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demmiblue

(36,864 posts)
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:30 PM Mar 2017

Rachel Dolezal Changes Her Name To Nkechi Amare Diallo [View all]

Source: TPM

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Former Spokane, Washington, NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal, who resigned amid criticism that she was passing herself off as black, has changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo.

Court documents show a judge granted her request on Oct. 7, 2016. Her new name has origins in Africa.

The former Dolezal has acknowledged that she is "Caucasian biologically" but says she identifies as black.

Her race became a national topic of conversation in 2015 after a local news reporter questioned her on camera about her background.


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Hunh.
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Clueless white woman.... NT Adrahil Mar 2017 #1
Well, if she said she was biologically male Hortensis Mar 2017 #33
I think racial politics are different from gender politics. NT Adrahil Mar 2017 #36
Umhm. And racial bigotry is different from gender bigotry, Hortensis Mar 2017 #37
Well, if we go back enough generations, we're all "black". meadowlander Mar 2017 #44
One is based on biology, the other is not. forjusticethunders Mar 2017 #45
She really needs to go away. Initech Mar 2017 #2
A hour ago... nt COLGATE4 Mar 2017 #3
Honest question ThirdEye Mar 2017 #4
Nature vs. Nurture. n/t demmiblue Mar 2017 #9
We went down that path too ThirdEye Mar 2017 #11
Nkechi Amare Diallo...I like it. Rustyeye77 Mar 2017 #5
Correct, especially with her oppressed childhood snooper2 Mar 2017 #10
You might want to read up on her childhood maxsolomon Mar 2017 #13
she is a professional liar, starting from a young age snooper2 Mar 2017 #17
yep, she's a fraud maxsolomon Mar 2017 #27
Her parents were real nutters radical noodle Mar 2017 #29
In the article she laments Mendocino Mar 2017 #6
yeah I know heaven05 Mar 2017 #18
and yet she has money for a name change. logosoco Mar 2017 #30
LMAO. nt geek tragedy Mar 2017 #7
"she can't find a job and the only work she has been offered is in reality TV and porn." snooper2 Mar 2017 #8
Reality tv can make her rich, if she can stand the intrusion. nt Blue_true Mar 2017 #31
Reality TV could make her president superpatriotman Mar 2017 #32
This isn't an attempt to garner more attention, it's an attempt to outrun it. maxsolomon Mar 2017 #12
Other white people manage to teach African American history BainsBane Mar 2017 #15
Right. She's DELUSIONAL. maxsolomon Mar 2017 #28
Did I say she should be punished? BainsBane Mar 2017 #34
so she lied to heaven05 Mar 2017 #14
sorry- "transracial" is never going to be a thing snooper2 Mar 2017 #19
please you heaven05 Mar 2017 #21
Actually, I identify now as 54% Southeast Asian, 28% Islander and 18% Eskimo snooper2 Mar 2017 #22
actually, I'm 50% german heaven05 Mar 2017 #23
Dr. Phil is basically Jerry Springer pretending to be classy. Oneironaut Mar 2017 #24
I was going to say.. coco22 Mar 2017 #35
With all that's going on in America today ornotna Mar 2017 #16
Let her live in obscurity AngryAmish Mar 2017 #20
If only she will. WillowTree Mar 2017 #46
Whoop de fucking do? nt RandiFan1290 Mar 2017 #25
this irisblue Mar 2017 #43
Wow I heard about this... yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #26
Whatever happened to-- calendargirl Mar 2017 #38
This is really a small problem, folks Fluke a Snooker Mar 2017 #39
Alternate headline: Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #40
This woman has some serious issues. MrScorpio Mar 2017 #41
So this is not the onion? JHan Mar 2017 #42
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