#007: The "Dolezaled Out" Episode
Hosts Baratunde Thurston, Raquel Cepeda, and Tanner Colby discuss the strange saga of Rachel Dolezal, the problem with allyship, and the violence faced by women who aren't just pretending to be black.

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Rachel Dolezal

Rachel Dolezal: A Timeline of the Ex-NAACP Leader's Transition From White to ‘Black’ | ABC News

Timeline: Rachel Dolezal in the news over the years | Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com

‘Black’ NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal has been outed as white | theGrio

NAACP Statement | NAACP

Here’s how Rachel Dolezal can redeem herself with black America | theGrio

Rachel Dolezal's Resignation | Facebook

Rachel Dolezal Today Show interview: Says she's long felt black, defends actions in vague terms. | Slate

16 Key Takeaways From Rachel Dolezal's Interview With Melissa Harris-Perry | Huffington Post

I Am Black. Rachel Dolezal Is Not. | Huffington Post

Top 3 Media Takedowns of Rachel Dolezal | Colorlines

I became a black woman in Spokane. But, Rachel Dolezal, I was a black girl first | The Guardian

Lost Daughters: Transracial Lives Matter: Rachel Dolezal and the Privilege of Racial Manipulation | Lost Daughters

How Rachel Dolezal is Making People Doubt Light-Skinned Black and Biracial People | XOVain

Rachel Dolezal was raised by strict fundamentalists: The revelation sheds light on her story. | Slate

Let Rachel Dolezal of the NAACP Be as Black as She Wants To Be | Time

Times Readers Engage in a Conversation About Race, Identity and Rachel Dolezal | The New York Times

Kalief Browder, Rachel Dolezal, and Race in America | The Atlantic

Rachel Dolezal was raised in a cult-like home claims brother Joshua | The Daily Mail

‘Black’ Wash. State NAACP Leader Is Really White, Parents Say | The Root

NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal Allegedly Faked Being A Black Woman For Years | Huffington Post

Join Our Twitter Conversation About Rachel Dolezal, Gender And Race | Colorlines

Read the NAACP’s Full Statement on Rachel Dolezal | Colorlines

Why Comparing Rachel Dolezal To Caitlyn Jenner Is Detrimental To Both Trans And Racial Progress | Huffington Post

Twitter Reacts to How a NAACP Leader Bamboozled, Hoodwinked and Led People Astray About Her Race | The Root

Making Sense Of Rachel Dolezal, The Alleged White Woman Who Passed As Black | NPR

The Reactions To Rachel Dolezal's Lie That Get It Right | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal's Parents Say She Has A History Of 'Seeking To Reinvent Reality' | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal Responds To Ethnicity Questions: 'Yes, I Do Consider Myself To Be Black' | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal's Brother Says She Warned: "Don't Blow My Cover" | BuzzFeed

Black Washington State NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal to Address Controversy Over Racial Identity | The Root

Let’s Not Question Blackness Because of Rachel Dolezal | The Root

This Series of Five Rachel Dolezal 2014 Raw Interview Videos Will Absolutely Baffle You | Colorlines

Dave Chappelle on Rachel Dolezal and Racial Draft: ‘We Would Take Her All Day, Right?’ | The Root

Spokane, Wash., NAACP Chapter Postpones Rachel Dolezal’s Statement After Racial Identity Controversy | The Root

Here's Dolezal’s Full Statement Resigning as Spokane NAACP President | Colorlines

Rachel Dolezal Steps Down As President Of Spokane NAACP Chapter | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal Resigns From Spokane NAACP Chapter; Video Surfaces of Her Using the N-Word | The Root

Rachel Dolezal's Parents Respond To Her Resignation, Say She Didn't Address Her Dishonesty | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal’s black woman ruse: It was all about social capital | theGrio

Round-Up: A Few More Worthwhile Thoughts On Rachel Dolezal | NPR

Rachel Dolezal's Artwork Is Not Only Problematic, It Might Be Plagiarized | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal's 'Imitation of Life' | Huffington Post

