rachel dolezal
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An Intimate Look at How White Women Spent the Last 10 Years Doing the Most…and the Least
It’s that special time of the year where I only play Christmas carols and reflect on the previous 300-some odd days before. Fortunately for me, since 2019 is also the end of what’s been quite a decade, I’ve been reflecting a bit more ahead of the year 2020. And as the video team at The…
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The Artist Formerly Known As Rachel Dolezal Avoids Trial, Settles Welfare Fraud Case
Box braider extraordinaire Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo two years ago since Wakanda Salute was apparently taken, will avoid going to trial on welfare fraud charges. The Spokesman-Review reports that for the low, low cost of $8,847 and some community service hours, she’ll be free to continue butchering the Electric…
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Bronner Bros. Big-Upped Rachel Dolezal, and Our Heads–and Edges—Hurt
“I am definitely not [right].” That’s what we imagine Rachel Dolezal Nkechi Amare Diallo’s edges say at least a half dozen times a day, as they do the Lord’s work trying to hold onto the pounds of hair she keeps insisting on braiding into her scalp with vice-like precision. It’s not a haircare technique we’d…
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‘I’m White,’ Obviously Black Teenager Tells Dr. Phil
Self-hatred is nothing to laugh about—neither are delusional tendencies. That said, there was something so surreal about the spectacle of a 16-year-old black girl named Treasure insisting she was white on Dr. Phil’s unbelievably long-running talk show on Wednesday that The Root staff couldn’t help but shake our heads in confusion and laugh uncomfortably. We…
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Rachel Dolezal Booked and Released From Jail on Welfare Fraud Charges
Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who cosplayed as a black woman until she was busted, has been formally indicted for welfare fraud and had to report to the Spokane County jail on Monday for processing. As reported earlier by The Root, Dolezal, who changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo in 2016, faces up to…
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Dear Rachel Dolezal: Being a ‘Welfare Queen’ Actually Makes You White
Rachel Dolezal just can’t seem to keep her name out of the headlines. She probably doesn’t want to. She gained notoriety for pretending to be a black woman and serving as president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP. She has done interviews defending her lie and is even the subject of a Netflix…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: There’s No Redemption Song in The Rachel Divide
I spent 100 minutes with Rachel Dolezal Tuesday night, and I still don’t know who she is. Frankly, I’m still not convinced she does, either, though she continues to declare otherwise. But surprisingly, I’m not asking for my 100 minutes back. I was admittedly none too thrilled by the prospect of providing Dolezal yet another…
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Judge of Characters: Can White People Do Black Hair?
Perhaps the proper question is, can “transracial” mascot Rachel Dolezal do black hair? Well, she does, and has been doing so for a while; she acknowledged in her book, In Full Color, that she would do hair in college as a side hustle. That hustle has grown into a full-on kitchen-beautician business, and Dolezal is…
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OK, Which One of Y’all Black Women Is Out Here Letting Rachel Dolezal Do Your Hair?
Since her name came into the national spotlight, we have all known one thing for sure about Rachel Dolezal: She really, deeply, in her heart of hearts wants to be a black woman. She has gone to great lengths to prove her “blackness” over and over again, all to no avail. No one takes her…