Since the story broke about the white woman who identifies as black working as a leader in one of the most prestigious black organizations the N.A.A.C.P, most of have found it hard to wrap our heads around Rachel Dolezal.
Despite how we might feel, her life is still pretty much the same, she is a “black” woman born white and nothing is going to change that.
In an interview with Vanity Fair Rachel admitted that since she is no longer working with the N.A.A.C.P she has had to rely on her skill of braiding and doing weaves for clients weekly to make ends meet:
As she figures out where she’ll land next, Dolezal says she is surviving on one of the skills she perfected as she attempted to build a black identity.
At Eastern Washington University, she lectured on the politics and history of black hair, and she says she developed a passion for taking care of and styling black hair while in college in Mississippi.
That passion is now what brings in income in the home she shares with Franklin. She says she has appointments for braids and weaves about three times a week. She says that a previous custody agreement with her ex-husband mandates she stays in the Spokane area, but that now her ex may approve a move given recent circumstances.
“I would like to write a book just so that I can send [it to] everybody there as opposed to having to continue explaining,” she says. “After that comes out, then I’ll feel a little bit more free to reveal my life in the racial social-justice movement. I’m looking for the quickest way back to that, but I don’t feel like I am probably going to be able to re-enter that work with the type of leadership required to make change if I don’t have something like a published explanation.”
This braiding and weave thing might just work out for her and if she can get the book written things will look up as well.
But do not cry for her yet Argentina, my opinion is that Rachel is a very smart and accomplished woman and she will work this angle to her benefit. There are many black women who did not ‘choose’ to be black who might not be deemed as so interesting.
When was the last time Vanity Fair came knocking at your door because you are a black woman who identifies as white?
I think Rachel can identify with whatever she sees fit, but at the end of the day, how other people view her is what will eventually shape her life.
She will forever be the white woman who identifies with black culture while benefiting from the privilege of being white. Too much? Well her braids are cute too!
Shonda Sams says
Do you girl i like her s**t its a lot of black girls dont know how to be black any damn ways
k.h. says
?shut up. There is no one way to be black. You can’t “know” how to be black, you just are. We are not all the same. You can be black and hate fried chicken or rap, just like you can be black and love classical music and tuna casserole. Stfu and stop being ignorant.
Ladylanita says
Thank you
OnaDae Jones says
And???
Orlondo Woodley Cottery says
Girl stop you should have had some savings.
Denesha Hansen says
Exactly!! She been making that good money for yrs now. What in the world she did with it? SMH
Monica Loveumore Threatt says
She made good money come on now!!
Sammone Daviss says
U stop
Shan Reid says
What?
Nedra Gartica Montgomery says
Ok???
Layemi Morgan says
Ok ??
Shemaj Ragin says
I need a standing appointment to tighten my roots and some color…
Marsha HolyGhostwriter Williams says
Welcome to being black, Rachel! Ready to tell the truth, yet?
Mooky Miller says
love it
Dina Fagan says
Apparently not
Yvonne George says
So!!
Barbara Davis Ford says
it was YOUR doing…YOU did this to YOURSELF….so how can anybody feel bad for someone who did thid TO THEMSELVES
Sammone Daviss says
Tell me what she did
Michelle Pulliam says
Please stop posting this person….. She is mentally ill and is in need of help.
Sophronia Sang says
With that big job title she had, she has NO money? But get your hustle on girl…
Nikki Charms says
I knew she was gonna try to get a book deal. Smh
Sheliah Lynn says
Damn I need my done
Mike L Curtiz says
I bet she wish she was a white women now. She working on that black card.
Mahalia Rozenstruik says
I need a goid hair dresser. Where is she at?
Lauren Antoinette says
????? I can’t take her serious
Zulu Upshur says
I bet she is good at it too. I need an appointment
Kentoya Meek Thomas says
LOL!
Rikki Jaye says
I dont get why black women get so angry over this woman. Whatever she gains or doesnt gain from being a white woman who identifies as black has absolutely no impact on your life whatsoever. Why get angry over someone who doesn’t even know you exist and isnt going to stop you from progressing in life? Ugh.. get a grip
Connie Raameen Husain Steward says
What has to be looked at is the identification in its entirety. We can do the same and be interpreted totally different. She did such to attain a position in an organization and thinks her reasons are valid. We can’t do that. After this watch how she monopolize.
