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It's just pure entertainment while we wait for Tropical Bill to make landfall.
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Originally Posted by ATG5
Yes.I suppose it takes bravery to own up to your lies and deceit and the monetary and professional gains from them, as well as stand by your convictions that have been or will otherwise to be proven as fact, regardless. It does take a lot to endure what she has endured, all of which she has endured was brought upon herself by her own actions and deeds, and nobody else's. Thanks for the laugh.
You asked for my opinion about why I think she is brave. I obliged and gave response and a fair one that you don't dispute. Yet you respond like this. IMO, this obvious and disappointing insincerity towards a real discussion here is lower than anything this woman did.
You demonstrate that you are in no position to be casting stones.
Exactly what was "the great deal of work for the organization" that she did?
As detailed in her resignation letter and which the NAACP supports.
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Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members, It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here in Spokane and across the nation. Many issues face us now that drive at the theme of urgency. Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement, health inequities, and a lack of pro-justice political representation are among the concerns at the forefront of the current administration of the Spokane NAACP. And yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity.
I have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story. I am consistently committed to empowering marginalized voices and believe that many individuals have been heard in the last hours and days that would not otherwise have had a platform to weigh in on this important discussion. Additionally, I have always deferred to the state and national NAACP leadership and offer my sincere gratitude for their unwavering support of my leadership through this unexpected firestorm.
While challenging the construct of race is at the core of evolving human consciousness, we can NOT afford to lose sight of the five Game Changers (Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Health & Healthcare, Education, Economic Sustainability, and Voting Rights & Political Representation) that affect millions, often with a life or death outcome. The movement is larger than a moment in time or a single person’s story, and I hope that everyone offers their robust support of the Journey for Justice campaign that the NAACP launches today!
I am delighted that so many organizations and individuals have supported and collaborated with the Spokane NAACP under my leadership to grow this branch into one of the healthiest in the nation in 5 short months. In the eye of this current storm, I can see that a separation of family and organizational outcomes is in the best interest of the NAACP. It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.
It is my hope that by securing a beautiful office for the organization in the heart of downtown, bringing the local branch into financial compliance, catalyzing committees to do strategic work in the five Game Changer issues, launching community forums, putting the membership on a fast climb, and helping many individuals find the legal, financial and practical support needed to fight race-based discrimination, I have positioned the Spokane NAACP to buttress this transition.
Please know I will never stop fighting for human rights and will do everything in my power to help and assist, whether it means stepping up or stepping down, because this is not about me. It’s about justice. This is not me quitting; this is a continuum. It’s about moving the cause of human rights and the Black Liberation Movement along the continuum from Resistance to Chattel Slavery to Abolition to Defiance of Jim Crow to the building of Black Wall Street to the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement to the #BlackLivesMatter movement and into a future of self-determination and empowerment.
With much love and a commitment to always fight for what is right and good in this world, Rachel Dolezal
You asked for my opinion about why I think she is brave. I obliged and gave response and a fair one that you don't dispute. Yet you respond like this. IMO, this obvious and disappointing insincerity towards a real discussion here is lower than anything this woman did.
You demonstrate that you are in no position to be casting stones.
You're right again.
My "disappointing insincerity" towards this woman who brought of all this on herself is far worse than staging hate crimes, making false accusations of racism, lying about alleged abuse and family relations and misleading those around her for professional and monetary gain.
Interesting your qualifications for bravery are lying, deceit, and "standing by one's convictions" after attempting to conceal said "convictions" while profiting both professionally and monetarily.
I don't know why whites and asians are complaining about anything when they dominate all of silicon valley.
I dare anyone to show me a black face working for any of those companies. If you do, they're probably in the mail room somewhere.
There was a study showing that even white male felonious convicts were able to land a job three times faster than black and hispanics.
I'm sorry, but black and brown people (including those asians you worship so much) don't want to hear about white people's "struggles", because as far as we're concerned you can still get a job ten times faster than anyone else.
And also no white person ever says to another white person that "you are very articulate" which was said about Obama countless times as though a harvard/yale educated man was supposed to sound like anything but.
#whitemalepowerstructurematters
Although much of what you wrote is true, why are you blaming working white people? Are you saying if I can't get a job because of my health, gender or age I should just suck it up because I'm lucky to have white skin? When I have to pay my bills or need more affordable health care, the last thing I want to hear about is how I have it easy because I'm White.
I've been a lifelong Democrat and always tried to treat others fairly and with respect. I've met plenty of racists, so there's no denying it exists. However, there will always be bigots in this world. I just don't think walking around with a chip on your shoulder helps to solve the problem.
Although much of what you wrote is true, why are you blaming working white people?
I'm not having this conversation here and I'm not blaming "working white people" for anything.
If you want to discuss this, then create a separate thread and send me a message to participate, but I'm not doing that in THIS thread.
And to be honest, I really don't care.
I'm just tired of these lies that black people get all this "special treatment" when I have yet to see or notice it.
No black person I know (family, friends, associates) has benefited from any "affirmative action" programs or causes. Maybe if you're a contractor with the government, but not with jobs or anything else.
I stopped taking Whoopi seriously when she said Roman Polanski didn't "rape rape" a thirteen year old girl by giving her drugs to make her more subdued.
I guess "rape rape" is when you're beaten into a bloody pulp??
And being in Washington and someone who was part of a "police oversight committee."
People like this are just sick in the head because they cannot accept who they are. Instead, they create this fantasy world and actually convince themselves that they're someone else.
I'm starting to think being liberal is a mental disorder...
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