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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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