 and looks 65 she is DEFINITELY not black..!!!!!

@User_32

5 жыл бұрын

Dr Kevorkian I’m white...

@abdirizaqshire2627

5 жыл бұрын

@@User_32 Accroding to most of white people I came cross, they all have one thing in common, which is having all sorts of skin problems. Dude, white people get red and purple when they get cold or when they go under sun's heat. I am not generalizing but again, I said this, what made you think black skinned folks got worst skin condition ?

@user-mw5yp2fv8s

5 жыл бұрын

mowliid adan NO she does NOT look 65 puleeasee 🙄 stop hating

@PlantCraft

5 жыл бұрын

She doesn't look 65, but her skin does not look healthy or good. Kind of a Trumpy orange...

@queen_of_domination

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ugh that was hard to watch. It's difficult to imagine that Rachel is a teacher (professor?) by these awkward answers. She really didn't sell it if you ask me. Cringe worthy.

@romperstompist

9 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Joy She teaches black feminism. You don't need to be coherent to teach that ridiculous subject.

@BigMan5338

3 жыл бұрын

@Артём Водоватов What do you mean?

This woman is so, so smug, it's irritating. Hey lady, you screwed up big time. I was fascinated by her story but now I'm just over it because she's nothing but a pathological liar

@berniecolling3697

3 жыл бұрын

Amen Andrea!

@christopherjones2672

2 жыл бұрын

NO SHE'S NOT...HALF THE WORLD OR SOCIIETY IS BEATING HER DOWN WITH UNJUSTICNESS AND YOU ALL ARE SO WICKED YOU CAN'T SEE HER PAIN....LEAVE HER ALONE!!! I HATE YOU PHONY BEHIND PEOPLE...WHO DO YOU ALL THINK YOU ARE? YOUR WICKED PEOPLE AND GOD DON'T LIKE UGLINESS...IF THIS WOMEN IS DOING SOMEHTING WRONG...THEN LET GOD DEAL WITH HER...YOUR JOB IS TO HAVE COMPASSION ON HER......OH YOU WICKED NATION!!!

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't she get jobs and scholarships because people perceived her as a black woman ? Sounds like she took advantage of the system

She's lived the black experience? No ma'am you have not. You never will. You're right, how dare you. Wow...she brought up Iggy azalea as a comparison to her actions. Iggy azalea might embrace "black" culture but she doesn't think she herself is a black woman.

@coriejohnson324

6 жыл бұрын

sjc04d y

@romant142

6 жыл бұрын

She’s more of a fake than iggy

@teeniebeenie8774

6 жыл бұрын

she a attention freak

@calisongbird

6 жыл бұрын

sjc04d Not quite. She brought up Iggy Azalea as an example of cultural appropriation, and does not put herself in that category. She’s delusional.

@fe5018

6 жыл бұрын

sjc04d, I genuinely cannot understand how she can't comprehend that fact. She may admire it. She may wish to emulate it. But that's not the same thing as living something.

She disowned her family because she identifies with another race? ... wtf.

@tinwav

9 жыл бұрын

Crazy...

@9iwillown

9 жыл бұрын

It seems like her dissociation with her family might be rooted in problems not related to this issue. Otherwise, I don't think she would be so reluctant to address her feelings toward them.

@ChooseU4ever

9 жыл бұрын

Travis Sherwood I dont think she disowned them because she identifies with another race. I think this is a very troubled family, that had problems way before this.

@drServitis

9 жыл бұрын

Travis Sherwood SHE LOOKS LIKE SIDESHOW BOB!

@allrash92

9 жыл бұрын

Travis Sherwood Which is usually a black thing! "Imitation of Life" Lana Turner

Why does she get a pass for every lie she tells????

@royfr8136

6 жыл бұрын

flavorsofwisdom yes, I have never seen this woman challenged and made to feel that she is A) a liar. B) ridiculous C) actually a white sick woman who needs attention.

@teeniebeenie8774

6 жыл бұрын

she loves dat spotlight !!!

@Loniallure

5 жыл бұрын

I feel so sorry for here Children & the father that was clearly lied to

@karlvonboldt

5 жыл бұрын

Probably because she’s a Liberal. They tend to get passes when they lie or break their own rules that they make up.

You can be a part of any culture, WITHOUT claiming you are not your race. It's simply a lie.

@user-mw5yp2fv8s

5 жыл бұрын

jomamatan just like a man can put on lipstick, high heels and a dress, cut off his private parts etc but will NEVER be a woman; it is simply a lie.

@CORIOLANVS

2 жыл бұрын

i find it puzzling how she is being humoured and given a platform for her to convince herself and the public of her lie. she seriously needs therapy not exposure.

@song4mozart

2 жыл бұрын

There is no race except the human race.

forget the black thing. how come none of her co-workers realized that she is insane. it's obvious after listening to her talk for 5 min

@JohnSmith-su3ze

5 жыл бұрын

How on earth did the NCAAP hire her as chapter president?

