Rachel Dolezal

Trans-racial' Rachel Dolezal Disinvited From Mlk Event After Backlash

... received national media attention after it was revealed that she was a white woman posing as African-American, has been disinvited from a speaking event at a Martin Luther King Jr. festival in North Carolina after a community backlash about her scheduled appearance. Dolezal, who was formerly an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington University, was disinvited from her scheduled appearance at Cary, North Carolina’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dreamfest in January. She was scheduled to participate in a panel discussion about racial identity and race relations with representatives from the NAACP. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. Dolezal is the former president of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP, a position that she was forced to resign from after she was accused of portraying herself as African-American despite being born and raised by white parents. Doug Mc Rainey, Cary’s director of parks, recreation, and cultural resources, claims that the decision to remove Dolezal from the program was made after backlash erupted in the community. “They made the decision about two weeks ago to remove her from the diversity summit, which ...

This Rachel Dolezal Tea About The Oppression Of Darth Becky Is Delicious

... the world that she had officially changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo because—desperation. Because crazy. Because underneath the Donald Trump-brand skin bronzer is still a white woman, and “ white girl crazy ” is a verifiable psychological condition. Today’s chapter in the melanin-less Melanie fairy tale comes from. The Root 100 honoree and New York Times best-seller Luvvie Ajayi. Today, Awesomely Luvvie took to Twitter to spill some tea on Transracial Rachel—this time from some inside information passed down from an anonymous former colleague of the delirious Dolezal. And she brought receipts. According to Luvvie’s awesome Twitter story, many of Dolezal’s former students, colleagues and co-workers always suspected she was an undercover Caucasian. She goes on to reveal actual screenshots of text conversations where Dolezal routinely lamented how the white establishment oppressed her at every turn and sought to suppress her important work for the ...

This Delusional White Dj Is The South African Rachel Dolezal

... to the forefront is the interesting playing out of South African race politics on social media. Whilst we may be living in a democracy now and have to an extent, attempted to address the evils of the past, the divide between white and black is still evident. But with social media having become firmly rooted in our lives, the effort to have these important conversations between the two in safe spaces and face-to-face is largely waning. Instead it is being replaced with the rushed and oftentimes rash statements inevitably lost in translation with just 140 characters at one’s disposal. And this is not news. Last year we saw the likes of #Penny Sparrow and #Nicolede Klerk as well as many others using racial slurs and going on racist rants on social media in absolute full and unashamed view and I myself wondered why–what ...

Police Say More Than 100 Jewish Cemetery Headstones Damaged

... PM EST 2017-03-03 01:12:25 GMT. Attorney General Jeff Sessions twice spoke with the Russian envoy to the U. S. during the 2016 presidential campaign, a fact that seemingly contradicts sworn statements he made to Congress during his confirmation. More. Attorney General Jeff Sessions twice spoke with the Russian envoy to the U. S. during the 2016 presidential campaign, a fact that seemingly contradicts sworn statements he made to Congress during his confirmation hearings. More. Thursday, March 2 2017 8:12 PM EST 2017-03-03 01:12:23 GMT. "Stay classy, Trojans.". More. Thursday, March 2 2017 7:23 PM EST 2017-03-03 00:23:21 GMT. An immigration judge has granted bond to a Salvadoran woman so she can leave a detention facility to seek treatment for a brain tumor. More. Thursday, March 2 2017 7:22 PM EST 2017-03-03 00:22:12 GMT. Federal and local authorities say members of the MS-13 gang have been indicted in the killings of three teenagers on Long Island last year. More. PHILADELPHIA (AP) - More than 100 headstones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, ...

Rachel Dolezal, Femme Blanche Qui S’identifie À Une Noire, Vient D’adopter Un Nom Africain

... Le nom veut simplement dire en langue ibo : « don de Dieu ». Le nom « Diallo » est d’origine Peul, une ethnie qui aurait des racines au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique de l’Ouest. « Rachel n’arrive plus à trouver du travail ». Rappelons que Rachel Dolezal a fait parler d’elle en 2015, date à laquelle elle avait affirmé être une femme noire. Des déclarations immédiatement rejetées par ses parents qui affirment qu’elle est bien une femme Blanche et pas Noire. Quelques jours plus tard, les médias publient des photos d’une jeune fille blanche blonde qui n’était autre que de Rachel Dolezal. Depuis, la vie de cette jeune femme s’est transformée en un cauchemar. Elle a été licenciée de l’Université Est de Washington comme professeur assistante. Elle confie avoir candidaté pour plus de 100 postes, mais aucune réponse positive. Même pour trouver un ...

Rachel Dolezal, Ex-naacp Leader Who Claimed To Be Black, May Soon Be Homeless

... be black, revealed in a new interview that she's unemployed, living on food stamps and may soon be homeless. Celebrity Scandals of 2015. Speaking with The Guardian on Saturday, February 25, Dolezal said she has applied for more than 100 jobs to no avail. The only work she has been offered are roles in reality TV and pornography. She told the British newspaper that a friend helped her come up with rent money for the month of February, but she's not sure how she's going to pay for March. Dolezal also changed her name on all legal documents. "Right now, the only place that I feel understood and completely accepted is with my kids and my sister," the 39-year-old activist said of her sons, Franklin and Langston, and her black adopted sister, Esther Dolezal. Celebrity Activists. Dolezal made headlines in 2015 after a local reporter questioned her racial identity. The incident led ...

Rachel Dolezal Memoir To Explore 'discrimination While Living As Black

... she was white. Years later she filed racial harassment complaints , alleging that she had received hate mail because she was black. Rachel Dolezal identifying as African American is highly unusual, experts say. Read more. Dolezal lost her job teaching African studies at Eastern Washington University in the wake of the media attention, as well as her post as chair of the Spokane police ombudsman commission. Last December, she told the Guardian that she struggled to recover from the controversy. “People don’t want to associate with me,” she said. “It’s just like this disgust, and that was really hurtful, really hurtful.”. In that interview, she maintained that her racial identification “has been a lifelong journey”. “For me, how I feel is more powerful than how I was born,” she said. “If somebody asked me how I identify, I identify as ...

Subway Crash In Railyard Injured 4 Near Philadelphia

... have been indicted in the killings of three teenagers on Long Island last year. More > >. More > >. PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An out-of-service subway train rear-ended a stopped train in a railyard Tuesday, causing some cars to jump the track and hit a third train, officials said. Four people were injured, including an operator hospitalized in critical condition. The Market-Frankford Line trains were near the 69 th Street Transportation Center on a loop where trains turn around to get back into service, said Andrew Busch, a spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. One train was waiting to head back to downtown Philadelphia when it was hit from behind, Busch said. The derailed cars hit another train, which also was waiting to go back in service. The train that was rear-ended had passengers on board, and Busch said it's not clear why, since it wasn't in service. Two passengers were among the injured, and Busch didn't have details on them, except to say they have been described as non-life threatening. The National Transportation Safety Board said three investigators were heading to the site of the collision and ...