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NAACP Leader Exposed as White Woman in Blackface
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Gabe Ortíz ‏@TUSK81 2h2 hours ago
Good for Keri Hilson for at least finding a way to trend higher than any of her albums ever charted.
Twitter is evil yo
Good for Keri Hilson for at least finding a way to trend higher than any of her albums ever charted.
Twitter is evil yo
There isn't a victim here. She will certainly get put through the wringer though.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
The white girl who only dates Black guys and talks 'Black'.
bob_arctor
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Hahahahahahaa goddamn that is cold blooded.
Alligatorjandro
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She is a con artist
Poodlestrike
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No, see, it's buying into the underlying rhetoric, that because it's a choice it's acceptable to hurl crap about. Identity isn't *just* the stuff you're born with, IMO.
uncelestial
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What??
Hm, do you think Keri means that through disgracing herself, Rachel has started a good discussion about appropriation, maybe? Most charitable interpretation I could muster...
Talking black is a matter of your stereotyped perception of the way she talks so that's not a thing and dating black guys is not an affectation so...
It's a what now?
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Are you saying wiggers don't exist?
Never hear of that "affectation". I need to know how its an affectation first.
What the hell is a wigger?
GameGuru59
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Black twitter is God-tier today.
"Transracial" is not a thing.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Now I'm begining to question my own sanity after reading this.
They exist in the sense that some people apparently think it's cool to call someone a white nigger, yeah. But I don't think they're conciously 'blacking it up' so much as emulating people they look up to like anyone.
GameGuru59
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I think it could be, but we need to set some ground rules first. I'm willing to accept Eminem at this point (plus several other people I know personally).
excelsiorlef
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Black twitter is God-tier today.
No no no don't post this transphobic shit.
Eminem will be the first to tell you he ain't black.
Poodlestrike
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Yet.
Why Eminem?
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Oh if it wasn't before it's definitely a thing now. I've heard the term about 20 times today already. It's happening.
Hang on a second - so you just go around calling white people white niggers when they talk a certain way? LMAO
Why would Eminem be transracial?
Why would he not just be a white dude who raps?
This is beyond ridiculous.
GameGuru59
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It's not transphobic. Just because it uses her image doesn't mean its transphobic.
Well, for good reason, as we can see.
You're right, it's not-- and I'm sure much of Rachel's identity, which is steeped in black culture, is genuine. but if (not really an if at this point) she is factually white, then claiming to be black is appropriative. I could sort of see an argument being made that if she braided her hair and tanned but acknowledged the changes, then it would be harmless appropriation. That's not what she's doing. She's refusing to acknowledge her privilege, that she is asserting an ability to choose to be black.
uncelestial
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Not sure why there's such focus on the transracial thing? Not even Rachel herself is claiming to be transracial -- if she were, she wouldn't have walked out of that interview when someone asked her race. If she had been like, "yes, I am black and I'm proud to be black, even though I was born white" to that reporter there'd be something to talk about here. Being transracial is not a thing, and it's not what this is about.
You can't just spray on a tan and start correcting people one day and be like "my preferred term of endearment is 'my nigga.'" I think everybody realizes how, since only white people can return to a place of privilege, this would be defending appropriation, which is not okay.
You can't just spray on a tan and start correcting people one day and be like "my preferred term of endearment is 'my nigga.'" I think everybody realizes how, since only white people can return to a place of privilege, this would be defending appropriation, which is not okay.
Wolves Evolve
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It's not a thing. It's a thing that 39 total Tumblr kids think is a thing and 1,821 trolls from 4chan and /pol/ specifically are using right now to make fun of this situation. But it isn't a thing.
What is "factually white"?
Chie Satonaka
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A thing I thought went out with Fades, starter jackets, and No Limit.
SomedayTheFire
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Yes it is.
ThisGuy
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I don't. But when Eminem blew up, so did that word. I personally viewed it as an extension of the n-word. As to say that even showing any interest and or similarities to what is considered black is appalling and deserving of harsh criticism. I always felt it was wrong.
I'm genuinely surprised too.
Bobby Roberts
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Did it make it to No Limit era? I thought it had mostly died by then.
That reminds me, I wonder what Upski Wimsatt thinks of this shit.
Is she even claiming to be transracial?
I swear this just popped up out of nowhere to defend this woman.
Maybe a little earlier, I consider No limit did after the release of "I got the hook up"
Jesus.
Why do you think that is, roy?
Captain Tuttle
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I definitely think think that trans-genered people have a physical condition rather than a mental one but this interview...
Could she have Munchausen Syndrome or some form of it? That interview is pretty awkward
I did a Google search excluding this month, and the term only comes up about people who adopt kids of a different race. And how they bridge cultures
Today we're all black.
Besides, if eyes are the window into the soul, and souls don't exist, then eyes don't exist and we really don't know who's black anyway. I'm probably black, and as a person of color I'm insulted that anyone can even think they see this woman's real essence with their unseeing, soulless eyes.
If Snoop Dogg could go on twitter to post his estimate of her thickness on a scale of "she aight" to "she thick" I think this whole thing would calm down. The black community (if black people exist, which no one has proven it to me) always agrees with him.
Besides, if eyes are the window into the soul, and souls don't exist, then eyes don't exist and we really don't know who's black anyway. I'm probably black, and as a person of color I'm insulted that anyone can even think they see this woman's real essence with their unseeing, soulless eyes.
If Snoop Dogg could go on twitter to post his estimate of her thickness on a scale of "she aight" to "she thick" I think this whole thing would calm down. The black community (if black people exist, which no one has proven it to me) always agrees with him.
GameGuru59
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I mean, I feel as though you should be able to declare yourself as part of another group if you so desire. After all, with race, what we're really talking about (in this day and age) is an ethnic group of a certain level. By "certain level" I mean you can be broadly "white" with all the broad cultural things that go along with that, but there are also different types of white (Irish, German, Anglican, Italian, Jewish, Russian, Nordic, etc). When people say "white" they're really talking about the world-wide white diaspora. Similarly, when people state they are black, they could (though not necessarily in America) be referring to the African diaspora of people that are broadly ethnically black. The same with Arabs, Oriental people, and Native Americans.
I think, if you consider yourself to be broadly a member of one of these diaspora (say, you were a white person raised by black people), that you should be able to declare yourself a member of that diaspora. Now, there are obviously alot of legal implications (in the United States) that go along with this, but I think it can be worked out if the Supreme Court isn't too anal about some sort of legal "test" for the idea (unlikely).
What is transphobic about it?
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