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Old 07-20-2015, 01:17 PM
 
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:21 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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That poor girl needs the kind of psychoanalysis that only an expert like Freud could explain. Now that it pays to be black in scholarships, university admission, jobs, etc...how many more will claim to be black? Maybe just alternate transracial as the benefit to being one or the other is identified. I'm thinking about going black for a few months to get some of that Honda loan money myself.

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Old 07-20-2015, 01:29 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Instead of dissing her the White people in America should be thanking her.
She paved the way for all of us to be Black should the need arise.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:30 PM
 
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That poor girl needs the kind of psychoanalysis that only an expert like Freud could explain. Now that it pays to be black in scholarships, university admission, jobs, etc...how many more will claim to be black? Maybe just alternate transracial as the benefit to being one or the other is identified. I'm thinking about going black for a few months to get some of that Honda loan money myself.
I agree she used deception to get her position of power.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:32 PM
 
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Instead of dissing her the White people in America should be thanking her.
She paved the way for all of us to be Black should the need arise.
Well, I mean I understand supposed "race dysphoria"---but wouldn't that be more cultural than psychological??? Clearly, she wasn't cutting it as a Slovak so she invented herself into someone different.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:34 PM
 
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Man, I'm glad I didn't meet her in College and have 2 kids.

Wonder if that would make our kids Bi Racial?
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:41 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Well, I mean I understand supposed "race dysphoria"---but wouldn't that be more cultural than psychological??? Clearly, she wasn't cutting it as a Slovak so she invented herself into someone different.
Rachel claiming she's Black is no different then a boy claiming he's a girl.

It's like what folks say about transgenders..it's what is in your head that counts, not your physical appearance.

It's all about self-identity.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:45 PM
 
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She's got a first class ticket on the crazy train.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:48 PM
 
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Rachel claiming she's Black is no different then a boy claiming he's a girl.

It's like what folks say about transgenders..it's what is in your head that counts, not your physical appearance.

It's all about self-identity.

I don't know, with the gender issue I believe there are a number of plausible reasons for gender dysphoria. I do wonder if it's the mother's exposure to certain chemicals in the environment. OR I do believe personalities are inherited.


I don't think people have gender dysphoria for their own personal gain. I think Rachel had "dysphoria" to get ahead.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:48 PM
 
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She's got a first class ticket on the crazy train.
I think she's going to wind up being the conductor.
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