@georgewilliams7227

5 жыл бұрын

In an age of transgender, A-Sexual celebration..... Men who feel they were born women, or women who feel they were are actually male internally.... If their "reality " is accepted or rather acceptable as a type of truth... Then why can't or rather why isn't it a possibility that she connects with the original ancestors.... Who are Black?

@queen_of_domination

5 жыл бұрын

Because some mixed people do look passably White (one of the core founding issues of the NAACP), as well as sound passably White, as a result of taking after their White parents. My mom is mixed. She married my dad, who is from the West Indies, resulting in me looking Black. Now, her brother, who is also mixed, married White women. All of his kids look White. So, it happens.

@albertderohan3492

5 жыл бұрын

@@georgewilliams7227 the original ancestors?

@lions_tribe7759

3 жыл бұрын

alex smith i mean....not even creole....nothing. Attention getter.

It's painful to hear this woman talk..

I own dogs, I must be a dog because I have the dog experience living in this doggy dog world.

@author_tiffany_dionne

6 жыл бұрын

xxLeCurexx 😂😂😂

@sarachemelowski3904

5 жыл бұрын

Dog Eat* Dog World you mean?

@islandgirl9479

5 жыл бұрын

I'm dead Snoop doggy dog 🤣🤣🤣🤣🐕🐕🐕

@iselamondragon5959

4 жыл бұрын

xxLeCurexx lmfao 😂😂🤣

@HappinessHealthPeace

4 жыл бұрын

Lol🤣

Good Lord this woman can dodge questions better than some politicians.

CRAZY! It would be hard to find someone else who uses so many words to say virtually nothing.

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

Yes she talks like a politician when they go around in circles with their words salad and don't say anything

She is so privileged and she doesn't see that. She's privileged because she's a white woman who has decided "hey, I think I'm gonna be black now." Black and darker-skinned people can't do that. They don't get to choose their race. She can take out the perm and bronzer. She's living a privileged white woman life while horribly appropriating black culture and apparently other cultures.

@SarahElizabeth580

3 жыл бұрын

@J R hee Hee

@christopherjones2672

2 жыл бұрын

ARE YOU WHITE OR BLACK YOURSELF BECAUSE HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF SHE'S PRIVILEGED WHICH YOU'VE NEVER LIVED IN HER SHOES...SHUT THE #$*& UP!!! YOU ARE A WICKED AND HIPPOCRIT NATION!!! GOD IS NOT PLEASED WITH YOU ALL BEATING UP ON THIS POOR WOMEN....LEAVE HER ALONE!!!

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

But what irritated is that she got jobs and scholarships because people thought she was black ... right ? Why isn't she in trouble for that

@johnjones3811

Жыл бұрын

This woman is very mentally confused.

This is a case of getting back at your parents.

@brianblair8043

6 жыл бұрын

Christal Cotton Lol Its like if My Daughter just Started saying She is a Illegal Immigrant who is Cuban when She is a White 15 Year Old Girl .

@Metrilla

5 жыл бұрын

You mean getting 'black' at your parents...

@2ndskinshannonhulllmt259

5 жыл бұрын

I believe your right, in part. She drew herself with dark skin and curley braids at 4 yrs old...wonder how they took that?

@My_Lacrimosa

4 жыл бұрын

@@fullthrottlealways *twig bent*

@adrienneadetti1223

4 жыл бұрын

Right on!

9:24 "so to clarify... some of it has become creative non-fiction." LOL wtf is creative non-fiction??? oh, i know what that's called: a lie

@joelsmith6954

6 жыл бұрын

Simon Hill creative fiction

@TheLoveweaver

6 жыл бұрын

Wow! Smh

@johncoffey724

4 жыл бұрын

She's tried to confuse us with Keith Murray lyrics when, in truth, she's Vanilla Ice 😂😂😂😂

Waste of time. She's just rambling.

@fe5018

6 жыл бұрын

Jennifer G, good questions but such bad follow through. Waste of time ultimately like you said.

This kind of people should be studied intensly

@MrsKeepItReal4life

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@ajalyons2521

2 жыл бұрын

In a prison mental health unit

@justthatgirl-ct4jo

2 жыл бұрын

This isn't really any different than someone with body dysmorphic disorder. It's been studied a lot. Unfortunately for her, her particular issue comes with a very sensitive topic- race.

@leebliss3622

8 ай бұрын

i think they are

@WhoaBo

8 ай бұрын

They are studied. It's called personality disorders.

She says she doesn't want to "be a liability to the cause" yet she sends herself hate mail, hmmmm how does that help your cause?

@VideoTronism

9 жыл бұрын

Tona Ballaro Honestly, this is how a lot of feminists/ racists create support for their cause. It's just that this woman got caught doing it.

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow are you kidding ? ... she sent herself hate mail ?

@chubbatheBOSS

5 ай бұрын

@@gardensofthegods yes she fabricated “racial” hate crimes such as sending herself a noose and threatening mails that were not actually stamped by the post office (so they were simply placed in her mailbox). A reporter exposed her about that in an interview and she fell apart. At the end of the interview her whole story fell apart when she was complaining to the police about racist hate crimes and then the reporter asked her if she’s white and she runs out of the interview. 😂

Ok, she said in this interview that she went to South Africa. I just watched her interview on The Today Show (that happened that same day!) where she said she had never been to South Africa. How about you get your lies straight, Rachel.

