Rachel Dolezal NAACP controversy

orejon4 said:
Having to constantly think about all of this crap will make you crazy. I would be interested to see a mental health study on what this constant heightened threat has done to us psychologically.
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'And why are you here today, mr Orejon?'

Because I'm BLACK

All bullshit aside, I already posted some articles exploring the links between racial discrimination, mental illness, PTSD and 'battle fatigue'

Make no mistake, there is a war going on...and it's been ongoing for decades

Dwelling on it and developing a defeatist attitude will make you bonkers

Many people just go about their daily business and grind at work/school until the cows come home, but civil rights organizations and regular people are fighting every day
 
pettyofficerj said:
'And why are you here today, mr Orejon?'

Because I'm BLACK

All bullshit aside, I already posted some articles exploring the links between racial discrimination, mental illness, PTSD and 'battle fatigue'

Make no mistake, there is a war going on...and it's been ongoing for decades

Dwelling on it and developing a defeatist attitude will make you bonkers

Many people just go about their daily business and grind at work/school until the cows come home, but civil rights organizations and regular people are fighting every day
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You ain't never lied. I remember an African-American neurologist on an NPR local show who hypothesized that half or more of the population could be undiagnosed clinically depressed because of the constant psychic assault and siege mentality that it creates in you.

andreboba said:
She's going to be interviewed Tuesday night on MSNBC at 8 PM EST.


T-R-A-I-N-W-R-E-C-K.
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I might just watch this.
 
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orejon4 said:
TDK, I see z's point on this. It doesn't mean she's some saint, but racism defines our experience in this country, and it's also why some black people in the NAACP chapter she ran believed her. She had enough outward resemblance for black people to believe she had gone through our experience, and suffering is the defining characteristic. For an example, witness how we act toward someone we don't think is "black enough", i.e. hasn't suffered as we have. I would be more pissed if she had used the hairdo to masquerade as a ghetto songstress or something, imitating Trina, and engaging in degrading activity.


Think again. That has gotten me the "who are you supposed to be?" treatment on more than one occasion.
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orejon4 said:
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I agree on many of these points as well. If the allegations are true, she is a liar. And if she did a good job representing black people, that's as much the fault of the people who respond to her differently because she's perceived to be "less black" or whatever, as it is her fault for impersonating a black person. I'm not saying it's A-OK for her to do this, but I can recognize a qualitative difference in being an advocate as opposed to hyper-exploitative. That being said, I still think it's effed up, but it isn't like she masqueraded as black to dismantle the Black Studies Program at Harvard, lol. This is one of the problems with African-Americans, and to some extent others in the Diaspora, having a negative identity, i.e. defined by negative experiences or as juxtaposed with 'whiteness'. We are defined by what we are not - not white, not free, not etc... It's one of the main reasons I like a Pan-Africanist conception of identity, because it affirms something other than the slave experience, which is the central characteristic in the U.S.

I'm not saying she should be inducted into the Negro Hall of Fame, lol.



Watch out Flip Wilson, you're messing with my Pullman Porter job... Be right back...Mister Gilmore doesn't like his tea to get cold.
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Thank you sir
 
Bliss said:
Gender is a social constraint, too no?

Males are created as female first..There are parents who are not defining their child's gender anymore, leaving the choice up to the child to eventually decide.We are the same species regardless of our sex or genetic makeup.

Why do you think this woman didn't hurt anyone.
It's documented she's deeply hurt her family and brothers... people who were lied to feel betrayed, she tried to sabotage 2 people's careers....

And she hurt legitimate victims of Hate crimes by lying 9 times to Authorities in order to 'authenticate' her resume to lie her way to the position.
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That's how we develop, but that 23rd pair of chromosomes are paired as an XY or XX combination long before the development process begins.

Nice try tho.
 
Bliss said:
Gender is a social constraint, too no?

Males are created as female first..There are parents who are not defining their child's gender anymore, leaving the choice up to the child to eventually decide.

We are the same species regardless of our sex or genetic makeup.

Why do you think this woman didn't hurt anyone.
It's documented she's deeply hurt her family and brothers... people who were lied to feel betrayed, she tried to sabotage 2 people's careers....

And she hurt legitimate victims of Hate crimes by lying 9 times to Authorities in order to 'authenticate' her resume to lie her way to the position.
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Black people have been victims of hate crimes and have not received justice in this land for centuries, her lie is supposed to hurt victims how??
 
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Beasty said:
As many times black people have been victims of hate crimes and not received justice, her lie is supposed to hurt victims how??
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Beasty said:
That's how we develop, but that 23rd pair of chromosomes are paired as an XY or XX combination long before the development process begins.

Nice try tho.
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So? The argument lve heard to defend her is we all come from the same black mother from 50 million years ago..but you accept that to justify her impersonation. Well then, lm black, youre black, let's shut this joint down , lol.
 
Bliss said:
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So? The argument lve heard to defend her is we all come from the same black mother from 50 million years ago..but you accept that to justify her impersonation. Well then, lm black, youre black, let's shut this joint down , lol.
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Your skin is white, but your "race" is non-existent, the site should remain a going concern. lol
 
I'm laughing at everyone making a knock-kneed big deal out of this whole fiasco. Heh, a funny diversion from the original big story. Seems like the world is just getting crazier, undermining their own priorities.
 
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