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Rachel Dolezal NAACP controversy
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Bliss
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She's now accused of plagerizing a Black Art work
Rachel Dolezal, the white woman and former NAACP president who has masqueraded as black, writes on her blog that she is "an award-winning Mixed Media Artist."
Now "plagiarizer" could be added to her résumé, after Twitter users revealed striking similarities between one of Dolezal's acrylic paintings – The Shape of Our Kind – with J.M.W. Turner's The Slave Ship.
The Twittersphere blew up when @jCLAJR Tweeted on June 13: "#RachelDolezal appropriates art too," followed the next day by the more widely seen tweet from @jolieishere that read: "Rachel Dolezal's painting The Shape of Our Kind is a near duplicate of J.M.W. Turner's 1840 The Slave Ship." Both Tweets included an image of the paintings side by side.
Thousands of shares and a plethora of comments questioning Dolezal's veracity quickly followed.
On Dolezal's ArtPal.com page she describes The Shape of Our Kind as "an acrylic painting on a wooden panel; the original is 36"x36" and is part of a three-panel triptych representing absence, loss, and closure in relationships." The original is priced at $5,100, down from $7,800.
According to descriptions accompanying her images on her blog and ArtPal page, Dolezal writes that she works with eggshells, acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastels and charcoal. Most of the works are depictions of brown-skinned children and adults.
Her imagination – as well as distortion of facts – comes through in her work and her descriptions of it.
In a 2012 interview about her art, Dolezal told Couer d'Alene Living magazine that she was born in a teepee in Montana – a claim denied by her parents – and that she began creatively expressing herself at the age of 4.
In a Today show interview, she said she started identifying as black around the age of 5.
"I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon, and black curly hair," she told host Matt Lauer.
But her memory seems to be unreliable.
For example, in My Place, she describes the model used for an image of a brown-skinned girl on a wooden panel as a "model in South Africa, posing in the bright sunlight (original photo taken in Cape Town where my family lived for 5 years)..."
Dolezal has claimed that she lived in South Africa, but her parents have denied she ever lived there with them.
In her ArtPal bio, Dolezal writes she "has begun Pre-Medical studies, working toward an MD and a residency in trauma surgery."
Dolezal received fine arts training at the historically black Howard University, earning an MFA in 2002. While there, she lived as a white woman with naturally blond hair and blue eyes.
She ended up suing the school for racial discrimination, in a suit that was ultimately dismissed, according to court documents uncovered by The Smoking Gun.
Two of Dolezal's works have been for sale on eBay with a starting price of $5,000.
The sales pitch by the seller? "Own a Piece of History!"
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Wow, she charges quite a penny for 'her' work.
Rachel Dolezal, the white woman and former NAACP president who has masqueraded as black, writes on her blog that she is "an award-winning Mixed Media Artist."
Now "plagiarizer" could be added to her résumé, after Twitter users revealed striking similarities between one of Dolezal's acrylic paintings – The Shape of Our Kind – with J.M.W. Turner's The Slave Ship.
The Twittersphere blew up when @jCLAJR Tweeted on June 13: "#RachelDolezal appropriates art too," followed the next day by the more widely seen tweet from @jolieishere that read: "Rachel Dolezal's painting The Shape of Our Kind is a near duplicate of J.M.W. Turner's 1840 The Slave Ship." Both Tweets included an image of the paintings side by side.
Thousands of shares and a plethora of comments questioning Dolezal's veracity quickly followed.
On Dolezal's ArtPal.com page she describes The Shape of Our Kind as "an acrylic painting on a wooden panel; the original is 36"x36" and is part of a three-panel triptych representing absence, loss, and closure in relationships." The original is priced at $5,100, down from $7,800.
According to descriptions accompanying her images on her blog and ArtPal page, Dolezal writes that she works with eggshells, acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastels and charcoal. Most of the works are depictions of brown-skinned children and adults.
Her imagination – as well as distortion of facts – comes through in her work and her descriptions of it.
In a 2012 interview about her art, Dolezal told Couer d'Alene Living magazine that she was born in a teepee in Montana – a claim denied by her parents – and that she began creatively expressing herself at the age of 4.
In a Today show interview, she said she started identifying as black around the age of 5.
"I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon, and black curly hair," she told host Matt Lauer.
But her memory seems to be unreliable.
For example, in My Place, she describes the model used for an image of a brown-skinned girl on a wooden panel as a "model in South Africa, posing in the bright sunlight (original photo taken in Cape Town where my family lived for 5 years)..."
Dolezal has claimed that she lived in South Africa, but her parents have denied she ever lived there with them.
In her ArtPal bio, Dolezal writes she "has begun Pre-Medical studies, working toward an MD and a residency in trauma surgery."
Dolezal received fine arts training at the historically black Howard University, earning an MFA in 2002. While there, she lived as a white woman with naturally blond hair and blue eyes.
She ended up suing the school for racial discrimination, in a suit that was ultimately dismissed, according to court documents uncovered by The Smoking Gun.