Rikki Jaye says
I hear you but its really not that deep. Nobody died. We can easily get over it and move on Connie Raameen Husain Steward
Ladylanita says
I think people have gotten over her. But when there is a story posted, people will comment. I guess her deceit and lying to further her career is water under the bridge for you for whatever reason. That’s your right to feel that way. But some people (such as I) think otherwise, and we will freely voice our opinion on this article.
Orlondo Woodley Cottery says
My thing is don’t cry after the cards fall pick yourself up and keep going
Philly Angel says
I whole hearted,y agree with Rikki Jaye, I am soooooooooooooooo tired of that segment of “our” folks who only come alive when they think there’s a fight (no matter what the fight is about) or a party, then we got a whole lot to say (yes, some fights are legitimate!) And It doesn’t matter what the fight is about, the thought is ‘it’s excitement so let’s jump in’. This makes me sick. There’s more being presented than many of us are willing to open our eyes and mind to.
Kerimah Latrese says
Thank you, Rikki. Who cares. Obviously she finds something beautiful about our heritage that she wants to identify with. Let her be
Lonique Renee Brooklyn Ryan says
?????? I knowwww
Choupie Christbelieving Milford says
Sometimes I can’t understand our black people who cry racism but they to are racist against others who embrace our culture.
Shana Chambers says
I don’t think its as simplistic as you all are making it. And reversing the allegations against Black folks who are critical of her actions is questionable too.
Chyenne Ridge says
I have no problem with her identifying herself as black, I have no problem with her wanting to embrace the African American culture. I truly believe that if she wishes to identify herself as African Americans that is her business and her right. But what I do not agree with, I have never agreed with and will never agree with is the fact that when it was of benefit to her to identify as Caucasian she did so. I think we are all overlooking the fact that this same woman who says she embraces our culture and identifies as black sued a predominantly black University on the basis that they discriminated against her as a white woman. Those of us who were born black, have lived the life of a black woman and will die as a black woman do not have the benefit of identifying as a different race when things get hard and it’s easier for us to be white or Hispanic or Asian. I feel if she is truly going to identify is black she should be black when times are good and when times are bad.
Tameka Ferrebee says
Everyone any race can rep the NAACP being black is not a requirement.
Shana Chambers says
It does have impact. The NAACP….lobbying arm for black americans since the early 1900’s….a white woman PRETENDING. …PRETENDING to be black running it and setting policy for said organization. ..its establishing a questionable precedent. ..I think NAACP and other civil rights organizations such as the NAACP need to go “underground” to assess the damage done to civil rights in this country…seriously I know that sounds radical but ….THERE IT IS.
Tameka Ferrebee says
Blacks passed for white during slavery and even after so they could stand any little chance of get anywhere. Smh
Jonathan Johnson says
Says the generation who’s offended by everything yet nothing at all.
Kandi Danielle says
lol why lie, she could of did the same things as a white women. the NAACP was founded by white people. don’t get mad at us, take that up with her parents lol they’re the ones that told her secert. she did sue the university and lost, turned around and said let me claim black. ha!
Black-haircut.com says
Being black is a pride, those who think so, give a thumbs-up (Y)
Marsha HolyGhostwriter Williams says
I’m not angry. It’s actually hilarious that she fooled people and sad, at the same time, that she believes the lie.
I mean, in this world, how many people are standing in line to be black? Only her… ???
Rikki Jaye says
Thats exactly how people should look at it Marsha HolyGhostwriter Williams its an issue that she needs to overcome and we shouldnt let it affect us negatively as i said to the other lady…its really not that deep lol
Shana Chambers says
When a white man, journalist, entered the segregated south as a black man….using pigment pills and wrote about it in a book entitled ” Black Like Me” sociologists journalists policy makers paid attention. ..IT WAS SERIOUS! This challenge of racial identity. ..IS THAT SERIOUS. Wake up ppl.
Gail Whitley says
Lmao this is going to confuse the laws. They not going to know what to do.
Carol Hart says
Thanks Rikki
Patricia Mcnair says
????
Stefanie Woods says
Girl Bye!
Kentoya Meek Thomas says
Let the woman live. 🙂
Lakita Covington says
Aww ok.
