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DOLEZAL'S 'TRANS BLACK' PASSING IS INDEFENSIBLE, AND IGNORES A PAINFUL PAST
... Dolezal’s use of “passing” to justify her identity makes a mockery of the serious and painful experiences of loss undergone by black people in highly racist societies.
Though Dolezal also underwent an experience of loss and distance from her family, she created it herself, through lies and deceit. In Wicomb’s novel, historically white Marion considers how, why and if she should begin to identify herself as coloured ...
http://www.newsweek.com/rachel-dole...rican-south-africa-racism-race-america-595668
In this March 2, 2015 file photo, Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Washington home. Dolezal is facing questions about whether she lied about her racial identity, with her family saying she is white but has portrayed herself as black, Friday, June 12, 2015.COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW VIA AP
BY LONDIWE H. GAMEDZE ON 5/6/17 AT 12:00 PM
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DOLEZAL'S 'TRANS BLACK' PASSING IS INDEFENSIBLE, AND IGNORES A PAINFUL PAST
... Dolezal’s use of “passing” to justify her identity makes a mockery of the serious and painful experiences of loss undergone by black people in highly racist societies.
Though Dolezal also underwent an experience of loss and distance from her family, she created it herself, through lies and deceit. In Wicomb’s novel, historically white Marion considers how, why and if she should begin to identify herself as coloured ...
http://www.newsweek.com/rachel-dole...rican-south-africa-racism-race-america-595668
In this March 2, 2015 file photo, Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Washington home. Dolezal is facing questions about whether she lied about her racial identity, with her family saying she is white but has portrayed herself as black, Friday, June 12, 2015.COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW VIA AP
BY LONDIWE H. GAMEDZE ON 5/6/17 AT 12:00 PM
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