who should be charged with fraud just as she would be if she truly was a black woman. When that happens then maybe she can claim to have a black experience. In the meantime she is being treated like a typical lying white woman in America with the usual excuses made for her. The usual excuses of she must have been traumatized or have mental issues rather than just calling her a lying thug like they would a black woman.
Even worse is the toe tapping Uncle Toms like Melissa Harris, Sharpton, and Dyson making excuses for her. They must truly have gotten their talking points from the NAACP to protect Dolezal and keep the NAACP from looking like fools. The NAACP has a history of white leaders and in fact the first president was a white man. So Dolezal could easily have moved up in the ranks at the NAACP as a white woman. However posing as a black woman helped her to get "African Art" and "African American Studies" gigs that paid her well. Lost in all the excuses is the fact that a black woman was denied a job at a university in which she could teach about real personal and ancestral history. Instead it goes to a lying white woman who will probably sell a book and generate a lot of sympathy for her "suffering".
This is also not unique in history. White people posing in order to get perceived benefits is not new. Right now there is a raging battle in the DNA and ancestry communities because so many fake Native Americans refuse to be tested. A little known fact in American history is that Native Americans who had mixed tribal blood or were mixed with African blood were refused tribal rights in any form. While those who were mixed with European blood or even those Europeans who posed as Native American were given full tribal rights.
To this day many of us who have real Native ancestry proven by DNA are told we have no rights by those who have little or no Native ancestry and control many tribal boards. This all goes back to when many Europeans posed as Native American to get land rights including land on reservations ,to control tribal boards, and even to land roles in movies. Their fake Native American portrayals is what has led to many stereotypes of Native Americans to this day.
There have been a lot of Iron Eyes Cody characters and like him many were given full tribal status by the same tribes. Many to this day continue to accrue and hoard the few benefits coming from casinos and other businesses. The same tribal councils that refuse to enroll or systematically engaged in disenrollment of people with actual Native ancestry. Sound familiar?
It is the reason why tribes in other countries have participated in DNA studies. Yet tribes in North America refuse to because they are loaded with European frauds. Thanks to money from casinos they have become even more adamant in protecting their fraud.
Rachel Dolezal is not unique in American history. This is a very old scam used before.
This is classic racism 101 right along with the collusion in excusing her fraudulent behavior.