Two of Dolezal's works have been for sale on eBay with a starting price of $5,000.
The sales pitch by the seller? "Own a Piece of History!"
_******
Wow, she charges quite a penny for 'her' work.
Beasty
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Good for you Kareem, because you know it matters to these folks.
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was inspired by Rachel Dolezal ... and even Caitlyn Jenner ... to step forward and reveal a huge secret of his own.
Kareem said, "I've decided to come out with the truth. I am not tall (#shortstuff)" ... in a Time article.
The absurd, and clearly tongue-in-cheek confession ... came in an op-ed piece Kareem wrote about Dolezal ... hours after her resignation from her NAACP presidency. Abdul-Jabbar added, "Although I've been claiming to be 7'2" for many decades, the truth is that I'm 5'8"."
Seriously though ... Kareem gives Dolezal props for all she's done for the black community, and suggests she should get a pass for her white lie -- or as he put it, "a Bill Clinton Get Out of Jail Free card."
Funny stuff ... for Kareem.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/15/kareem-abdul-jabbar-im-short-rachel-dolezal-living-lie/#ixzz3dKvz1o4F
http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/15/kareem-abdul-jabbar-im-short-rachel-dolezal-living-lie/
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was inspired by Rachel Dolezal ... and even Caitlyn Jenner ... to step forward and reveal a huge secret of his own.
Kareem said, "I've decided to come out with the truth. I am not tall (#shortstuff)" ... in a Time article.
The absurd, and clearly tongue-in-cheek confession ... came in an op-ed piece Kareem wrote about Dolezal ... hours after her resignation from her NAACP presidency. Abdul-Jabbar added, "Although I've been claiming to be 7'2" for many decades, the truth is that I'm 5'8"."
Seriously though ... Kareem gives Dolezal props for all she's done for the black community, and suggests she should get a pass for her white lie -- or as he put it, "a Bill Clinton Get Out of Jail Free card."
Funny stuff ... for Kareem.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/15/kareem-abdul-jabbar-im-short-rachel-dolezal-living-lie/#ixzz3dKvz1o4F
http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/15/kareem-abdul-jabbar-im-short-rachel-dolezal-living-lie/
The Dark King
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People keep saying all she's done what has she done for black people exactly?
She got a good education posing as black along with a really good job. What did she do exactly?
Beasty
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You saying she got into a black school by posing as black??
Bliss
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Pierce Morgan makes the exact point l was thinking when l heard her say this.comment. Keep in mind, her mindset applies to bi-racial kids...you can not raise a biracial or black child if you are a WHITE mother... smh.
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‘Izaiah said, “you’re my real mom” and for that to be something that is plausible, I certainly can’t be seen as white and be Izaiah’s mom,’ she said.
Again, I say…..WHAT????
So every white person in the world who adopts a black child now has to indemnify themselves as black?
This is the stuff of madness.
Only, I don’t think Rachel Dolezal is mad.
I think she’s known exactly what she’s been doing the entire time.
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‘Izaiah said, “you’re my real mom” and for that to be something that is plausible, I certainly can’t be seen as white and be Izaiah’s mom,’ she said.
Again, I say…..WHAT????
So every white person in the world who adopts a black child now has to indemnify themselves as black?
This is the stuff of madness.
Only, I don’t think Rachel Dolezal is mad.
I think she’s known exactly what she’s been doing the entire time.
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The Dark King
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My bad I thought she did bit it appears she tried to sue them because she thought they were discriminating against her because she's white ironically
http://abcnews.go.com/US/rachel-dol...eged-discrimination-favored/story?id=31787446
Bliss
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He said she posed as black...that's how she got her scholarship.
The Dark King
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Well I think these hbcus give preferential treatment to black applicants because they were founded on giving blacks an opportunity not afforded to them elsewhere.
Btw still waiting on what she specifically did for black people. Everyone keeps saying she did so much.
The Dark King
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No I got it wrong apparently. I think what she did was worst according to ABC news because it seems like she's black when it's convenient
would someone pls rep this fellow, i am all out, or at least post a home run meme
he knocked it out of a ball park!!!!
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Beasty
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If they thought she was black, whether she "posed" or not is irrelevant.
Considering my question.
So you saying HBCU's give minority scholarships and affirmative action to blacks when the average HBCU's campus is already over 90 percent black?
That's like an army guy eating at the mess hall while expecting a military discount. lol
it is harder to get to good HBCU as ablk from what i heard, it is easier to get in as white due to diversity.'
bravo Kareem
The Dark King
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Well it is relevant if it was a scholarship intended for a black woman and she lied. I wonder if you were this forgiving with Mindy Kaling's brother.
And scholarships based on ethnic background and affirmative action are two different things. One is based on aid the other admission.
But like I said before what has she done for black people that you guys keep ra raing
The Dark King
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Beasty
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Ok read this post when you come down.
You can't get a minority scholarship if you are not a minority.
What black school do you know of where black people are minorities??