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4. Montana privilege.

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Fri Jun 12, 2015, 07:48 AM

Jun 2015

I'm sick of it!

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'Black' NAACP leader outed as white woman [View all] romanic Jun 2015 OP

I would have thought her bioparents would know. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #1

Possibly NOLALady Jun 2015 #7

You mean like this guy? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #9

That Trisha episode Jamaal510 Jun 2015 #25

Just go back 100,000 years and we all have African DNA Yupster Jun 2015 #34

She knows who her parents are and she knows they are white. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2015 #110

How many african girls with green eyes do you know? DetlefK Jun 2015 #2

Lots. NOLALady Jun 2015 #5

It's not true but at one time in parts of the south TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #6

My Brother-in-Law ... and a bunch of other Black folks I know. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #10

Several (nt) bigwillq Jun 2015 #13

Well, I don't personally know Rihanna, but... Bosonic Jun 2015 #14

Rihanna was my first thought. Then again her grandmother is Irish. nt LittleBlue Jun 2015 #40

All over the neighborhood here in Harlem. nt stevenleser Jun 2015 #24

Quite a few. Green-grey hazel eyes have never been unusual in North Africa. haele Jun 2015 #56

read some more. It's clear she's a sick liar. cali Jun 2015 #62

she never identified or passed in her youth shanti Jun 2015 #83

Fake tan. CHeck out the many photos of her snagglepuss Jun 2015 #58

Plenty GCP Jun 2015 #59

Jeez, where do you live? I know about 6 black people with green or hazel eyes. Not Nay Jun 2015 #61

Stephen Curry, NBA's MVP this year CreekDog Jun 2015 #71

An insular group of family, friends and acquaintances can certainly reduce one's world to a rather m LanternWaste Jun 2015 #74

Many, but I don't recall any of them having white parents and ancestry. Beacool Jun 2015 #78

Several cousins, aunts JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #82

I know a few mixed people with green eyes. LeftyMom Jun 2015 #91

I went to high school with a dark-skinned black student with bright blue eyes. kwassa Jun 2015 #103

Dated two bothers with green eyes back in the day. And your use of the word "African" is bizarre Number23 Jun 2015 #116

Perhaps we need a 'Race Classification Board'. The South African members are unemployed now and pampango Jun 2015 #3

Montana privilege. lovemydog Jun 2015 #4

pretty self explanatory Baclava Jun 2015 #8

That's a white girl. cwydro Jun 2015 #92

Another African beauty AngryAmish Jun 2015 #11

This story is amazing. Brickbat Jun 2015 #12

Indeed. Eddie Murphy is wondering wtf pintobean Jun 2015 #17

A classic! Brickbat Jun 2015 #18

It sounds like this young woman might need to get some mental health help Marrah_G Jun 2015 #15

My take on it too. She's not too tightly tethered to reality... CTyankee Jun 2015 #21

She's 37 alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #22

She looked younger then 37 :) Marrah_G Jun 2015 #23

Her extra melanin Yupster Jun 2015 #38

*SNORT* morningfog Jun 2015 #45

Black don't crack. kwassa Jun 2015 #106

Thats what it seems like to me too. Someone below suggested we respect how folks self identify stevenleser Jun 2015 #26

she isn't young and by the look of things, she definitely needs attention snooper2 Jun 2015 #32

My same thoughts. Beacool Jun 2015 #79

First time in the history of the US Catherine Vincent Jun 2015 #16

The street interview is hilarious. Ace Rothstein Jun 2015 #19

Maybe we should respect how one identifies/ chooses to present oneself. eShirl Jun 2015 #20

Interesting and important point. See my #26 above... stevenleser Jun 2015 #27

On the Constitutionally-required census every 10 years... yallerdawg Jun 2015 #29

Maybe but as I saw someone else say mythology Jun 2015 #30

On the other hand DustyJoe Jun 2015 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #51

Yeah, but the surgery costs an arm and a leg. Orrex Jun 2015 #41

you didn't snooper2 Jun 2015 #42

Wait for someone to accuse me of going out on a limb Orrex Jun 2015 #43

Why do you always have to take it to the extremities? morningfog Jun 2015 #47

As long as he foots the bill. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #87