Not a single coherent sentence from Ms Dolexal this entire segment. .Maddening.

@lakeytaknight9340

4 жыл бұрын

Not one

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

But why isn't she in trouble for the scholarships and jobs she got because people perceived her as black . Count your blessings that she's not your mom , your spouse or your daughter ... but you she tries this crap with them also

Are you a con-artist? .. "I don't think so " .... What?!?. That's a yes or no question.

@lions_tribe7759

3 жыл бұрын

gaberod i mean i dont think so....other than fraud ive commited and have to go to court

Personally, I do not feel that she is a black woman. I say this for the sheer simple reason that she could, if she wanted to, wash the perm out of her hair and wash off the tanner and revert to a white person. A REAL BLACK PERSON could not revert to another race. THAT BEING SAID, I support her work and everything she has done for the black community. She has done more for the black community that a lot of black people have done for our community. I feel that she also has had the "black person experience" with raising black children and being immersed in our culture. But just because you have experienced with "black person experiences", that doesn't mean you are black. I have no problem with her identifying with black culture but to say she is black I would have to disagree.

@charmainedaisley4685

9 жыл бұрын

Cassie Telusma I have no problem with her saying she's black, because identity is not only external, it is an internal thing and shaped by what you've experienced or seen others experience. I do have a problem with her lying though, but in the spirit of humanity, I am willing to forgive her. And yes, I agree with you that she has done more for black people than many black people themselves have done (including black stars with billions of dollars)!!! The thing is too, we keep killing our own brothers and sisters with guns and illegal drugs, but we're hating on a white woman who is dedicated to help black people up? Well, I'll take that any day than a black woman choosing not to help a sister up in life because she wants to be among the few successful black women in the world!

@cassietelusma4993

9 жыл бұрын

Charmaine Daisley I agree with the fact we can accept her into the black community. And it is perfectly okay for her identify as a black person. But she isn't a black person. She could just switch back to being a white person if she truly felt like it. I, as a black woman, do not have that possibility. I agree it was also wrong for her to lie to everyone about her race. I am also willing to forgive her but she has to first admit she was wrong.

@charmainedaisley4685

9 жыл бұрын

Cassie Telusma, I think we can agree to disagree on some points in this discussion, but the overwhelming sentiment is that people should have the choice to identify as who they want. Why are we being the race police while our black sisters don blonde wigs, blue contact lenses and use skin lightening creams, all in an effort to get jobs and positions that are socially more accessible to mostly white women or light-skinned black women? These black women are passing as white!! If more black women owned their blackness by wearing their natural hair, at least, then MAYBE they could cry foul. Until then, we have to understand why people on both sides do what they do.

@cassietelusma4993

9 жыл бұрын

Latonya Wilson When I say she has done a lot more for black people, I meant that she has done more for black people than some black people have done for their own community. Not all black people do nothing for their own community but there are a lot who haven't done anything at all. Now to say she only has done things to advance her self proclaimed blackness I feel is incorrect. She may have genuinely trying to change things for the better for the black race. You probably don't know her just as I don't know her so neither one of us can say exactly what her motives were. But regardless of her motives, she did do good for the black community to which I commend her for.

@chocolatethunder192

9 жыл бұрын

Cassie Telusma Well said. To be fair, though, there are many black people who can (and do) live as whites. There are many black people who don't look black (especially to non-black folks). Yet, they are still black.

The more I listen to her the less I understand... I'm still trying to figure out what being black means to her. She was very evasive during the interview. This was such a soft ball interview by Melissa... Furthermore, if she was as "black" as she says she is and just living her truth, she wouldn't have run away in the initial interview like someone had found her out.

@justthatgirl-ct4jo

2 жыл бұрын

I don't doubt she truly identifies the way she does. I also know that even though she refuses to acknowledge it, she knows she was intentionally being misleading.

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

@@justthatgirl-ct4jo so then what do you think she is doing here and what do you think is going on in her mind because I can't really figure out .

@justthatgirl-ct4jo

2 жыл бұрын

@@gardensofthegods my personal opinion is she feels this way because of her brothers and sisters and all the attention they got growing up. I think it had some kind of impact on her psychologically, so much so that she started to hate herself and wanted to identify instead as being just like them. She loved them and wanted to be them. She just kind of slowly built this false life for herself. She knows very well that she was lying to people though, but I don't doubt she actually identifies the way she does. I really do think this is rooted in her childhood.

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

@@justthatgirl-ct4jo yes I was wondering if it had something to do with her parents adopting black children and probably lavishing all the attention on them .

she is insulting, insensitive, and very delusional!

@user-mw5yp2fv8s

5 жыл бұрын

livingsouljourney That would be Caitlin Jenner.

The way she answers interview questions reminds me a lot of Sarah Palin back in the day. 😂

Did believe that she was black when she sued Howard and when she go to to court. Ok I get it she is black everywhere but the court house. Tomorrow I'm going to the bank and apply for a loan as a white let's see if I get approve.

