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Murphy’ s crazy Law murphied.
Rachel Anne Dolezal, an American civil rights activist and former Africana studies instructor who was president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, burst on scenes and shook things up some. It was easy for white America to pass her off as mental. After all, who does that? Black America, went up in arms. She had crossed a line, and she needed to be lynch. How soon we forget? But more important, it is the hypocrisy that bugs me. At every turn, we see blond, curly haired sisters or brunettes or half to fully bleached [ oops, light ] ones, yet folks have guts to jump down the sister. The most disheartening part is that any strives Rachel made in her short career was ignored. Folks that had no clue who she was, jumped in for the kill. The truth is Rachel did more for black America than countless of those that went about dissing her.
Rachel brought to the front not just the issues of identity, faith and perception, especially with a racial slant. It forced the topic of who we are, what we believe and what does society make of identity.
Liberal media prides itself on liberation. They promote freedom self-actualization, or at least claim to when it is convenient however, they failed Rachel. They were leading the parade. While in the next breath, they were hailing Bruce Jenner. One had lived a life of a lie; woke up one day of a lifetime of faking who he was and changed. The other had only begun to be true to herself; the same thing they were hailing Caitlyn Marie for so why the different responses? In an environment where liberal media practically bullies anyone with faith and forces their perception of political correctness under the guise of freedom and selfactualization, why were they jumping off Rachel’ s boat?
In her April 24, 2015, ABC interview with Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn stated that, for her,“ life as a woman is primarily a matter of mental state and lifestyle.’ She also noted that, " for all intents and purposes, [ she’ s ] a woman."
Rachel in her interview with the Guardian [ I wasn’ t identifying as a black to upset people ] said,“ I would have these imaginary scenarios in my mind where I was really a princess in Egypt and [ my parents ] kidnapped and adopted me. I had this thing about just making it through this childhood and then I’ ll be OK,”
She also says,“ For me, how I feel is more powerful than how I was born. I mean that not in the sense of having some easy way out. This has been a lifelong journey.” And then she makes perhaps the one comment that most glaringly exposes the double standard,“ If somebody asked me how I identify, I identify as black. Nothing about whiteness describes who I am.”
How is this any different than Caitlyn’ s transition and state of mind? I fail to see.
Books
Of course, I should have started with books, but I love ending on a high note. Plus, there are quite a few juicy books lined up. We recommend these to enrich your experience
Books have always done many things, causing outrage is just one of them. In the black community, not many books have managed to piss off just about every sector in recent times like A Birthday Cake For George Washington. Normally, parents may get outraged and complain to teachers or school administration or teachers may be the ones uncomfortable and then some parents get on board, but with this book, it all happened at once. The idea that servants were running all over the place against all odds to bake Mr. Washington a birthday cake was appalling. More so, children were main characters. This meant that black kids were exposed to a concept that many parents felt strongly about. Even grade school educators could not help but their concerns …. Why don’ t you read it yourself and decide? Now check out these great books
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