Tona Jones says
If she did her hair, she is pretty good. Braids, please…
Shonda Sams says
Its white girls know how to do braids
Nicole Anderson says
Ikr
Sasha Cherelle Worthy says
Rofl.
Kelly Pruitt Perry says
Exactly Mel
Diane RhineHart says
She doesn’t like like a black woman anymore now that I know her true ethnicity. in this photo she look angry, if it’s an old one maybe it’s because she new the hammer was about to drop. if this is recent it’s because the hammer did dropped.
Diane RhineHart says
Hey I meant to say doesn’t look like not like like. anyway
Mooky Miller says
Things ppl do to stay relevant.
Ronisha E Wood-Glover says
And…black women have to do that sometimes!
Tina Greene says
?I “ain’t” mad @ her..I “aint” mad @ her? do your thing boo!!
Brianna Barksdale says
This woman is smart like it or hate it she will never go broke
Terrie Marie Thomas says
If…
Brianna Barksdale says
Are you asking me to justify my statement ?
Lena Moore says
It’s a lot of black people that are smart but don’t have that privilege, she will really find out how to live black.
Brianna Barksdale says
For real
Tracy McCoy says
I used to get my hair braided by a blonde haired white woman. She said “don’t let the color fool you!”
Darneisha Davison says
And it’s nothing wrong with that… Some but very few white women can do black people’s hair
Niki Buckner-Campbell says
If I ever went to cosmetology school, which I should have. I would have liked to learn all hair not just “black hair”
Katherine Houston says
I’d like a weave please.
Kyerewah Bonsu-Anane says
You are so right Rikki
Pamela Smith says
This is what happens when you are poor and need to make ends meet. You do hair!! In your kitchen. This is the ultimate in the black experience. So now Ms oh my goodness, I’m really not black after all wants to write a book? What will the title be: Imitation Black, the New White Meat? Good luck with it because the only copies you will sell are the ones you buy to give to your hair customers.
Cee Cee Hye says
She probably call it Skin Deep or In My Skin or My Black is Beautiful…Revealed…or something like that
Tameka Dorsey says
What next she gonna be selling 25 cent water ices out her back door I don’t believe for one minute she ain’t have money put up for a rainy day she ain’t struggling with nothing but reality
Amina Brooks-Barnes says
She wants to be a black woman well make them ends meet ” sista” ?✋?
Niki Buckner-Campbell says
Right, get your coinz girl..
Black-haircut.com says
And then?
Catrice Williams says
And I wouldn’t have a problem going to her!!
Kambrea J Dale says
She could do my hair, haha, anytime.
Dina Fagan says
She will do anything for attention now, who cares the gig is up you’s can put on a big nappy Afro wig you’s still WHITE!
Tangela Cobb says
That’s right girlfriend!!
Nicole Wakes says
She said f it now everybody knows. Shes going all out!
Tracy McCoy says
My comment didn’t require a reply. I was just stating my personal experience with one white woman. It’s just Facebook comments not debate.
Patricia Robinson says
What just more attention?!
Cynthia KismetJoie Sahara says
#whatever
Nikida King says
What
Izmyel Gheeyar says
???
Latoshia Gipson says
girl bye!!!
Lorrie Gillette says
So
Shaketta Shannel Singleton says
Lmao
Judy A Gray says
Do what it takes to make a living!
Juanita Bruce-Hampton says
Do you girl!!
Rebecca Land says
Good for her.
Cassandra Newson says
Ok..and..I know plenty of people who do..
Tonia Clifton says
Let her be whoever she chooses to be. Freedom of Choice!
Drew Clarke says
She acting like sisters dont make good money doing hair.
Portia Hunt says
She can do my hair
Got Faith says
ENOUGH OF HER ALREADY!
Tangela Cobb says
At the end of the day some black people still give these f**king imposters a pass. If it had been a black woman posing as white and getting some benefits from her sed lies, she would have been hung, cussed out etc….We as a people are always so quick to forgive them for their wrong doings but we don’t get the respect, or “pass” in return. We must wake up and see the big picture!!
Arlene Delice says
✋ STOP, JUST STOP IT.
Lisa Walton says
Poor baby
Nefeteria Moore says
Why not? She does her own n they were Coming out neat. The struggle is real.