@islandgirl9479

5 жыл бұрын

Your Loan is approved, you don't need back ground check, bad credit,no credit, no physical exams, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Proof how our childhood can strangely affect us when were older.

Melissa Harris-Perry.... fabulous job at an unbiased interview. beautiful articulation.

@whisper2284

2 жыл бұрын

That’s BS! Melissa failed to ask the hard questions. This is not a case of Passing and Transracialism. This is about unethical and unlawful behavior. Had Rachel been a Trans woman but never told anyone she was Trans, spewed lies about being born a biological woman, openly discussed naturally developing breasts at puberty and experiencing menstruation by the age of 13 yrs old everyone would be in an uproar. If the Trans woman that never said she was Trans took positions designed specifically for disadvantaged minorities like women then the world would have exploded. Melissa failed miserably.

Attn, Melissa Harris-Perry: Con men insist they are not con men. Asking them this is pointless.

"Are you black?" "Yes." Me: Um no. You just straight lied. It's a L I E. "The black experience" is not a singular experience. You skipped the whole beginning and middle years and one day changed. You can walk in your black face but don't get me to lying for you. And you black people going along with this disgusting charade literally make me sick. I don't NEED to know you girl. AT ALL. This level of entitlement is sick. For her to mention Iggy and cultural appropriation and to pretend it's not the same is RIDICULOUS. And to have us black women who are also involved in the black community getting told we don't do as much as her is what I mean by ridiculousness. It's sick and it's sad.

@romant142

6 жыл бұрын

Jaren C it’s worse than iggy

"Black-ness" is not a thing

@updatemysettings5095

5 жыл бұрын

Are people getting angry at her because she took theor identity from them ? “Rachel, give it back, ...Rachel! “ Seriously, people who get upset over this need mental health treatment.

Man, people are so messed up these days

@christopherjones2672

2 жыл бұрын

SHE'S NOT MESSED UP ....SHE KNOWS WERE SHE COMES FROM...SHE JUST DOESN'T IDENTIFY WITH BEING WHITE...AND SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE...SO LEAVE HER ALONE!!! PLUS ARE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE BLACK OR YOUR ALSO AGAINST HER...EITHER WAY, IS TOTALLY WRONG...SO YOUR JUST A GUILTY AS EVERYONE ELSE IF YOU ARE!!!

i swear this is something straight from comedy central

I'm black from the waist down! Can I walk around in black face like her for years??

Also how can the interviewer in one breath say that race is not biological but immediately say something about the physiological reality of African hair? Physiological differences aren't biological?

I will never understand how there was no backlash or anger when someone would say “Rachel is not a black woman” but if someone said Bruce Jenner isn’t a woman, the response is anger and hurt… this world is very confusing and dare I say insane

@TheBrownIsland

2 жыл бұрын

*Because Rachel is NOT a Black woman.* In Bruce Jenner's case there is a Decades-long Agenda, Community & Organization for Gays, Lesbians, Transgender, etc. that feels inclusion will reduce their suicide & crimes against them; and have children who Transition so they get offended & hurt. It's a bit different.

@reinaldolopes2845

Жыл бұрын

Because transgenderism is a political agenda.

This is a bit sad to me. So many people walking around wishing they were someone else. What happened to her? I'm also curious as to why her biological parents outed her in this way. Everyone involved seems to need a little counseling. Sad.

She refers to having been "limited to whatever biological identity was thrust upon [her]" ... but that's just it! It's biology!!!! Race isn't "thrust" upon you, nobody chooses it. Not your parents, culture, or self. Appreciating and identifying with aspects of a culture different from that of your race is fine but one's own biological makeup isn't something that can be argued with.

I AM SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT SHE WAS BLACK

She talks in circles

how could you possibly feel that you are one race over another. it's no different from me saying i feel like a potato.

@bobbymuddymud3610

9 жыл бұрын

Floydthefuckbag LOL, oh _Floyd_, you're such a _fuckbag_. +1

@bobbymuddymud3610

8 жыл бұрын

***** No U

her answers are all over the place. typical liar.

"Creative nonfiction" = lying

I a black man. This woman has earned herself a place in my heart. She has fought and suffered for acceptance in the black community. Welcome to our community Ms Dolezal. I respect your wish

Can this girl just go away and never be talked about again, plz? Dont ever be in the public eye ever again, plz?

Oh. Ok. So she understands what it is to be a black woman? People don't understand what it is to be black? Seriously? I can't believe this! I have Black friends and family members and this is insulting to Black women that really have been discriminated against! Dear God! This is total nonsense.

I cringed when she said blackness cx

@teeniebeenie8774

6 жыл бұрын

couldn't she have done as much good as a white woman???? for the blacks.... I don't git it!!!! wigger!!!

@nolwazikhumalo5655

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

She talks like a "valley girl".

"We support you." No "we" certainly do not. "We" barely, as it is, support you, Melissa-mutt-perry. 

