Race vs. State of Mind: Rachel Dolezal's Thoughts on Whiteness

Is whiteness a race or a state of mind? During a visit to “The Real,” former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal shared her point of view.

[@Dalaceym]

She was so scared being around REAL BLACK women.

[@EricaYE6]

I noticed that too. That *true* Black essence, that Earth-shaking strength Black women have. Her world was turned up-side-down. She didn't know what to do with herself.

[@damien1781]

She headed the NAACP ? Shes been around plenty of strong black women.

[@MamiRicaaaa]

Dalacey Minor it's still frustrating seeing her after all this time.

[@s0uluna307]

When she said she has "walked the walk of a black woman" but then tried to backtrack by asking if there was "a singular experience" 💀💀💀💀😭😭

[@santriciajones2579]

Raythell Jordan Lol don't be so defensive 😂😋

[@OnyxGoddess]

Ok so Rachel is Pregnant (if you didn't know thank whoever is in charge of this KZbin account) so I'm scrolling through Instagram and someone was like "Is she pregnant or does she Identify as being pregnant" 😂😂😂

[@blakkshadow82]

😃😄

[@ChloeYoung-rq8ni]

lmaooo!

[@TheTori93]

😂😂😂😂 RIGHT!

[@OnyxGoddess]

Lol because we all descended from a pregnant woman, technically we all have uterine origins *checks box*

[@elitelokkz]

+Elikah Henry 😂😂😂 get out!!!!

[@Aria-rl4eg]

She took that 0.5% African too far...

[@chancelineamba1807]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshlynguzman8369]

.05

[@Paris__Michael]

I HATE you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!

[@luzrodriguez1214]

So true 😀😀

[@KingParisBuckingham]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mF7anoWviLdqrrc

[@Kirwina]

Imagine if Amanda Seales was on this segment, wew chile

[@JoyFay]

They need to invite Rachel back

[@monybread55]

I was thinking that same thing 😂😂😂😂

[@viergelalouidor4163]

SIS!!!!

[@Brizzaii]

ikr..and now they're live lol....words woulda been said

[@Kirwina]

@@JoyFay Amanda would put Rachel in her place

[@sammierose1150]

I can “feel” like I identify as a millionaire, but where are my millions?? 🤔

[@1StepForwardToday]

Do you support transfluids, who fluidly change their gender based on how they feel each day. AND, many of them expect to refer to them as a woman when they feel like a woman, and to refer to them as a man when they feel like a man.

[@eemias6308]

Samantha Murphy-Keller for real

[@ahaoyes]

gurl same

[@anjeanettewaddell5596]

Samantha Murphy-Keller... well then i identify as a Billionaire! Let me know when you get your million then I will start looking for mine! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You are soooo right! I was laughing so hard!

[@anjeanettewaddell5596]

Kibbie Lou....what does that have to do with this situation? Surely you arent trying to compare the two? They are NOT the same. Not taking away from the Transgenders since i support LGBT 100%. But again not the same love. Not at all.

[@jakeylla]

she stay dodging the questions

[@honeybutter7953]

Jakeylla Harrison A lot of black women hate being black..that's insane...Ironic that black women drug this women for identifying with a race they hate being themselves.

[@Angelkid190]

Honey Butter Ikr?

[@deliciousness74]

Honey Butter the reason black women don't like this is because she's a women trying to claim the black experience when in all actuality she has a choice. She can act black if she wants to but if she needs her privileges she can go back to being white. Black women cant just stop being black or turn white. It's an insult. It's nice that she sees the issues of the black race and praises blacks but at the same time you can and never will be black or be apart of our black narrative. And btw black women love their blackness.

[@MissAngelaThunder]

Jakeylla Harrison for real Mami I feel you, she always talk in circles.

[@nanambaye9054]

Jakeylla Harrison because she's white and thats what they do!!

[@BL-lv9wl]

Tamar was NOT here for what Mrs. Dolezal was serving tonight hunty!

[@calisongbird]

Blue Latios “hunty”?

[@venuslammawin3346]

If they are not willing to understand the other side, then why even invite her. They already had their arguements against her before the interview.

[@Nadya90210]

@leslie ackley lmao you're actually a joke...sounds about white

[@bebeenderson7863]

@@venuslammawin3346 if something makes no sense they don't have to respect or understand it. The producers bought her on.

