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shanti

(21,799 posts)

13. ITA with you

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 01:55 PM

Jun 2015

i'm also the white mom of a b/w biracial son, who's 25. it would be ludicrous for me to insist that i was a black woman! i can't even wrap my head around it. dolezal is really doubling down with that crap.

i wonder what her childhood friends have to say about this mess...

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Dolezal just completely lost me - Can't be white and the mother to a black child? [View all] JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 OP

That is indeed ridiculous gollygee Jun 2015 #1

I feel sorry for her. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2015 #2

turns out her art most likely isn't hers. marym625 Jun 2015 #3

What, like Barack Obama's mom? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #4

Like my mom Erich! JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #5

Like me. I'm white. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2015 #17

Thank you for this JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #19

Wow...does she hear herself? What a racist statement. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #6

Especially from a woman who was raised in her parents race JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #7

That blew me away this morning. Sissyk Jun 2015 #8

not intruding at all JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #9

Thank you! Sissyk Jun 2015 #11

Well done. Lochloosa Jun 2015 #10

Thank you! Sissyk Jun 2015 #12

ITA with you shanti Jun 2015 #13

Thanks for that link JAG. lovemydog Jun 2015 #14

i think people felt bad for her at first JI7 Jun 2015 #15

make believe by itself would be pathetic, but the resume-building aspect is corrupt carolinayellowdog Jun 2015 #16

The word 'transracial' that people have been stupidly using to refer to Ms. Rachel was actually Number23 Jun 2015 #18

Honestly Number23 lovemydog Jun 2015 #20