@sarahomen1692

9 жыл бұрын

***** transracial is something she made out of thin air. We do not support her.

@UnaVoceMiami

9 жыл бұрын

Sarah Omen IS THERE AN ELEMENT OF INSANITY AND HYPOCRISY HERE? Why is Rachel Dolezal's identifying as a Black questioned and challenged because of her genes and DNA, but Bruce Jenner's identifying as a female not being questioned and challenged on the same basis?

@sarahomen1692

9 жыл бұрын

Transgenders were born transgender, its all to do with the chromosomes in the egg and the sperm when being conceived. She on the other hand has created this excuse which I am deeply offended by. She is abusing white privileges (as much as I don't believe in them they do exist) and may I point out that about 100 years ago black people would be put into prison or be killed if they did what she did, changing her race. Transgender has been proven by science, transracial is a modified excuse of this.

@sarahomen1692

9 жыл бұрын

***** I agree! I love how the internet has come together and acknowledged this problem!

@sarahomen1692

9 жыл бұрын

Where's your proof? For example, did you see it in an article or something?

How dare you say you understand our experience. There are opportunities she'll get that I will never receive simple because she is in fact white. At any time she can stop this whole facade and become "White" if she desired and when certain opportunities appear I'm sure that's what she does. This woman went around accepting money for speeches and lying about her "black experience." She hurt her real family by denying them for many years. No one has a problem with her being white or embracing black culture....the problem is that she lied. Her lies about her race and financial background allowed her to receive a full scholarship into a HBCU, (that scholarship could have been for another underprivileged, African American kid). Her lies about "struggling to be a black woman" made a complete mockery of the arduous experiences that black women really face.The lies were just insulting. And I am sure it would have been just has insulting to other ethnic groups if she pretended to be Native American, or Asian, or a Latina.

I don't know what I think of this. The parallels between transgenderism are vast. I accept transgendered people, but this throws me through a loop. My brain just keeps saying, of course shes not black, it doesn't work like that. Identifying as black and actually being black are two different things. But the same can be said about being transgendered, or can it? I'm confused. This brings up a very interesting subject nonetheless.

@ExclusiveLM

9 жыл бұрын

SkitterNSnicklez Well that transgender issue is more clear cut because Bruce Jenner has never denied being a man that thinks like a woman. Rachel thinks black but denies her race. She should say I'm white but feel black instead of this nonsense.

@SkitterNSnicklez

9 жыл бұрын

ExclusiveLM Isn't by saying that skin color determines a persons identity, we're assuming that identity is dictated by race? I think if we really want to abolish racism, a persons race shouldn't be taken into account when referring to a persons cultural background. I agree, she's not biologically "black", but I don't think that should be the point. She grew up culturally identifying with a group of people. "Black" has become the word used to refer to a culture as well as a race. I don't think she means it in the way that she's black as in her race.

@2bposedny

9 жыл бұрын

SkitterNSnicklez she feels black so let her be black..why should we label people anyways...she should be able to feel whom ever she wants.

@macgeek2004

9 жыл бұрын

SkitterNSnicklez A few points: 1.) This has nothing to do with "transgenderism," and there are, in fact, no parallels between Dolezal's case and transgender issues. There are actual, substantive, and _physical_ differences between men and women. People who are transgender aren't transgender because they all of a sudden "feel like identifying as a member of the opposite gender," it's because, due to some sort of physical issue, such as nonstandard uterine environments or genetic abnormalities causing the person to essentially be born in a male body but with a female brain and hormones (or vice versa), or even just hormone issues, etc., they actually *are* females born with male bodies and vice versa, and the science has born this out. ...which leads me to my second point. 2.) The above is simply not true about race. Race is merely a social construct. There is literally no difference between the brain of a black person and the brain of a white person. After all, throughout history, race was determined by one's skin color, not by one's mental abilities. To attempt to reason that Dolezal's case is anything even _remotely_ similar to that of a transgender person's is to say that there actually IS a difference between the races that lies deeper than skin color and, due to some sort of genetic/environmental abnormality, Dolezal was somehow "born with a black brain" even though she has a white body due to "white genetics." I hope it doesn't need to be (further) pointed out just how absurd this is. 3.) The other GLARING difference between Dolezal's case and those of transgender people and that transgender people aren't _lying_ -- they are actually being more open and telling the _truth_ about themselves -- whereas Dolezal is, was, has, and continues to LIE in pursuit of this issue. A transgender person isn't lying by saying that they are men born with women's bodies and vice versa, but when Dolezal attempted to pass as black and hide her true origins, she actually WAS hiding her race. 4.) Dolezal *_CHOSE_* to identify, disguise herself, and pass as black. For her, this was a CHOICE. For _Actual_ black people, it is not. Mrs. Dolezal could've -- at ANY point -- stopped getting her perms and tans, and started acting and dressing as her actual self again. Most _actual_ blacks do not have this escape route. Now, while it _could_ be argued that it was actually kind of admirable of her to shed her "white privilege" and not make use of this escape route available to her, she did not have to constantly and consistently lie to attain her goals (except for, you know, when she get herself admitted in to Howard University on a scholarship meant specifically for actual black people -- she probably actually DID have to lie [as she had] for that one), and these lies not only caused damage to black people and their communities, but she effectively deprived them of a true ally, a statement more powerful than just another black person standing up for their rights.

