Posted on 04/12/2016 10:27:42 AM PDT by fungoking
Rachel Dolezal says she is writing a book about racial identity.
Dolezal is the former NAACP chapter president who made headlines nearly a year ago when it was revealed she was white after she'd identified herself as a black woman. On Tuesday, she appeared on NBC's Today to talk about the past year and the book, which also will touch on her experiences and the topics she taught to college students as a black-studies professor.
"Race is such a contentious issue because of the painful history of racism," she said. "Race didn't create racism, but racism created race. It's important to think through a lot of those topics and questions that people have and that's why this became so visible because it really challenged people to think about identity: What is race? Is there one human race? Why do we still want to go back to that world and be separate races?"
Dolezal's deception was exposed last year when her parents came forward to say she is white in an interview with a local newspaper. At the time, she told Today in an interview, "I identify as black."
Read More: Rachel Dolezal Admits She's White on 'The Real'
Asked Tuesday if she had any regrets, Dolezal replied: "I don't have any regrets about how I identify; I'm still me, and nothing about that has changed.... I do wish that I could have owned, given myself permission to name and own, the me of me earlier in life. It took me almost 30 years to get there. It's a complex issue. How do you sum up a whole life of coming into who you are in a sound bite?... moving forward, I don't have any regrets about that."
Still, she admitted that the past year has been "challenging."
"It's been some work to rebuild and get things back on track with our life," said Dolezal, who has three children, including a newborn son, and is hoping to get "back into racial and social justice work." She added: "We're doing well. Looking at some new opportunities going into 2016."
has anyone ever asked her if she feels she should be able avail herself of affirmative action programs???
Well you have to hand it to her. Most people would have been overcome with shame and would disappear from public life forever. Since she’s a sociopath, she just wades right in and even tries to profit from it.
The catchy kind of bull crap you'd expect from someone trying to sell a book.
Well there is book I can’t wait to not buy or read.
As long as she “identifies”....
She is obsessed with race and is convinced that all Whites are racist. She is White, and so had to play the game of belonging to America’s #1 victim group which is also obsessed with race and blames Whitey for its failings.
There is another victim group. It is obsessed with infidels. It hates everyone who is not a member of the group, and blames them for their failings.
Both groups get a free pass from the government. They get free money and moral superiority. Both return the favor by raping, stealing, destroying and murdering.
She can’t use “Black Like Me” can she? It has been done already.
Right side of her mouth: "I'm black."
She’d be foolish, IMO, not to try to exploit her ridiculous experience into a book deal. This is Kardashian Kountry.
Become A Libtard And Be All You Can Be !!
She may have already waited too long. Most people have moved onto other matters. Rachel could make her book tour more interesting if she decided to tour a few cites with her parents, allowing both sides to express their views on her race issues. This would work to recreate the drama. Otherwise, she is simply the lady who lied about being black and got fired because of it.
She’d be foolish, IMO, not to try to exploit her ridiculous experience into a book deal. This is Kardashian Kountry.
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At this point, what other options does she have? who would hire her?
Because there's money in it, dear. Isn't there?
I’d be more apt to believe her if the also upped the ante and came out as a transgendered man.
HA!
From what I saw of three outvof three AA hires at one of my former employers, AA frequently means AA for the ethically and morally handicapped.
The woman is certifiably insane.
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She ought to write a book on the mental issues of people who are addicted to victim-hood.
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