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Thinks 'The Black Community Is Better Off' Because Of Rachel Dolezal | Huffington Post

Exclusive: Dave Chappelle won’t be making jokes about Rachel Dolezal anytime soon. Here’s why. | The Washington Post

Rachel Dolezal Sued Howard University Over ‘White Discrimination’ | The Root

Rachel Dolezal on Today Show: ‘I Identify as Black’ | The Root

Rachel Dolezal Addresses Controversy Around Her Ethnicity On 'Today': 'I Identify As Black' | Huffington Post

I'm The Real Rachel Dolezal | Huffington Post

Five WTF Rachel Dolezal Moments | Colorlines

Black Like Who? Rachel Dolezal’s Harmful Masquerade | The New York Times

Dear Rachel, I Am Not My Hair, But I Am A Black Woman | Huffington Post

I'm Still Black: Rachel Dolezal and the Realities of Racial Construction and Boundaries | Huffington Post

Here are the Literal Receipts Rachel Dolezal Billed to Spokane Taxpayers | Colorlines

Rachel Dolezal and the Trouble With Asking For 'Proof' | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal's Father Talks About Her Evangelical Christian Upbringing | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal admits she has ‘privilege’ as a black woman with ‘lighter skin’ | The Grio

A Letter to Rachel Dolezal: This is what a real Black American experience looks like | The Root

Dolezal Controvery Sparks Questions About Modern Civil Rights Movement | NPR

Rachel Dolezal’s Older Brother Joshua Dolezal to Stand Trial in Molestation of Young Black Child | The Root

Rachel Dolezal Decried Exodus Movie as ‘Highly Offensive’ for Portraying Ancient Egyptians as White | The Root

Times Readers Engage in a Conversation About Race, Identity and Rachel Dolezal | The New York Times

Rachel Dolezal’s Unintended Gift to America | The New York Times

Rachel Dolezal’s Older Brother Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Her: Report | The Root

Rachel Dolezal Reveals She's Bisexual | Huffington Post

Read the NAACP’s Full Statement on Rachel Dolezal | Colorlines

Rachel Dolezal's Brother Says She Warned: "Don't Blow My Cover" | BuzzFeed

How to make sense of Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP official accused of passing for black | Vox

9 Tweets From Rachel Dolezal That Will Really Make You Think | Jezebel

Does race have to depend on parentage? | MSNBC

Rachel Dolezal Resigns as Spokane NAACP President | Mother Jones

Inside NBC News | Public Relations

Rachel Dolezal speaks on TODAY Show to Matt Lauer after NAACP resignation | The Today Show

This Series of Five Rachel Dolezal 2014 Raw Interview Videos Will Absolutely Baffle You | Colorlines

The Infallibility of Miss Ann (Or, the Last Rachel Dolezal Thinkpiece Ever) - News & Views | Ebony

Rachel Dolezal poses in glamour shots two years before she was outed as white | The Daily Mail

An Open Letter: Why Co-opting “Transracial” in the Case of Rachel Dolezal is Problematic | Medium

Rachel Dolezal Syndrome | Ali Michael

Rachel Dolezal in new interview: I drew myself with brown crayons as a child | The Grio

Spokane NAACP Leader's Race Becomes Subject Of Controversy | NPR

Black or White? Woman’s Story Stirs Up a Furor | The New York Times

Is it fair to compare white NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal to Caitlyn Jenner? | theGrio | The Grio

LIVESTREAM: Rachel Dolezal's Parents Speak on HuffPostLive | Colorlines

Rachel Dolezal's Imitation Game: Why Couldn't She Struggle and Be White? | The Root

Donald Harris, White NAACP Leader, Weighs In On Rachel Dolezal | Huffington Post

The Rachel Dolezal Case Challenges The Definition Of Race | NPR

Spokane NAACP President Proves Actions, Not Race, Is What Counts in Civil Rights Battle | Huffington Post

Washington NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal Became a Global News Story After Her Parents Outed Her as White | The Root