@SkitterNSnicklez

9 жыл бұрын

macgeek2004 I understand where you're coming from, but while there may be scientific evidence to support transgenderism, there are also a huge amount of transgendered people who actually are the gender they were assigned to at birth, but just want to identify as the opposite. A born normal healthy male, who wants to identify as a woman for example. Honestly I don't think it should matter either way, I don't care how people want to identify. It's none of my business to tell them what to do and how to act if they're not harming anyone. I was referring to that type of transgendered person. I know there are huge differences between Mrs. Dolezal and transgendered people who were actually born the wrong gender. It's my fault for generalizing. I actually went through a period where I was struggling with my gender identity so I'm just trying to relate in the way I know how to. Also, I'd like to note that there's a lot more to transgenderism than just binary genders. Maybe you misunderstood me, but I was trying to say what you said yourself, that there's no difference between races except skin color. I feel bad that I must have done such a poor job of making that clear.

Melissa is such a great host. I love her ! Thank you for being civil even though you don't fully understand where Rachel is coming from, unlike every body else 😒

@IndianRedd

Жыл бұрын

Lmao 🦝 comments

I have actually seen this behavior exhibited by two different people, coincidentally both women. I am an ASL interpreter, I have been professionally certified since 1990. There was a woman who claimed to be deaf; she signed all the time, made the same sounds as profoundly deaf people do while signing. The problem is she was hearing; her hearing was perfect. A second person gave a moving, tearful speech about the horrors of cancer; chemo, a death sentence, depression, etc. Problem is, she never had cancer. Both had deep psychological issues like Mrs. Dolezal. If there is a white privilege (there is not) I can see no better example of it than being so arrogant that you can pretend to understand blackness and discrimination and make up faux hate crimes and somehow become "black."

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you and I don't understand her

@chubbatheBOSS

5 ай бұрын

The WHY is more important- acting like a victim, or a marginalized group gets you attention or sympathy in some way. A lot of whites are jealous of blacks because they get attention for their struggle when they are victimized, so many whites want that kind of attention and sympathy for themselves, to experience it. They don’t understand what true love is- they think sympathy and playing victim will get them love, but it is far far away from that. True love is empowered and empowering, not disempowered and actively seeking a victim identity

I am now native American! Good bye taxes!

WOW this is just amazing to watch. Just wow.

*Reporter:* “Are you black?” *Dolezal:* “Yes,I am insane”

She doesn't know what the black experience is...

@user-mw5yp2fv8s

5 жыл бұрын

Zenobia Russell what is the black experience? There are black people all over the world! Africa, Jamaica, the West Indies, America, etc the black experience varies among all these different places.

@makenomist8aboutit43

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares I'm black but I don't have a problem with what she did if she did anything.

This lady is literally breaking inside. What she did was NOT OK and SO PROBLEMATIC! But on a human level I feel for her.

@hurricanecamille8089

Жыл бұрын

She claims to be black, but spent a good portion of adulthood scamming black people. Howard University, NAACP, the BLM movement, a full scholarship...she cannot answer a single question with a direct answer. But she's human, so you feel for her??

"what are you implying" "i don't understand.." lmao..gets me every time

I'm black, too, but my mom doesn't know yet. I think I'll break it to her around Christmas.

@michelleshannon8226

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This has been painful to watch....I feel sorry for her. I am not mad at her for lying and for the record I am a black woman. I wish her the best. I will say this before she does another interview she needs to get a really good publicist. It is obvious she is uncomfortable and really does not know how to answer the questions being asked.

Liar liar pants on fire.

CREATIVE NON-FICTION!? YOU MEAN LYING!?

I can sum up this entire interview and what she is saying: "I wanna be what I wanna be and everyone else shouldn't ask about it."

We all go through our personal phases in life and the sad thing about this is that 20 years from now, she will look back on this and realize what a fool she was.

Sigh. Hats off to the interviewer for maintaining her journalistic integrity by keeping her cool. That had to have been hard.

@fruquanmcdaniel9632

Жыл бұрын

she seems more like a groupie or a fan

Man, this woman can’t stop playing the victim, even after she’s been busted and embarrassed for playing the victim.

It's laughable that this woman would speak negatively of Iggy Azalea, when she herself appropriates the culture of black women, who took the scholarship, career and civic position of a black women. This woman makes me ill.

@VideoTronism

9 жыл бұрын

Ree Cee I bet she wants to have a bisexual affair with you though

In my opinion, she never answered a question in a straight forward way. It was always some off the wall reason for the lies she told. In my opinion she can't be trusted to be up front about anything... She ran around saying that a black man was her "dad" then said the white man was her "father". And that any man can be a "father" but that this black man was her "dad" and that it takes a lot more to be a dad. In the reporters interview where she ran off she was asked if the white man was her father and she said "yep, that's my dad" So, the white man is once again her "dad" ? Soo many contradictions. She needs to pull the weave out of her head and quit perpetrating like she's black.