LaKecia Jabberwocky Smith says
Make your money,honey any way you know how.
Nitza Lozada says
You are how you feel. <3
Brenda Reed-Outen says
I LIKE !
Brooke Pratt says
Bye……
Monique Wilson says
If she decides to stop tanning and wear her hair straight she would lookwhite and be treated as such…. I doubt those cops that roughed up Sandra Bland would have done that to her….
Gwen-wiggins Kinney says
Hell sisters do it every day and all day so trust me she alright
Beatrice Miller says
She is a Fine Arts scholar and has done her homework on the complexities of black hair. Her volunteer work with the NAACP gave her a very good handle on Networking and business management. There is absolutely no reason she could not be a smash success if she chooses to continue to live and work among us.
ShiShi Maze says
ya wanna be black-rule 1- gots to know about that struggle. but hay you good with them hands and can do 4 heads a day, you’ll be ok. girl bye
Amalfi Elizabeth Elibo says
Oh Lord. People these days. Girl, now you know the struggle then. Just keep it to yourself, we have bigger problems to place our attention on. Bye.
Darlene Upchurch says
I don’t know what to say about this lady! So, I will pray for her! Last on my list to think about when so many of my brothers and sisters that look like me dying for no reason!
Cherri Black says
Join the club….
Brittny Roberts says
No one told you to quit your job tho. #YoFault
Brandi Landrum says
Don’t knock the hustle!
Abrilla Robinson says
Tell her to use her white privilege card. Her Mom and Dad exposed her. Quite sure they have friends who can give her a job! Isn’t that what they wanted thier white Daughter back?
Nicole Anderson says
I like her hair, and it looks good on her too
Cynthia Jimenez says
Idc I’ll let her braid my hair if she’s good at it
MrsTracy Adams Franklin says
Welcome to the “Black experience.”
Lola Johnson says
Let her identify what she wants to be. Some women can’t even identify their baby Daddy’s…
Nicole Smith says
Why is this news?
Starlan Hoke says
1800 who cares
Amanda Thomas says
What a liar
Dr-Shahila Darraine says
I’d let her do mine!
Brandy Small says
I really don’t care. Stop giving her a damn platform. S**t!!!
Mariam Zainati Sung says
Black people in America are facing worse problems than this so leave this poor women alone.
Alice Caldwell says
Let this woman make some money dang!!!
Jennifer Batiste says
I’m still trying to figure exactly what did her parents garner by doing this to her when no one knew what her actual race was?
I mean are they happy now that they have their white daughter back or are they happy because they pretty ruined something that wasn’t public knowledge? She went about and did her thing without causing due harm to anyone…at least not outright.
Quay MzPrettyeyez Johnson says
Iktr Rachel!
Andrea Angie Tater says
ANOTHER distraction by the media. .. ….next. ..
Lisa Scott says
Who cares
Aquila Harper says
All I can say to Rachael is welcome to the rat race lifestyle. Do you.
Imani Shelton-Hopkins says
I need mine braided ☺️
Micole Spicer says
Let’s drop her from the news feed.
Alycia M. Ward says
Better let that woman lay some hair! If she wants to be black by all.means do you girl! I love being black too!
Leah Blake says
Don’t knock da hustle.lol
Linda Young says
While pretending to be a black woman teaching black studies show discriminated against Hispanic students for not being Hispanic enough. She fabricated her entire black childhood. To appreciate being black is flattering but to lie about it is insulting
Shavon L Angel says
Ummm this fake ass is not the only person who has to do hair for a living…. REAL BLACK WOMEN ARE DYING IN JAIL!!! Bye already!!!
Twana Chazulle says
To make ends meat?…..so….she saved none of her money over the years?….i dont know if i am more confused she wanted to be black or that she didnt bother to make a back up plan….
NiFredia Butler-Hamilton says
Girl bye!!! Unfortunately, Race is not an accessory to wear at your convenience!!! We have bigger issues to conquer!!!
Kharisma SewAmbitious Brown says
Oh Rachel….go sit down somewhere geesh!!! “A black woman trapped in a white woman’s body”….really? #girlBYE
Sammone Daviss says
Not trapped. U should stop talking
Sylvia Brcic says
Sue your parents then… Lol
LaShaun Whichard says
Am I the only person who laughed. I’m sorry,but who cares. You want to be black,be black.Just don’t try to convince me you are, you’re still white and you will always be white.Child nobody is worried about you.
