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Rachel Dolezal Response: What Al Sharpton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Black Leaders Said About Former NAACP President's Identity Claims
... On the other hand, it is very possible and understandable for a person of one race to call themselves a member of another race, said Michael Eric Dyson, a sociology professor at Georgetown University who has published a number of books on racial issues in America. "Bill Clinton is the 'first black president,' though he didn't claim he was black," Dyson said Monday on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" before expounding on the metaphor. "It means that she may not be African-American, but she certainly could be black in a cultural sense. She's taking on the ideas, the identities, the struggles. She’s identified with them. I bet a lot more black people would support Rachel Dolezal than would support, say, Clarence Thomas." ...
Washington state civil rights advocate Rachel Dolezal appears on NBC's "Today" show in New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. She said she still feels black despite evidence to the contrary. Reuters
http://www.ibtimes.com/rachel-dolez...abdul-jabbar-black-leaders-said-about-1969961
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Rachel Dolezal Response: What Al Sharpton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Black Leaders Said About Former NAACP President's Identity Claims
... On the other hand, it is very possible and understandable for a person of one race to call themselves a member of another race, said Michael Eric Dyson, a sociology professor at Georgetown University who has published a number of books on racial issues in America. "Bill Clinton is the 'first black president,' though he didn't claim he was black," Dyson said Monday on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" before expounding on the metaphor. "It means that she may not be African-American, but she certainly could be black in a cultural sense. She's taking on the ideas, the identities, the struggles. She’s identified with them. I bet a lot more black people would support Rachel Dolezal than would support, say, Clarence Thomas." ...
Washington state civil rights advocate Rachel Dolezal appears on NBC's "Today" show in New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. She said she still feels black despite evidence to the contrary. Reuters
http://www.ibtimes.com/rachel-dolez...abdul-jabbar-black-leaders-said-about-1969961
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