Either way, ya see, Rachel Dolezal was a beautiful sista born into the wrong body.
Honestly, there's no real harm in that.
However, Rachel just happened to be a beautiful sista born into the wrong body....who also just happened to sue Howard for allegedly discriminating against her for being white, and who just happened to be president for the NAACP's Spokane chapter-until recently.
Since this would've made great Boondocks fodder, circa 2006, no hate here. And after sitting on it, we came up with-and this is a first-a Top Seven List of reasons explaining Dolezal's excursion into Africana land.
7. The Coolness Of Blackness?
Black folks in America are responsible for many things. A lot of them are pretty freakin' cool. The NBA, innovative fashions, important inventions-virtually every musical genre today-you name it, chances are, if it rocks, African-Americans/Canadians/West-Indians/Insert ethnic group here had something to do with it. With this history, can you blame Ms. Dolezal for wanting to embark on her faux-melanin crusade?
6. Science Project...Or Reverse Blackface?
Everyone and their maternal units know the only appropriate blackface on white people is when they're covered in mud. Or oil. Or any dark liquids for that matter.
Ms. Dolezal apparently remembered this fact through her life. Which is why, perhaps, she created this Negro persona as a sort of sociological project. One to better understand the Afro-American plight. Unfortunately, wethinks it became a part of her psyche.
5. A Caucasian's Self-Hatin?
There are few reasons someone would lie about their heritage. Self-hatred would top that list. How else do you explain black and Spanish folks who bleach their skin pale? The same way you respond to a Czech, German and Swedish woman who apparently turned the heat level in her tanning bed way past 11 one too many times. Give her a copy of "Be Happy: How To Appreciate The Skin You're In," by Bobby McFerrin.
4. White People Are Robbers?
Ever heard those stories of some white lady beating herself up, doing a half-assed makeup job, then blaming some Black or Hispanic men for it?
What if, during her more formative years, Rachel Dolezal had the opposite experience after coming home from the first time she watched "Roots" in theaters?
Imagine it now, a dark afro adorning this tan's woman's body, face lined with rage after seeing Toby getting the business for the first time. A dead giveway to some white crooks who didn't know better? Did that cause a beatdown of immense proportions? Perhaps she called them a "pack of wi**ers" as they ran away after the attack?
3. Sibling Jedi Mind Tricks?
Dolezal's biological parents loved black babies. So much so, they actually adopted four in the 1990s-whom she reportedly fawned over. Could it possibly be the tots appreciated her love so much, they cornered her one day and did a mental Black-Ception ceremony, giving her "pure African blood" that was actually red wine? That would explain a lot, folks.
2. Postracialism?
As has been factually proven, we live in a "Post-Racial" society." There's a Black President in the White House!"...is a saying you've no doubt heard ad naseum since 2009. Race is no longer an American concern. So why not blur the lines of who's what? If Bill Clinton's sax-playing skills got him black men credentials, why can't Dolezal just discard her European roots for some more darker ones? Makes sense, right?
1. She Had Black Friends?
...Well, it's not like that's totally untrue. Besides, that argument works for 67.8% of people who use it as an excuse.
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