[@floridagirl386]

@@Nadya90210 lol mad she's right?

[@Lbenning]

TO THIS DAYYYYY this interview is still hard asf to watch 😂😂 In MYYYYYYY Opinion

[@briggie28]

@leslie ackley It's even more funny that you think you know what you are talking about😂 The NAACP was founded by White AND Black people, but included people of all ethnicities. You assume she was more qualified to be president than another Black person, why? Simply because she is "biologically" White probably, you assume she was smarter based on that🙄 You can keep your old White supremist mentality.

[@briggie28]

@leslie ackley Uh yea, she is clearly NOT a genius...Rachel Dolezal is nowhere near rich, lol. You're clearly an idiot, and just choosing this platform to display your own racism toward Black people...and I could care less why. Like I said, you can keep your OLD White Supremist mentality.

[@quinnmorgendorffer8435]

Agreed. As a woman I think there too much emphasis on white or black. While people are forgetting we are all women and getting distracted while our rights are being taken away, getting paid less and victimized like the MeToo movement. Men want to keep women there. They still see us as less than and prey. I had a single mom of 4 girls and humble beginnings. Elite people didn't care we were white to them it is poor vs. Rich. Haves vs. Havenots. I don't want to be black yet I have empathy for anyone with struggle. She can be herself, have respect for black culture and empathy to make a difference. Yet is a line crossed when you claim an opportunity from someone else less fortunate than you and an identity she is not. Smh. She needs help, self acceptance and awareness.

[@cindynuchi5488]

leslie ackley I’m guessing you’re not a women of color so you’ll never understand how that makes a black women feel. She is black fishing pretending to be a women of color and taking their culture. It’s okay to be influenced by other culture and ethnicity but when you take it and make you and lie about it , it isn’t right.

[@Doug778]

it shocked me when i researched some of her videos on utube, the number of black supporters she actually has.

[@theregoesbryan8641]

Tamar was not having it lmao

[@workingmomnc3013]

👏👏👏

[@sunnysweetness8797]

But she was having her nose made smaller and fake straight hair. What a hyporcryte.

[@sunnysweetness8797]

+workingmom NC27 Are you claping for the hypocryte

[@KatAttack888]

+Sunny Sweetness girl having a slimmer nose and straight hair doesn't mean you want to be white. It is some black people with natural straight hair.

[@sunnysweetness8797]

+katia parks as well as whites with curlt hair

[@Pmatrx13]

She isn't even answering the questions. She's trying to make a circle around the question by stating philosophical nonsense. I feel like she got caught in a lie and instead of owning up to it, she's trying to make this fake mirage of herself. She just sounds so uneducated. Like what Tamar says, she needs to "GET YOUR LIFE".

[@Subscribe2You4Ever]

+Roger “That” H If she wants to be black, let her? She KNOWS that if she claims to be black then EVERYONE will flip off on her, but once she claims to be white, everyone will flip on her as well. This is a lose-lose situation for her. Put YOURSELF in her place.

[@jeanlouisangel1]

+Anthony Carter exactly

[@misseydj123]

+Anthony Carter if she claimed white people will flip on her?!! SHE IS WHITE. No one would be pissed if she identified as what she actually is. She's taking huge advantages away from real black women to push herself up. Yo sound nothing but ignorant

[@Subscribe2You4Ever]

Roger H She clearly said she checks BOTH. YOU are the one being RACIST towards her because she is white so CLEARLY she can't be black? And Im the ignorant one? Stop being so entitled, and let her be what she wants. At the end of the day, she is the head of the NAACP and HELPING - - let me repeat, HELPING, people of color. I don't see ANYTHING wrong with that. People will accept Caitlyn jenner but not this?

[@RRAY1991]

+Anthony Carter She is a fraud and forged fake hate letters. She is not and will never be a black woman.

[@SunNyree11]

Just because you know black history doesn't mean you lived the "life of a black woman" Rachel !!!!!

[@robyndae5416]

Thankyou!!

[@courtneywilson2232]

yasss she don't know our struggles.....what Loni said to her is the truth

[@TaylorsTopics]

I agree with you all the way !

