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NuclearDem

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Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #34)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 01:39 PM

Jun 2015

Jesus, I don't know how many times we need to have this discussion.

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Is Rachel Dolezal the first known transracial person? [View all] MoonRiver Jun 2015 OP

What about Michael? TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #1

Good point. But I don't think he ever openly stated he was "white." MoonRiver Jun 2015 #2

I identify myself as Leprachaun JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #6

You too?! zappaman Jun 2015 #85

Look JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #92

But what does that Snow Leopard Jun 2015 #22

More than that ann--- Jun 2015 #33

He had vitiligo. His skin was going to become white regardless. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #67

I have seen people with that condition TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #76

So if you have that condition gollygee Jun 2015 #79

His autopsy confirmed it. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #81

Michael had a skin condition which makes for pale patches, the man never ever denied his heritage Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #73

I don't accept the terminology JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #3

Thanks for your input and very sorry about what happened to you. MoonRiver Jun 2015 #9

Your welcome JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #13

Yes, how could she possibly relate? MoonRiver Jun 2015 #19

this is the best response. m-lekktor Jun 2015 #40

She's really lost me now JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #42

oh i didn't see that thread, another aspect to consider! thanks for the link. m-lekktor Jun 2015 #43

She clearly doesn't have a clue etherealtruth Jun 2015 #91

I think you're being a little cruel to her. Mentally, she is confused and troubled. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #64

If the truth is cruel JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #71

I doubt you're cruel. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #72

Pssst - don't tell JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #74

Thank you...and send a letter to Whoopi Goldberg... joeybee12 Jun 2015 #66

There is no such thing ann--- Jun 2015 #4

ITA n/t JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #7

yes there is. Puddy Jun 2015 #26

. gollygee Jun 2015 #29

Really? ann--- Jun 2015 #32

See post #34 n/t gollygee Jun 2015 #37

+1 gollygee Jun 2015 #27

Jesus. nt. LexVegas Jun 2015 #5

yup Skittles Jun 2015 #97

She was about 16 before her parents began adopting interracially csziggy Jun 2015 #8

OMG! MoonRiver Jun 2015 #10

I believe she needs serious therapy csziggy Jun 2015 #65

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #12

She needs some serious help.... Historic NY Jun 2015 #78

She sets a good example for white folks... Human101948 Jun 2015 #11

You sound kkkonserned, but it will be okay. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #14

You need some supplements in your diet... Human101948 Jun 2015 #15

Are you making fun of my stutter... Kalidurga Jun 2015 #16

Casting no aspersions on your asparagus... Human101948 Jun 2015 #28

Whoa! cwydro Jun 2015 #17

Don't tell me, let me guess LadyHawkAZ Jun 2015 #50

How the fuck are you not banned? Capt. Obvious Jun 2015 #57

+1. nt. LexVegas Jun 2015 #59

No. Orsino Jun 2015 #18

John Howard Griffin, who wrote "Black Like Me" Siwsan Jun 2015 #20

Did he disown his ann--- Jun 2015 #36

I know it isn't the same scenario - Siwsan Jun 2015 #46

He was doing book research gollygee Jun 2015 #38

Which is why I said it wasn't exactly the same thing Siwsan Jun 2015 #47

You mean The first white person to fake being Black? Or Native American? ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #21

+1 840high Jun 2015 #23

She is not the first, but she is the one who will be known...... Puddy Jun 2015 #24

WHAT transracial issues? Gormy Cuss Jun 2015 #31

An example from the late 1800s... IphengeniaBlumgarten Jun 2015 #25

So he lied to that woman JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #44

That term makes me feel as if some are portraying this as something other than a choice. NCTraveler Jun 2015 #30

Transracial is a bullshit term invented geek tragedy Jun 2015 #34

+1000000 gollygee Jun 2015 #35

This. nt. LexVegas Jun 2015 #48

Thank you. n/t JTFrog Jun 2015 #49

+1 Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #56

THANK YOU NuclearDem Jun 2015 #68

Here's one thing about Rachel Dolezal. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #39

Half my genetics are from south Louisiana TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #41

No, she is, simply, a grifter... Spazito Jun 2015 #45

I agree. nt cwydro Jun 2015 #51

Per 23andme, I am .01% Sub-Saharan African. Sienna86 Jun 2015 #52

that was like JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #53

We adopted two kids from Latin America... meaculpa2011 Jun 2015 #54

I think the consensus is that prayin4rain Jun 2015 #55

No I read a book about a man in the late 1890,'s who was white but said he was kimbutgar Jun 2015 #58

Hardly the first, but in general it has gone in the other direction and is called "passing" Hekate Jun 2015 #60

I think it's possible LittleBlue Jun 2015 #61

American literature has explored this for a long time: LeftinOH Jun 2015 #62

No. KamaAina Jun 2015 #63

No, she isn't. Beacool Jun 2015 #69

hell no shanti Jun 2015 #70

I think there will be studies on this yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #82

Orange is the new black! Major Nikon Jun 2015 #75

Clever! shanti Jun 2015 #84

Has anyone tried to compare her to Elizabeth Warren yet? madville Jun 2015 #77

I did read that somewhere gollygee Jun 2015 #80

Yes. Sarah Palin: ecstatic Jun 2015 #88

No, and hopefully we never adopt the concept. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #83

She lied about that too. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #86

there is along history of POC "passing". j edgar hoover for one. JanMichael Jun 2015 #87

You do know that poc who 'pass' are mostly white, right? bravenak Jun 2015 #89

Sure start arguing over 1/8's. You have an agenda and are simply sticking your fingers in ears. JanMichael Jun 2015 #93

I don't see how this is relevant gollygee Jun 2015 #94

The thread was asking a question about people that lived outside of their ethnicity. JanMichael Jun 2015 #96

Multiracial people have to figure out this out for themselves and always have had to gollygee Jun 2015 #98

Yes. It is. bravenak Jun 2015 #95

She wasn't raised with her adopted black siblings. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2015 #90