Kareem Abdul Jabbar is banging in the low post for Ms. Dolezal!!!
http://time.com/3921404/rachel-dolezal-naacp-race-kareem-abdul-jabbar/:freehug:
I knew I wasn't the only one.
Ironically I've noticed that BW seem to be the ones most viscerally offended by Ms. Dolezal's charade, however Black men generally while acknowledging her lie seem more forgiving.
This goes back to my position of not claiming someone as Black, even if technically in America they are.
So when Zoe Saldana doesn't what to be recognized specifically as Black, I don't sweat it.
When I was growing up and found out Jennifer Beals never really saw herself as Black, I was cool with it, but very disappointed(!!) I used to crush on her like crazy.;-)
I don't think people need to worry about more people defining themselves as transracial and deciding to switch teams.
Most wouldn't really be able get away with what Ms. Dolezal did who only pulled it off because so many Black folk are mixed/light skinned.
The average Black person is never going to be able to convince someone they're anything but Black.
But I do know some Hispanics who look Asian.
America is such a big, cultural, ethic stew, unless someone is perpetrating a fraud for obvious financial benefit, I don't think it should be that big an issue.
The more I think about this Dolezal case, the more I'm reminded of Dave Chappelle's racial draft sketch and how brilliant and reaffirming it was as an American.