[@killlamas57]

Lmao she said "they mark black on my tickets" like so? What does that imply smh.

[@JohnG500]

Amen.

[@tarif_25]

AMANDA SEALS WOULD’VE RIP HER A NEW ONE!!!!!

[@AkosuaSerwaa-]

Trust me😂😂😂

[@user-xp2lz8qk3q]

Damn she’s dodging questions like it’s dodgeball

[@314rowan]

She's black fishing, I think its sad that people are tryinna be like me as trend, my genetics ain't no trend bruhh

[@hopearnold9100]

Rilakkuma its a joke....

[@feedollaz2758]

like the matrix!!

[@mystique3330]

@Jūsō bro wtf. U didnt even say no homo

[@dakingbey]

U sexy asf

[@somalianbeauty100]

Why does she always beat around the bush tho??? She never gives a straight yes or no answer 😂

[@cthomasbydesign]

Right!!! I'm like would you just answer the darn question already. So shady.

[@eggheadarnold]

she doesnt because she is trying to protect herself, and not incriminate herself further. I would choose my words aswell if in her situation.

[@arleentorres8831]

Seriously it's like pulling teeth!

[@TheRealVLC1]

Lol I noticed that.

[@torianswilson]

She's on trial, she's being directly judged and she doesn't want to be attacked.

[@theryguyryan4143]

I'm dead at Jeannie gently caressing Tamar's leg to calm her down lol

[@admiralwasteland2102]

Oh you saw that too 😄

[@strawberrymel7022]

I need a timestamp for that please!!!!

[@theryguyryan4143]

@@strawberrymel7022 At 1:45 lol....it was so subtle but hilarious

[@hexmaniacgabby5160]

Jeannie was so nice to her even though Tamar was being a bitch

[@Ŕəđ-c4h]

By that womans logic why should we check race boxes or have them if everyone comes from Africa 🤔🤔 this bit:h is weird

[@tarif_25]

4:58 YOOOOO I MISS TAMAR!!! “Yeah but which one YOU check DOE?!?” Like answer it! 😂😂😂

[@Providedbygeoo]

I HOLLERED 😭

[@Yukiukixx33]

Tamar is such a Libra i live!!!

[@Lvcharm]

"Which one you check tho" ? Tamar😂😂😂😂

[@xxsasunaruyaoi13xx]

G GFleur 😂😂😂😂

[@xxlizziezxxful]

Favorite part of the whole video! XD

[@LesTwinsSociety]

Right. She kept dancing around the question. I'm glad Tamar was there because none of the others would've checked her like that.

[@summerlyric6071]

G GFleur Tamar was ready to go in. but she still remained professional. I miss her realness and presence so much on the show.

[@carichar87]

A transgender person wouldn't have gotten checked like that, or if so, it would've been distasteful and this show would've been under fire. they should all just let Rachel "be great" lol.

[@jilaelennio6944]

"Yeah, but which one did you check doe?" XDXDXDXD

[@mariannimoh9514]

Jilae Lennio hhahahah.!!! She so rude! I was thinking the same and Tamar said it!

[@honeybutter7953]

Jilae Lennio That's why her ass not on that show anymore..being aggressive and speaking out of turn. Glad she's gone!

[@jaslynnjones5209]

Jilae Lennio I read that as soon as she said it 😂😂😂

[@etf42]

checking a box does not define your race

[@samanthakim1532]

Bruce Wayne we also write "tho" fyi. Now stfu 《-- Do you need that explained too?

[@katymckibben4491]

I have never seen someone talk so many circles around the actual answer in my life

[@naturalkinkycurlymarie7496]

Politicians do it all the time.

[@madelinemarie623]

Watch the US Democratic debates that aired last week, or any political debate or news conference for that matter.

