Cher loses her cool in a big way with critics of Rachel Dolezal: 'Who doesn't want to have black cool?'

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

Cher loses her cool in a big way with critics of Rachel Dolezal: &#039;Who doesn&#039;t want to have black cool?&#039;

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Cher loses her cool in a big way with critics of Rachel Dolezal: 'Who doesn't want to have black cool?'