Local Washington State NAACP Leader Outed By Parents As White
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Local Washington State NAACP Leader Outed By Parents As White
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 (June 12, 2015 at 1:07 pm)Alex K Wrote: Is there a hard legal definition in the US of when you are white or black, such that it could possibly be a legal issue? I'm not sure, that's why I said "might". Thinking about it, it might only be a legal issue if you are trying to intentionally deceive someone. I mean, technically speaking we all have African ancestry in us at some point.  (June 12, 2015 at 1:07 pm)Alex K Wrote: Is there a hard legal definition in the US of when you are white or black, such that it could possibly be a legal issue? At the national level? I don't think so? However, locally, there's probably plenty of shameful laws still on the books. 
She is obviously Transracial. She was born white but is really black inside. I can't believe all the haters.
Maybe she can have a procedure done to make her outer appearance coincide with who she really is inside.  RE: Local Washington State NAACP Leader Outed By Parents As White
June 12, 2015 at 1:17 pm
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2015 at 1:22 pm by CapnAwesome.)
Am I the only one who found this story to be more hilarious than anything else? Esspecially funny to me is the fact it's the Eastern Washington NAACP. Eastern Washington is one of the whitest parts of the country. I grew up there and we had a total of 0 black people in my high school.
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 (June 12, 2015 at 12:08 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: ... Race information is often gathered for the purpose of making sure that government guidelines regarding discrimination are followed. See: http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/qanda_race_color.html If such data is not collected, how will one know if a company is discriminating on the basis of race or not? As for this particular case, here is something that the NAACP has stated, according to CNN: Quote:The NAACP issued a statement Friday on Rachel Dolezal's "enduring a legal issue with her family," saying, "We respect her privacy in this matter." http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/12/us/washing...-identity/ "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
The only gripe I have with this statement is that it is singular "criterion"
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
(June 12, 2015 at 1:57 pm)Alex K Wrote: The only gripe I have with this statement is that it is singular "criterion" Do you continue to pretend to be German, instead of the Englishman we all know you to be? "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
It sure is strange, she must have some real hang-ups about being white to do that. An extreme case of white guilt maybe?
But then America has this crazy rule where having just one black greatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandparent makes you fully black so who knows, she actually could be.
"Adulthood is like looking both ways before you cross the road, and then getting hit by an airplane" - sarcasm_only
"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie (June 12, 2015 at 2:14 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: It sure is strange, she must have some real hang-ups about being white to do that. An extreme case of white guilt maybe? Where would you draw the line? And how do you decide whether that great...grandparent was black?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
RE: Local Washington State NAACP Leader Outed By Parents As White
June 12, 2015 at 2:35 pm
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2015 at 2:40 pm by Regina.)
I think self-identification is best, if you have a mixed (one white parent, one black parent) person who prefers to call themselves "black" or "white" for whatever reason, I think you should respect their agency in doing that. I also think "mixed" can still apply if you have like grandparents who are different.
It does come to point though where "mixed" becomes "white with a little POC ancestry". That would probably describe me, being someone who everyone would call "white" on face value, but I have some distant North African ancestry. I'm "white", it's absurd to call myself "mixed" when I'm walking around with pale skin, blue eyes, medium brown hair and no visible traits that suggest otherwise. Also lots of people can trace their families back now, it's documented.
"Adulthood is like looking both ways before you cross the road, and then getting hit by an airplane" - sarcasm_only
"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie |
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