There wouldn’t seem to be that much more to say about Rachel Dolezal, the “trans-racial” head of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP who claimed for years to be black, despite having two white parents. The NAACP itself issued a brief statement today saying that it stands behind Dolezal, but the idea of a woman pretending to be black didn’t sit well with many who just consider it another benefit of white privilege.
Singer and actress Cher is one of the very few we’ve seen characterize Dolezal’s “outing” as a white woman by her family as “cruel.”
WHY did Rachel Dolezal’s Parents OUT Their Daughter? It Was
Cruel.I Don’t Know WHY She Chose Her PATH,But Who Doesn’t Want 2 have Blk COOL
?— Cher (@cher) June 14, 2015
Seriously, who doesn’t want to have black cool? How dope would it be to spend your Saturday golfing like President Obama, undisputedly the coolest president ever.
After 5 hours at the golf course at @AndrewsAirForce, Pres Obama back at the WH.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 13, 2015
The only problem we foresee with Dolezal’s outing is the inevitable rush of white people to claim they’re black too.
https://twitter.com/mollystripes/status/609880258221715456
@mollystripes im not saying u CAN,But Even though I don’t know What her choice was based on,I’m not going 2 Judge her.Throw the 1st Stone
— Cher (@cher) June 14, 2015
@cher @mollystripes There is just no Tolerance today, Cher. Not sure where that has gone.
— lynniep#CherCrew (@lynniep1963) June 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/mollystripes/status/609885886218571776
https://twitter.com/cher/status/609888178443452417
A bit cranky today?
https://twitter.com/YeshaCallahan/status/609888829357600768
@cher #RachelDoelzal should just of been White & a fighter for racial justice.No need to lie about being Black.Now her dishonesty on display
— Maxine Baptiste (@brownsugar7878) June 14, 2015
@brownsugar7878 WHAT U SAY IS TOTALY LEGIT,But as PARENT who LOVES My Child,I Couldn’t Out Him.What happened
2getting schooled in kind way?— Cher (@cher) June 14, 2015
@cher here's the problem : she doesn't HAVE black, she stole it. Our ethnicity is not a costume you wear on a stage at our race's expense.
— Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas (@MOVEprofPHD) June 14, 2015
@MOVEprofPHD
Jesus, don’t you think I know that ! What is with everyone ? All I said was im not the one to judge her.I don’t know the story— Cher (@cher) June 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/ReenuhGee/status/609883942846640128
@ReenuhGee Not Saying what she did was Right,I’m just NOT The person 2Judge her,even though I’ve never told a lie…Hey got an?,lets Stone her
— Cher (@cher) June 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/gabeAlfassy/status/609876584988717056
@gabeAlfassy @cher she did blackface for years and profited from our oppression and history. that does not scream "good intentions."
— rich fox (@whorax) June 14, 2015
@sexiestsides
I don’t know the full story…I guess you “KNOW IT ALL”— Cher (@cher) June 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/LolaAmbrosia/status/609887036921647104
@LolaAmbrosia go Look at my TXTS & tell me that I Don’t Know or care about Struggle.U don’t know who I am.READ Them,then call me bigot
— Cher (@cher) June 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/LolaAmbrosia/status/609887214273585153
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