Darline P Watkins says
So what, lady,
Gwen Mwash says
If she did those braids please give us contact info. I can cross the boarder for those with no problem.
Shanygne Santana Broome says
Leave her alone already. Sheesh
Lavanetta Quince says
She like most white ppl, robbing our culture and benefitting from it
Ariane Smiley says
Girl Me Too… Now what else is new?
Britney Terry says
Make that money!!!
Carmeletta Harris says
Sad just sad
Lynn Ellis says
I can’t braid, maybe she can teach me
Tiffany Ziegler says
Why black ppl even care? Why the f**k y’all can’t take a complement ? She loved us so much she gave up her own race !! While we yelling black lives matter clearly she thought so too but we still find sum to be mad about cuz she’s white . She’s the only white person that loves black ppl this damn much and look at what we f**king give bk. she know she’s white… She just wants to be black… Damn I mean sum of y’all dnt even wanna be black. Talking bout team light skin and s**t. We getting killed by evil white folks bt can’t show love when it’s clearly being displayed the best way she knows how. Imitation is the HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY !!!
Nikita Lawless says
Keep doing your thing Mama
Bisi Okusami Sonuga says
If she says she black….then she’s black. Shey have been black in a former life and feels trapped in her present skin colour…lolz. I mean I hear some of the transgendered say…. (feminine voice) “I’m really a woman and trapped in this vessel of a man….the girl in me is fighting to get out”. So let’s embrace this woman. She wants to feel the black woman’s pain. Now how would I feel if a black woman bleaches and wants to claim being Caucasian. …I’d say “Good Riddance and wish you luck on the other side”.
Melanie Adams says
Girl i saw this. Hey gotta make it happen… 🙂
Georgia Louise Smith says
So she’s taken from her position? leave the woman be!! Gosh!
Assata Knox says
Erm…..
Debra Dalton says
So?
Nicky Waines says
Wait, men can walk around in dresses, but this woman can’t change her race. Ppl are funny
Xiomara Williams says
?
DeErricka Green says
She has no edges, and I value mine, so hell no.
Wheeler Robinson says
Lol ????
Jannety Mosley says
Don’t think so.
Lau Ren says
Black people act white all the time! …. Weaves, blue green contact lens, blonde hair. If this lady wants to be black so be it, let her live and move on with your own life and sorrows.
Louise Griffin says
good for her I can’t do hair to save my life!
Tee Cee Kaay says
This is the plight of most black women in America. Doing what you have to do to make ends meet. You can always go back Rachel…it’s not too late.
Tara Lashon Kimble says
Wow
Michol Kimble says
And I am NOT mad at her…..
Yvette Hervey says
The Blackwoman has bigger problems than this..not newsworthy.
Vanessa Day says
If she braids her own hair she can Most Definitely Do Mine… #notmadatall..
Monica Thornton-Anderson says
STOOOOP!!!!! ????
Ella Jo'Ella says
Hey I’ll let her do my hair!!! Everybody trying to eat!!!
Jennifer Greene says
Ya’ll leave this woman alone…
Suzy Conner says
Thts wht she gets now she can see the struggle us black folks go thur to make ends meets playing black karma is a b**ch I hope she’s good at doing hair smdh
Bobby Laney says
I don’t care if she wants to be black. But if you lie on a job application they will fire you. If I lie they would let me go. She went way to far.
Tina Lawson says
Well if she would have just been honest ahe probably wouldn’t be in this position. White folks work for the cause all the time, but they don’t walk around pretending to be who they aren’t.
Marsha Mckinney says
Okay.
Sharese SoHoney says
There are PLENTY of black people who DON’T identify with US. They stereotype black people and side with THEM so now ONE white woman is now living the black struggle and we care so much because WHY?!
Tony Cherry says
Well now is the time for you to break out in a Negro Spiritual. I am Laughing so hard this is some Funny S**t !
Lauren Imsweetaspie Lucas-baynes says
Um nothing new white people get it all the time
Ladylanita says
This woman and her band of supporters are ridiculous. Lying to the police claiming she was receiving hate mail from white supremacists just did it for me. What’s all that about?