I think you've gotten to the nub of it. morningfog Jun 2015 #94

I'm stumped as well OriginalGeek Jun 2015 #93

Orrex, Orrex, Orrex. Nay Jun 2015 #67

Y'all are cracking me up! cwydro Jun 2015 #104

This message was self-deleted by its author Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #50

Sending hate mail to herself... cwydro Jun 2015 #33

sort of reminds me of a non-medical sort of munchausen Marrah_G Jun 2015 #44

Yeah, she could have gone on in the deception forever (the NAACP has white employees Nay Jun 2015 #68

Can you self identify yourself Yupster Jun 2015 #39

And that's another good point. Not for her NAACP job, but for the jobs or work she Nay Jun 2015 #69

Maybe if she really lives the experience One_Life_To_Give Jun 2015 #96

I think you can draw the line when it becomes Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #48

Race is a political classification, like geographical state boundaries. nt valerief Jun 2015 #28

Um, you REALLY should take a half hour and learn something snooper2 Jun 2015 #37

Race is a social constuct AngryAmish Jun 2015 #31

We're all part of an African species. dawg Jun 2015 #36

pretty much Johonny Jun 2015 #46

I can't argue with that. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2015 #81

Her parents have responded to media. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #49

She's felt the oppression of being passed up for a white woman Capt. Obvious Jun 2015 #53

She married and divorced a Black dude Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #54

Maybe she was trying to get a scholarship to Harvard Law School? Capt. Obvious Jun 2015 #57

Agreed. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #63

Exactly. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #64

Did Bruce Jenner ever go through the opression of women Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #86

She could not "change back anytime" Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #105

OMG you're right, it's just like that. LeftyMom Jun 2015 #109

She seems pretty oppressed, people who don't have any tolerance for the transgendered CreekDog Jun 2015 #113

While I'm all in favor of people self-identifying, this is on the other side of that line CreekDog Jun 2015 #72

To me, this is like catfishing. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #76

She is evidently misrepresenting who her father is B2G Jun 2015 #52

At some point, I think she chose to self identify. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #55

Fine with me Elmergantry Jun 2015 #60

The Census Bureau allows you to claim any race. former9thward Jun 2015 #65

The census bureau is not the arbiter of one's race CreekDog Jun 2015 #73

Who is the arbiter of one's race? former9thward Jun 2015 #97

You used the term "allows". It's a red herring CreekDog Jun 2015 #100

Who is the arbiter of one's race? former9thward Jun 2015 #101

Does such an arbiter even exist? EL34x4 Jun 2015 #102

There is no arbiter. former9thward Jun 2015 #107

You're trying to make it sound like people here said what she did was illegal CreekDog Jun 2015 #115

I was replying to a poster who talked about criminal charges. former9thward Jun 2015 #117

You started this argument long before they appeared CreekDog Jun 2015 #119

Cut and paste to where I said anything about crime. former9thward Jun 2015 #121

You can ask that as many times as you want, but it's still a red herring CreekDog Jun 2015 #112

You are the one who brought up that the Census is not the arbiter. former9thward Jun 2015 #114

You implied the census was the arbiter or that somehow was relevant to what she did CreekDog Jun 2015 #118

Cut and paste to where I said the Census was the arbiter. former9thward Jun 2015 #120

"I was born a poor black child in Mississippi." KamaAina Jun 2015 #66

Well this is a new twist, white woman trying to pass as AA riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #70

Curious if she got affirmative action aid or grants MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #75

What I don't get is why she pretended to be AA. Beacool Jun 2015 #77

Disturbed or not she's an asshole ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #80

I'd like to co-sign this post JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #84

Couldn't Caitlyn Jenner do the exact same thing? philosslayer Jun 2015 #89

You're actually comparing race and gender? ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #99

Crazy story abelenkpe Jun 2015 #85

Wasn't Julie Brown "Trapped in the Body of a White Girl?" Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #88

She's white and she's lying. I guess her heart is in the right place craigmatic Jun 2015 #90

Maybe she was just a real big fan of C. Thomas Howell. temporary311 Jun 2015 #95

Utterly unnecessary KamaAina Jun 2015 #98

I did not meet her, NOLALady Jun 2015 #122

I believe that was during the post-Katrina period KamaAina Jun 2015 #123

Yep. NOLALady Jun 2015 #124

Similar to Wali Farrad, founder of the Nation of Islam. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #108

At least Sneak the freak Jun 2015 #111