#AskRachel: How a Twitter Hashtag Became Black America's Family Reunion | Huffington Post

Keri Hilson slammed on Twitter after defending Rachel Dolezal | theGrio

Rachel Dolezal Leaves N.A.A.C.P. Post as Past Discrimination Suit Is Revealed | The New York Times

Fake Black Folks, Fake Indians, and Allies: The Native Roots of the Rachel Dolezal Saga | Indian Country Today

Rachel Dolezal Resigns As President Of Spokane NAACP | NPR

Rachel Dolezal, Caitlyn Jenner, and the Limits of Social Justice | Huffington Post

Singer Keri Hilson Defends Her 'Thank #RachelDolezal' Twitter Comments | Huffington Post

Sister Outside': Rachel Dolezal and the Ideology of Race | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal’s ‘Passing’ Isn’t So Unusual | The New York Times

Should Rachel Dolezal's Story Change How We Think About Race? | NPR

Jon Stewart Tears Apart Fox News For Overblown Rachel Dolezal Coverage | Huffington Post

I Identify As Black,' Rachel Dolezal Says In TV Interview | NPR

Rachel Dolezal defiantly maintains 'I identify as black' in TV interview | The Guardian

Rachel Dolezal: Transracial, Passing or Blackface Liar? | Huffington Post

#RachelDolezal and the Meaning of White Privilege | Huffington Post

Inside The Alleged Abuse Scandal That Destroyed The Dolezal Family | Buzzfeed

Rachel Dolezal and the Complex Politics of White Privilege | Huffington Post

What Does It Mean to Be Black? | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal: When a Facebook Friend Explodes | Huffington Post

Black Like Me... NOT! Rachel Dolezal and the Myth of (Her) Blackness | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal Violated Ethics Rules While On Police Oversight Commission: Report | Huffington Post

The Delusions of Dolezal | The New York Times

What It Means to Become 'BiRachel' | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal Told to Quit 2nd Post | The New York Times

Did NAACP president lie about her race? City investigates | Spokane

The Psychology of an Ethnic Fraud: Behind Rachel Dolezal’s Invented Persecution | The Daily Beast

Rachel Dolezal exposes our delusional constructions and perceptions of race | Steven W Thrasher | The Guardian

Rachel Dolezal's deception: her 'black' identity doesn't make sense – or make her black | The Guardian

Black Like Her: Rachel Dolezal and Our Lies About Race | The New Yorker

Rachel Dolezal claims to be the target of hate crimes: The former NAACP official’s most disturbing statements are about her victimization. | Slate

Mark Stebbins interview: Rachel Dolezal's predecessor in racial controversy is still in the Stockton, California NAACP. | Slate

There Is Nothing Wrong With Making And Laughing At Jokes About Ridiculous Ass Rachel Dolezal » VSB | VerySmartBrothas

Talib Kweli on Rachel Dolezal: 'You're Not an Ally, You're an Enemy' | Rollingstone

Here’s What Joshua Dolezal Wrote About His and Rachel Dolezal’s Christian Fundamentalist Upbringing | Homeschoolers Anonymous

Rachel Dolezal, in Center of Storm, Is Defiant: ‘I Identify as Black’ | The

Rachel Dolezal Appears To Have Sued Howard University For Race Discrimination | Huffington Post

Credibility of local NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal questioned | Spokesman.com

Parents Of NAACP Leader Who Allegedly Pretended To Be Black Speak Out | Huffington Post

The 25 most hilarious Rachel Dolezal memes on Instagram | theGrio

Rachel Dolezal gave lectures on ‘nappiness’ and ‘the brown paper bag test,’ once told student she didn’t look ‘Hispanic enough’ | The Grio

N.A.A.C.P. Figure Set to Discuss Her Race | The New York Times

Rachel Dolezal Says She Will Address Furor Over Racial Identity On Monday | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal Postpones Meeting To Address Controversy Over Racial Identity | Huffington Post

Rachel Dolezal: Choosing To Identify As African-American | NPR

CIA's Human Experimentation, Dolezal Videos Emerge, North Carolina Shark Attacks | Colorlines