I am surprised people aren't asking her if she's mentally ill or delusional. She seems so disconnected from reality.

'Are you a con artist ?' 'I don't think so .. ' 😂

If she feels that things got out of hand and all the hatred was starting to be directed toward her children, then she should have like an adult, admitted that she lied. This is one lie after another just stop it already Rachel.

I would love to know what she has gone through, I really do. I am a black mixed female but everybody sees me as black and I see me as black. As a black female I don't feel like she has been through anything that says she is black. If you have never been followed around a store, even after you have money and I buy something. If you have never been treated different because you are black and smart. If you have never wanted to change your hair because people don't think your natural hair is beautiful. There is so much about being a black woman that she hasn't gone through; there is so much about being black period that she hasn't gone through. Getting a tan and some weave doesn't make you black, raising black children doens't make you black and doing black hair doens't make you black.

@user-mw5yp2fv8s

5 жыл бұрын

Briana Griffin I am biracial as well, but have never been followed around a store, never been treated different. Does that mean I’m any less black than you? I can’t identify with the “black experience” at all.

@lysmith5280

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-mw5yp2fv8s You’ll experience it one day. trust me. Maybe not the exact thing, but it’ll happen. If you walked into a conservative area, you would definitely experience it

@user-mw5yp2fv8s

2 жыл бұрын

@@lysmith5280 I’ve been in the most racist areas in the country and haven’t experienced it. Could be because I’m 6’1, modelesque wavy hair and European-like features (pointy nose, etc) however I’ve spoken to many black conservatives who look very black and they’ve barely experienced it.

@lysmith5280

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-mw5yp2fv8s I’m not trying to deny anyone’s upbringing or experiences, but the people who are naturally darker have definitely experienced racism. But it’s likely been in different ways. The reason I say this is because is we’ve had racist political leaders, so it’s highly unlikely for a person of color who is naturally darker to never experience any sort of discrimination. Discrimination comes in many forms. And after Trump was in office, police brutality against black people became disastrously high. My question to you is, have you ever felt unaccepted by the black community for appearing as “white-passing”. Because that is a huge part of some people’s experience as a black person- being discriminated against by other black people.

People are outraged about this and claiming something she’s not and invading a space that is not ment for her to claim, meanwhile we have men dressing up in skirts and claiming and demanding to be viewed as a real women and participate in our sports and take spots for biological women where is the outrage?!

@shareeguin9149

Жыл бұрын

Factzzz!!!!! I thought I was the ONLY one!!

I could only watch up 1:11 Liberalism didn't cause this sort of bizarre behavior. Liberalism condones it. Instead of acknowledging that mutilating your genitalia and taking hormone pills is a sign of mental illness, liberals call it brave and force feed it to the rest of society. The contradiction in liberal logic has seen Rachel Dolezal chastised for identifying as something she's not. I don't understand the root cause of both examples. But, they're certainly free to be who they want. Just don't expect the rest of society to embrace it as normal.

Softball.

Melissa perry is so well spoken and extremely educated i love the points she brought up , i wanna see more education black women at the forefront like this , super inspirational ❤️🔥🔥🙏🏾😤😤

@ninagolgi3132

2 жыл бұрын

Melissa Perry is a bi racial woman, she literally said she has a white mother in this very interview. The reason Rachel Dolezal was able to play black is because black people accept anyone that has a tan as black and hold no pride or sense of exclusivity to the African phenotype.

@KingMias

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninagolgi3132 that is true but she is still black weather or not she is dark or light if she has one black parent she may still identify as black ! black is a dominant trait therefore being half black is still being black. you cannot tell a person who has 50 percent of black inside them , that they are not black , you definitely have to acknowledge every aspect of yourself but if she wants to identify as a black women then she has that choice! unfortunately being biracial also comes with scrutiny , and also being full black and darker skinned black ! everyones struggle pain and the things they face on a daily basis are all valid issues and should be acknowledged!

This lady actually said she grew up for a time in a tipi and hunted for food with a bow and arrow. She's clearly a mental patient who happens to pass as sane.

Her dishonesty is just staggering.

Give us Rachel and take Stacey Dash!

This really IS a complicated and fascinating story both on the personal level and because of the way it's been symbolically taken up by various "interests" in the media. I mean, I could be sympathetic to somebody identifying with another race and culture - we all see this all the time to a greater or lesser extent. The particular problem with Rachel Dolezal is of course the willful lying and misrepresentation of herself, which seems to have gone so deep that there may be actual self-delusion involved - like when she doubts that her biological parents are really her bio parents. Hey, maybe I was just another black kid they adopted while they were living in the teepee. Also her inability to answer the important questions clearly and precisely - even though "race" is a complex and multifaceted "construct," we all know what's meant by the question "Are you black?" and there's only one answer that would really be honest in that context, and she can't bring herself to give it. But it's also interesting the way different groups of people tend to react to Dolezal - a lot of black women get defensive and are insulted by this woman "co-opting" their identity and their struggle, etc, but others are more open to it; then of course you have the so-called "conservative" (which in America in 2015 IS basically a euphemism for "white supremacist") press - people like Limbaugh and Gutfeld - whose outrage over Dolezal is transparently attributable to the fact that they aren't exactly what you'd call "philo-African." The idea that a white woman would pretend to be black just makes their heads explode. I try to take a larger view because I do feel that, among other things, science has proved that "race" IS literally a skin-deep construct - I mean, when you reflect that ALL human beings are only half a chromosome away from chimps, you start to understand how utterly trivial the differences between the races are. Or read a book like "Guns Germs and Steel" to get an inkling of how accidental and circumstantial the differences between cultures are. Tribalism is an unfortunate holdover from our past, and one which we have a moral imperative to consciously strive to overcome.

