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TeeYiYi

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22. Explain to me...

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 05:15 PM

Aug 2015

...how DU's treatment of Rachel Dolezal was not a classic case of sexism, in light of the Shaun King controversy.

TYY

Edit to add: MrScorpio, I don't remember you defending Rachel Dolezal by posting pictures of her black husband and black children...

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Right wing racists and their dirty tricks trying to take Shawn King down... [View all] MrScorpio Aug 2015 OP

If all I knew about Mr King was seeing that picture Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #1

Here's his high school pic... MrScorpio Aug 2015 #2

What a difference a haircut makes. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #4

Check this out... MrScorpio Aug 2015 #7

Hispanics come in all colors--all that means is they were raised in a Spanish language culture MADem Aug 2015 #65

NEVER believe them, they NEVER tell the truth. Period randys1 Aug 2015 #13

The people he leads are the ones who count. Do they recognize a right-wing racist attack--on them?! Hortensis Aug 2015 #77

Breitbart is dead Stellar Aug 2015 #61

The former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, doesn't look particularly dusky either-but who cares? MADem Aug 2015 #67

I remember watching that episode about Ben Jealous. Stellar Aug 2015 #68

Excuse me! How does he look white in that photo? brush Aug 2015 #78

"Why We’re So Quick To Believe White Folks" ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #3

Exactly! lib87 Aug 2015 #5

I asked google. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #6

They're tearing him up on Twitter tblue Aug 2015 #8

I've been trying... Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #11

We've been doing it since before the one drop rule ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #71

Can we only learn certain things from certain people? enough Aug 2015 #9

Wow, wtf? Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #10

K&R this, if I may, MrScorpio! Sissyk Aug 2015 #12

The same DUers... TeeYiYi Aug 2015 #14

"Identical," how? MrScorpio Aug 2015 #15

You're just proving my point... TeeYiYi Aug 2015 #16

Which members of King's family have denied that he's biracial? MrScorpio Aug 2015 #17

+1!! nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #20

Explain to me... TeeYiYi Aug 2015 #22

Because Rachel wasn't biracial and isn't. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #23

That was not proven... TeeYiYi Aug 2015 #24

The guy is NOT white steve2470 Aug 2015 #25

My argument... TeeYiYi Aug 2015 #27

They differ in the most important way gollygee Aug 2015 #30

Family Member Confirms to CNN That #BlackLivesMatter Activist Shaun King Is White oberliner Aug 2015 #51

What I've read that he's said gollygee Aug 2015 #53

I've read the same oberliner Aug 2015 #54

Could be any of those things gollygee Aug 2015 #55

I wondered the same thing. brush Aug 2015 #80

My take down of her was NOT sexist JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #73

The Dolezal case wasn't about sexism. brush Aug 2015 #79

No, her story literally began in the media with her parents saying she wasn't Black and that they Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #26

Good Lord. That Facebook post is horrific Number23 Aug 2015 #38

Or that Rachel was some civil rights heroine that was oh so put-upon Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #40

I'm still waiting on Rachel receipts that she was a heroine for Black people. lib87 Aug 2015 #58

I agree. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #69

Progressives JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #74

Dolezal basically changed her entire appearance to go from this... MrScorpio Aug 2015 #29

Why do you hate... TeeYiYi Aug 2015 #31

You know, I'm going to step in here as host. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #32

I don't hate her... MrScorpio Aug 2015 #34

+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #57

She fabricated hate crimes Noid Aug 2015 #36

LOL, cuz Chitown Kev Aug 2015 #41

Please feel free to "migrate" back from wherever you came from Number23 Aug 2015 #47

Um, excuse me.... Chitown Kev Aug 2015 #48

Kevin? MrScorpio Aug 2015 #49

Actually "cuz" no you can't. Number23 Aug 2015 #59

You're right, I'm wrong...I was way out of line... Chitown Kev Aug 2015 #63

It's not a big deal at all. And to be honest, any friend of Scorpio's is more than welcome here Number23 Aug 2015 #66

lol Chitown Kev Aug 2015 #70

He looks clearly bi racial to me as well. NOLALady Aug 2015 #60

But if you look at his childhood photos TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #62

There are two little boys living a few doors down from me who are biracial and look very much like that gollygee Aug 2015 #72

I would have JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #75

Didn't realize I wasn't in general. TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #76

The backstories are almost identical ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #19

Rachel Dolezal is not black. She was never called "nigger" or tormented for being black because she Number23 Aug 2015 #37

BLM is a real movement, real people, very serious people. This scares the chickenshits and randys1 Aug 2015 #18

Yep! They're trying to do that very thing to Planned Parenthood right now. nt brush Aug 2015 #81

+1 and you are right, the punk probably will. leftofcool Aug 2015 #82

tweeted him in support, everyone on Twitter needs to steve2470 Aug 2015 #21

No second opinion necessary HassleCat Aug 2015 #28

Another young Black man shot by cops randys1 Aug 2015 #33

I only know Shaun King from his Daily Kos diaries which are very eloquent AndreaCG Aug 2015 #35

Reading his DKos post regarding all of this right now... WIProgressive88 Aug 2015 #39

Still lurking here Chitown Kev Aug 2015 #43

HT to WIProgressive above Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #42

It's absolutely heartbreaking, isn't it? WIProgressive88 Aug 2015 #44

It is. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #45

I feel the same. WIProgressive88 Aug 2015 #46

Oh MAN ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #84

These attacks on Mr. King are getting really nasty Gothmog Aug 2015 #50

ThinkProgress has a good explanation as to why the conservatives are attacking Mr. King Gothmog Aug 2015 #52

This is insane... OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #56

Here is the link so people can see the twitter comments.... MADem Aug 2015 #64

That is a great article Gothmog Aug 2015 #83