Rachel Dolezal Resigns From Spokane NAACP Post | NPR

Rachel Dolezal sued Howard University for racial discrimination | theGrio

Rachel Dolezal's Story Sparks Questions About 'How People Experience Race' | NPR

Rachel Dolezal: There’s no proof my parents are my real parents | theGrio

Letters: Rachel Dolezal Raises Questions About Racial Identity | NPR

Rachel Dolezal’s brother Ezra ‘guarantees’ she won’t get DNA test, questions integrity | The Grio

Race and Identity: The Rachel Dolezal Saga | The New York Times

Rachel Dolezal: HBCU Anti-Hero | HBCU Digest

NAACP's Rachel Dolezal's ex fiance Maurice Turner made music videos for her | Daily Mail Online | The Daily Mail

Rachel Dolezal, MFA | Homepage

Watch The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Oppression Cosplay Online | Hulu

Rachel Dolezal sued Howard University for racial discrimination | theGrio

National Review Articles Tagged Rachel Dolezal | The National Review

The Guardian Articles Tagged Rachel Dolezal | The Guardian


The Problem with Allyship

Challenging Racism and the Problem with White “Allies”: A Conversation with David Leonard | {Young}ist

The problems with white allies and white privilege | Al Jazeera English

Code of Ethics for Antiracist White Allies | JLove Calderón

Video Blogger Franchesca Ramsey Perfectly Explains How To Be An Ally | Huffington Post

Mimicry Is Not Solidarity: Rachel Dolezal and the Creation of Antiracist White Identity | Alternet

Tim Wise | It strikes me that there is an important, and...

Two Models of Anti-Racist Struggle: Allyship and Self-Emancipation | The Public Autonomy Project

Ways White People Of Goodwill (and anyone else) Can Help End Racism | Baratunde.com


Let's Talk About Real Violence Against Real Women and Girls of Color

Black Girls Matter Report | Atlantic Philanthropies

Black Women in the Fight Against Police Brutality | Huffington Post

It's Time for Conservatives to Stop Defending Police | The National Review

We're Dying Too | Colorlines

Remembering the Black Women Killed By Police | Bitch Media

UN Committee Reviews US on Police Brutality and Gender-Based Violence | Feminist Majority Foundation Blog

#SayHerName Report | AAPF

Who do you report to when your rapist is the police? | Salon

Police Kill Black Women All The Time, Too — We Just Don't Hear About It | Bustle

These 15 Black Women Were Killed During Police Encounters. Their Lives Matter, Too | Huffington Post

It's Time to Talk About the Female Victims of Police Brutality | New York Magazine

Stop Law Enforcement Violence | incite-national.org

The school-to-prison pipeline affects girls of color, but reform efforts pass them by | Ruth Jeannoel

In the Crosshairs | Medium

The criminalization of black children in McKinney, Texas, and schools across America | Southern Poverty Law Center

America’s war on Black girls: Why McKinney police violence isn’t about “one bad apple” | Salon

Codes of Conduct (Filming the Police) | On the Media

Death of Denver Teen Jessica Hernandez Killed By Police Ruled a Homicide | NBC News

Why The Media Pays Less Attention To Police Killings Of Latinos | Huffington Post

The Police Are Killing One Group at a Staggering Rate, and Nobody Is Talking About It | Mic

Native Americans protest police killings | Al Jazeera America

“Which side are you on?”: #Asians4BlackLives confronts anti-black prejudice in Asian communities | Salon

Police Violence in America: Police Shoot and Kill Two Teenage Girls within Two Weeks | GlobalResearch

Police Say Tasering 8-Year-Old Native American Girl Was Justified | Countercurrent News

Teens Create 'Five-O' App To Help Document Police Brutality | Huffington Post

Cop fractures 12-year-old girl’s jaw, ribs during city pool arrests caught on video | The Grio

NYC cops to be charged for beating teen: sources | NY Daily News

Child Victims | PoliceBrutality.info


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