She NEVER went through any Black experience. Did not walk through anything. *She made up Hate crimes, paid a Black guy to pose as her Father.* The only Black experience she's had is through Books when she took up African studies in College. She's actually a Professor of African Studies and went too Far in immersing herself in the Culture. *Rachel had identity issues from the time she was 4yrs old.* Why she feels she had to pretend to be Black to NOT only raise her Adopted Black kids but to fight social issues.

If she had told the truth to begin with, she wouldn't have had to think about how to lie to protect those around her. I like how she calls lying "creative non-fiction" *sarcasm* this woman has real issues.

This interview was perfect she didn't get away with any things good job

@christopherjones2672

2 жыл бұрын

WTH...YOU DON'T OWN "BLACKISH....WHO THE HECK ARE YOU....LEAVE THIS WOMEN ALONE...SHE'S BEAUTIFUL AND DESERVE LOVE AND RESPECT...YOU ALL ARE SO WICKED AND UGLY, JUDGING HER...PLUS YOU PROBABLY STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR IN WHICH IS SEEN AS WHITE YOU HIPPOCRIT!!!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!

What she's saying isn't so strange to me & certainly not unheard of especially in black circles. Where did the term "Whigger" come from???? It's an ugly term some use that describes a white person who identifies completely with the black experience. She said she is black meaning she has embraced & adopted the cultural experience & identity of black people which is not the same as claiming to have come from the African race. Many people of color commit much of their energy trying to look, talk & act in any way to neutralize their obvious non whiteness but for some reason that hasn't made front page news. Whites say she needs therapy & blacks would say the same to a black person who identifies solely with white culture. The reality is this divide between the races has damaged all of us to some extent.

This is so uncomfortable to watch.

Why do people engage her as if she is a sane person?

1 race, human race Many cultures we can learn from, appreciate, adopt, and enjoy. Why is that concept so hard to understand?

@TheBrownIsland

2 жыл бұрын

You have No Clue if you don't understand that ther'es something is wrong with the Concept and what you just said.

I just watched the documentary... I found very intriguing. Personally, as a person of colour, I do not condone some of her conduct and there were some very strong opposing arguments. However, none of the arguments lead me to believe that individual choice should be constrained,.

@author_tiffany_dionne

6 жыл бұрын

O No one cares about how she identifies herself. What I care about is her misappropriation of identity for her own gain. She got jobs, scholorships, and positions in the community based upon making people believe she was black.

@omiaht

6 жыл бұрын

Tiffany TheBarber we do not disagree, some of the her actions she pursued (in my opinion) we unethical. But, you said something that was very important, “she got jobs, scholarships and positions in the community based upon making people think she was black” this is also testament that shows what can also be achieved by other black women.

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

@@author_tiffany_dionne thank you and you're one of the few people saying this

The way she disrespects her own parents...ridiculous!!! She won't own her lie!!! And she's soooooo smug about it!!! 👎🏾 And she's crying for who? For herself because she got caught!!! 💩

She's a great person and it's all that matters to me. As an Indian people call me whatever they choose so leave her alone and let her be free to be whomever she identify with

my hair journey has been interesting as well ...if any of you got that far

@author_tiffany_dionne

6 жыл бұрын

sirvidia Ridiculous.

I will give her credit for her intelligence. However, she is a genius for her well thought out word play. The woman knows how to respond quickly to a question to her liking and what "she thinks" pleases an audience. Bravo...this really take skills and wits. Still she dosent always answer head on, jut enough to get by and without putting herself out there too much. Gotta respect the game!!

@VideoTronism

9 жыл бұрын

Ice Queen One lying deceitful feminist respecting another lying deceitful feminist. How touching.

@icequeen1439

8 жыл бұрын

Excuse me! You don't know nothing about me; ethnic background. Stop judging my photo and thinking you can read my life. My comment wasn't agreeing or respecting her, I said "respect the game". Don't ever come for me, by judging my photo and misreading my comment. It went way pass your head and you didn't even to duck.

How is racial identification not ok. But gender identification is ok. What is the difference?

@thetruepatriot7733

3 ай бұрын

Liberals have no answer for that 😂

"really owning what it- what it means to experience and live... black... blackness"

@SkullsANDLipgloss430

9 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@teeniebeenie8774

6 жыл бұрын

the irony of her sayin she back but has to look black too: u white !!!!

There is only one race.

Is it common to have an ear piece when you are being interviewed in person?