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irisblue

(34,405 posts)
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 07:16 PM Apr 2017

The Heart of Whiteness: Ijeoma Oluo Interviews Rachel Dolezal, TheStranger.com

I can't do a C&P with this phone, arthritic fat finger syndrome. It is a very interesting read from this allys' view. Article is dated 4/19/2017.

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The Heart of Whiteness: Ijeoma Oluo Interviews Rachel Dolezal, TheStranger.com (Original Post) irisblue Apr 2017 OP
How privileged Rach or whatever she calls herself these days is JustAnotherGen Apr 2017 #1
Rachel has, like alot of white people, fetishized blackness Number23 Apr 2017 #2
Says a thousand words JustAnotherGen Apr 2017 #3
That cretin is still in the news? cwydro May 2017 #4

JustAnotherGen

(33,785 posts)
1. How privileged Rach or whatever she calls herself these days is
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:00 PM
Apr 2017

She gets to speak down to black people

Tell us she knows blackness more than us.


Tell us that we imagined full out and subtle racism because after all – it’s just a social construct – we’ve made up in our heads

And of course she KNOWS because well – look at her.


And all the while she has the opportunity to ‘get out’ of her blackness at any given time.


Truth be told – that movie Get Out - -very relevant to this.


Almost like – Rach or Whatver she calls herself – wants to ERASE black women.

She is one sinister mo-fo.




PS - I will ALWAYS always remember all of the usual suspects at DU who NEVER ever take the side of a black person -

Who all of a sudden could stand up for a black woman - but only because deep down inside they KNOW she's white. They know it. Y'all didn't trick me.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
2. Rachel has, like alot of white people, fetishized blackness
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 07:04 PM
Apr 2017

You see it all the time. The white girls/women that only date brothers; the white/Asian whatever dudes that swear that they are black. It's endless.

The difference is that this woman has actually adopted the culture that she's fetishized, and it's clear that she doesn't know hardly anything about the culture itself. She's a modern day Amos (or Andy).

The pic of the interviewer's face as she talks to Ms. Rachel says it all:



JustAnotherGen

(33,785 posts)
3. Says a thousand words
Wed Apr 26, 2017, 03:50 AM
Apr 2017

Just wondering where her defenders went?

Without the brain exchange - she's the living embodiment of Get Out.

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