Oh Rachel...
Rachel Dolezal.
She just won't go away huh?!
When I first heard her name & read her story, like everyone else, I was intrigued, confused, entertained by all of the memes and social media foolishness that followed, but I then, I was over it! There was the think pieces and the "I mean she did more for the Black community than some of our own" wackness some folks tried to throw on us. Which of course, made me more over it.
What did I think?
No! Sis can't come to the BBQ. She lowkey/highkey, needs to just go away!
Then she decided to take every interview under the sun & then there was the book....and I was stuck rolling my eyes.
Right when we think she might be fading into black so to speak...our timelines are hit with the news we got today...
There's a documentary...
"The Rachel Divide"
...and it was picked up by NETFLIX!
NETFLIX! WHY???!!!
JUST WHY?
We begged y'all on Twitter to #SaveUnderground and you give us this instead?!
*more eye rolling*
I mean, I know why. Her story is just so out of left field. It's got layers upon layers upon mountains of what in the hell? It's confusing and somewhat entertaining if we're honest. But that's not why I'm writing this. I'm writing this because I made the mistake of watching the clip.
Let me take a breath....
I remember in the midst of her foolishness reading about the fact that she had children. At the time, she had one biological son and one son that was her adopted brother that she was raising as her son...or something..Lord knows her story is all over the place and I can barely keep up. Apparently she somewhat recently had another child as well.
But anyway, I really worried about her kids. Especially because they're Black. Like actually Black, not like the black she claimed to be. The black that she decided to put on as if it was a costume. The black that she put on to create an experience that the rest of us didn't choose. Don't get it twisted, I LOVE being Black, but my Black is not a costume. I don't take it off. This clip showed me a young Black boy who can't take his Blackness off either. A boy who's trying to navigate the 'what the hell' that is being a teenager...a Black teenager...in Spokane, Washington...who's mother REFUSES to put his needs first because she's chasing...who the hell knows what she's chasing!
His eyes broke my heart. His demeanor made me want to just hug him. My heart complete broke for him and I'm angry. In this very short clip, you see a Black boy who is much wiser than his own mother. As if the mess she got them in has forced him to grow up much faster than he ever should've.
I don't blame him. His own experience as a Black child gave him enough sense to tell his own Mom,
that her choice of words in interviews is suspect and she shouldn't be surprised that folks are looking at her sideways. Her son's eyes break my heart. They're overwhelmed and tired of being more mature than he should have to be. He's got cameras in his home while he's simply just trying to grow up and live in peace. But he can't. Why? Because his Mom is so focused on "rebuilding her name" that she could care less how this is affecting her (Black) kids. She's giving me "I'm the victim, feel sorry for me" vibes and I simply cannot! I just don't understand! Her son, in the clip even says the thing that I too have said when her face pops up on my timeline periodically...."why didn't you just let it go away?"
My heart breaks for her babies. They need a Mother who isn't selfishly trying to stay famous for all of the wrong reasons. And PLEASE don't give me that, "she worked with the NAACP and did more than most for our 'community" foolishness. Smarter folks than me have said this, but I think she could have done even more if she would just have been herself and not have decided to "paint" herself in Blackness. And we won't go into the fact that plenty of actual Black women do what she supposedly has done and don't get half of the support...but I ain't got the time tonight.
What I do have time for is to tell that baby I'm sorry. I'm sorry that his mother is too selfish to care that her actions are directly hurting you. I'm sorry that you have had your childhood rudely interrupted by your mom's narcism and poor decisions. I'm sorry that you're not being protected like you should. I'm sorry for all of the cameras and the attention and the questions that you don't feel like answering. The questions that you shouldn't even have to answer. I'm sorry your eyes are carrying burdens that aren't yours.
She just won't go away huh?!
When I first heard her name & read her story, like everyone else, I was intrigued, confused, entertained by all of the memes and social media foolishness that followed, but I then, I was over it! There was the think pieces and the "I mean she did more for the Black community than some of our own" wackness some folks tried to throw on us. Which of course, made me more over it.
What did I think?
No! Sis can't come to the BBQ. She lowkey/highkey, needs to just go away!
Then she decided to take every interview under the sun & then there was the book....and I was stuck rolling my eyes.
Right when we think she might be fading into black so to speak...our timelines are hit with the news we got today...
There's a documentary...
"The Rachel Divide"
...and it was picked up by NETFLIX!
NETFLIX! WHY???!!!
JUST WHY?
We begged y'all on Twitter to #SaveUnderground and you give us this instead?!
*more eye rolling*
I mean, I know why. Her story is just so out of left field. It's got layers upon layers upon mountains of what in the hell? It's confusing and somewhat entertaining if we're honest. But that's not why I'm writing this. I'm writing this because I made the mistake of watching the clip.Let me take a breath....
I remember in the midst of her foolishness reading about the fact that she had children. At the time, she had one biological son and one son that was her adopted brother that she was raising as her son...or something..Lord knows her story is all over the place and I can barely keep up. Apparently she somewhat recently had another child as well.
But anyway, I really worried about her kids. Especially because they're Black. Like actually Black, not like the black she claimed to be. The black that she decided to put on as if it was a costume. The black that she put on to create an experience that the rest of us didn't choose. Don't get it twisted, I LOVE being Black, but my Black is not a costume. I don't take it off. This clip showed me a young Black boy who can't take his Blackness off either. A boy who's trying to navigate the 'what the hell' that is being a teenager...a Black teenager...in Spokane, Washington...who's mother REFUSES to put his needs first because she's chasing...who the hell knows what she's chasing!
His eyes broke my heart. His demeanor made me want to just hug him. My heart complete broke for him and I'm angry. In this very short clip, you see a Black boy who is much wiser than his own mother. As if the mess she got them in has forced him to grow up much faster than he ever should've.
I don't blame him. His own experience as a Black child gave him enough sense to tell his own Mom,
that her choice of words in interviews is suspect and she shouldn't be surprised that folks are looking at her sideways. Her son's eyes break my heart. They're overwhelmed and tired of being more mature than he should have to be. He's got cameras in his home while he's simply just trying to grow up and live in peace. But he can't. Why? Because his Mom is so focused on "rebuilding her name" that she could care less how this is affecting her (Black) kids. She's giving me "I'm the victim, feel sorry for me" vibes and I simply cannot! I just don't understand! Her son, in the clip even says the thing that I too have said when her face pops up on my timeline periodically...."why didn't you just let it go away?"
My heart breaks for her babies. They need a Mother who isn't selfishly trying to stay famous for all of the wrong reasons. And PLEASE don't give me that, "she worked with the NAACP and did more than most for our 'community" foolishness. Smarter folks than me have said this, but I think she could have done even more if she would just have been herself and not have decided to "paint" herself in Blackness. And we won't go into the fact that plenty of actual Black women do what she supposedly has done and don't get half of the support...but I ain't got the time tonight.
What I do have time for is to tell that baby I'm sorry. I'm sorry that his mother is too selfish to care that her actions are directly hurting you. I'm sorry that you have had your childhood rudely interrupted by your mom's narcism and poor decisions. I'm sorry that you're not being protected like you should. I'm sorry for all of the cameras and the attention and the questions that you don't feel like answering. The questions that you shouldn't even have to answer. I'm sorry your eyes are carrying burdens that aren't yours.
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