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it's what they'd do if they knew what was happeningThat is pretty horrible. If grown adults choose to use daft cosmetics, at least they have a choice, but babies?
White civil rights leader has pretended to be black for years
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8ball
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It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley. It is my hope that by securing a beautiful office for the organization in the heart of downtown, bringing the local branch into financial compliance, catalyzing committees to do strategic work in the five Game Changer issues, launching community forums, putting the membership on a fast climb, and helping many individuals find the legal, financial and practical support needed to fight race-based discrimination, I have positioned the Spokane NAACP to buttress this transition.
'I did this, you need to be grateful. No need for me to apologise for deceiving any of you.'
Personal brand management.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
"Additionally, I have always deferred to the state and national NAACP leadership and offer my sincere gratitude for their unwavering support of my leadership through this unexpected firestorm." - pretty much confirms your reading of it Butchers. People at the national level won't be feeling the 'I had her at my house... she told me of how she feared for her son after the hatemail, we wept together,' type betrayal.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
that leaps out doesn't it. Aside from the rest of it thats just....class doesn't exist. It never did. Women in the boardroom yay.
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Starry Wisdom
"we wept together; we prayed together" too no doubt
Lurdan
old wave
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thatcher in number 10
8ball
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I always thought 'downtown' meant the rough bit (my main reference being a Billy Joel song), but I see I have that completely wrong.
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downtown = west end; uptown = hampstead, chelseaI always thought 'downtown' meant the rough bit (my main reference being a Billy Joel song), but I see I have that completely wrong.
I always thought 'downtown' meant the rough bit (my main reference being a Billy Joel song), but I see I have that completely wrong.
yeah, it's the central business district
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mid-table mediocrity generallyWhere does Tottenham fit in to this
8ball
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This makes the song "Downtown" kind of different in my head now too (it was a bit darker before).
chief Billy Boy lol
winifred
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I'm not so sure there was any malicious intent on her part. I'll hold off from making a judgement until we hear firsthand from this woman, as to why she did what she did.
This story made me reflect back on one of my brother's, who was very much involved with supporting the black community within our hometown of Wolverhampton. During the eighties he was involved with a local organisation, which sought to provide employment / training opportunities to the BME community.
Most of my brother's friends and work colleagues were black, and for quite some time he used to have a tight curled perm - even sporting a wet-look perm that was popular at the time.
Given that he has black hair, full lips, brown eyes, a bulbous nose and a dark skin tone - could he have been 'blacking up' with the aforementioned image?
No, is my answer as I know he had his own distinctive identity, which was heavily influenced by black culture. And that's why I'm not so quick to judge in the case of this woman.
butchersapron
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You're not saying anything.
Maybe he could have grown a tash and passed as a scouser?
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Doesn't have to be malicious to be wrong or offensive.
butchersapron
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I think that you have made a judgment.
Orang Utan
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That's a fantastic article. As a person who grew up in a multiracial family with a transracially adopted brother and sister, I found it spot on, and I have found Dolezal's comments baffling and shameful.
This article is good too: http://mediadiversified.org/2015/06/15/transracial-doesnt-mean-what-rachel-dolezal-thinks-it-means/
winifred
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True.
As I've already said, I don't necessarily condone what this person has done. But I'd like to know what her motivations were before passing any judgement.
winifred
Sinking fast
I have - but it relates more to you in relation to your crass posting style. In fact, I wonder of you'd have the nerve to call me a "cunt" to my face, rather than doing it anonymously on a discussion site, (as you did previously)?
butchersapron
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I would. I also think adding up your posts here doesn't equal the pious i won't judge (used as a tool against those who did). You have judged and found in her favour.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
50 posts waiting to judge. Or 50 posts defending a judgement.
Treacle Toes
Time
Sporting a hairstyle that was in fashion, having Black friends and working with Black people doesn't equate to Blacking up obviously. Did you brother ever deliberately mislead people to think he was Black? It doesn't sound like he did to me. That is the difference...whether or not his natural phenotype and features suggested to others that he might be is another thing entirely and down to their own assumptions.
Also, not every Black person in the world has a bulbuos nose or full lips. Please stop perpetuating this myth/stereotype.
Treacle Toes
Time
Avoidance of personal responsibility, self aggrandisement and not addressing the main issue, yeah.
8ball
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I wasn't too sure whether, in that interview, Dolezal was using the term in the correct sense.
She may have been on one level, but seeing some of her mealy-mouthed statements today I'd bet she was also happy for people to make the obvious misinterpretation.
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