[@alexarkadios9108]

Sounds very white

[@madelinemarie623]

@@alexarkadios9108 🤡

[@madelinemarie623]

@Eriss R. oh no doubt. I only used the Democratic debate because it had just happened. If it was a Republican debate, I would've used them as well. There's a reason I stay as an Independent lol

[@cheyenne14320]

"The police mark black on my traffic tickets" How to get jumped 101

[@ambermcginnis7218]

How tamar was feeling Is the same exact way I felt watching this video the whole time smh she’s has a deep mental illness

[@luiscuesta0719]

Tread Knought gender and sex are two different things. No one is trying to disprove that a human’s physical biology depends if they are born with a penis or a vagina. However, it is nonsensical to center someone’s sexual organ or corporeal body to determine how they manifest in the world. The idea that because i have a penis i think and identify through x and y is completely cultural and changes within every community, every person. Not scientific! Gender identity can not be compared with being transracial because the same way that a persons identity does not base on their sexual organs. It does not base on skin color either. Unfortunately, we live in postcolonial world where an economy was created based on race, and because of this being Black and being White describes the experience that had developed from that trauma. But if you were in ancient Rome no one would be like oh im going to have melanin now. Vice versa with someone from lets say Benin and Togo. Caitlyn Jenner being a trans woman is really just her not identifying with society’s cultural view on masculinity. Rachael Dolezal saying shes Black comes from a place of deep white guilt to the point of trying to disassociate.

[@jeremiahtray5621]

Like transgenders

[@TheBattle476]

why does she keep doing interviews?. same questions dumb response's I don't blame the host for being aggravated.

[@kartert.jefferson6759]

I was thinking the same

[@KeishaCharmaine]

cuz she's getting paid for these interviews. since naacp dropped her, her income is real slim. i heard she's doing hair for a living now. who's paying her to touch their head? Girl that beats me...

[@TheBattle476]

Keisha Charmaine lmfao that is too funny! And yeah you are right its the money. I should've asked why do they keep interviewing her.. I watched just to see how Tamar would go in lmao!

[@janicewilliams1704]

+Brooklyn Native NYC gghh gm h hug h hug da GH h LJ h ng kidding you look k 😪😔👷👷👱👹👹👹👹👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👻👻👻👻👻💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀👅💀💀💀💀💀👅👅👅🏥🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤🏤💀💀👐👐👐👐👐👢👢👡👡. 👢 👢👢👢👢👢👢👗👗👗👗🎩🎩👗🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩💰💰💰💰💰💰👉👉👉👉👈👈👈👈

[@janicewilliams1704]

+Janice Williams hh

[@uplockmobile6227]

She couldn't get away with that on Dr Phil. He said to her time and again. "YOU STILL HAVE NOT ANSWERED THE QUESTION..."

[@queno803]

She’s mad at mommy and daddy!!! Something happened for her to reject her race!!! You’re still YOU!!! EMBRACE IT!!!

[@ms.valdez5633]

@Harry Waddington bye. People blackfish cause they wanna be included and look ambiguous cause that's what's in style

[@11views53]

@Harry Waddington Yes, due to your own actions in the past and present.

[@intotheorbit8894]

"Yeah, but which one you checked tho? GO OFFFF 4:58

[@ubr567]

💯😂😂😂

[@hasibrahim]

You forgot to close your quotation ;)

[@Bmr_moonlover]

@@hasibrahim 😂😂

[@JerseyJD24]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@GameOn71213]

Dang i'm here for the Audience lol they ain't holding back

[@blech7615]

Nooo respect 😭😭☠️

[@GameOn71213]

@@blech7615 the audience is funny

[@rnbxdestinystrinity2785]

LMAO me too. They ruthless

[@monapizzalover7140]

They all wanna throw hands for sure rn😂 I don’t blame them. She’s actually sick, she needs to get help🤦🏽‍♀️

[@littlegothgirl8869]

@@YouAREyoubeYou not the same. There are neurological differences between genders, not races.

[@YouAREyoubeYou]

@@littlegothgirl8869 you have your opinion I have mine.

[@MsInterestedParty]

Christina Schimp OK so I’m gonna bump it down why it’s not at all the same and also kind of gross. Female brains and male brain are different. I know that some people are not gonna like that I say that but it’s the truth scientifically they are different. Before and even now if you are of a certain age you have to go through certain testing to be considered trans it means that in your brain you are the gender you believe yourself to be. People don’t just have sexual reassignment surgery it can kill you. It is a birth defect they are literally living in the wrong body. To correct that is essential to their well-being. This woman is not trying to correct something essential she likes the mantle of being black but she’s never had to deal with the drawbacks. She would like to maintain the essence of our culture without the strength and perseverance. It is disingenuous. If she wanted to relate to the culture to raise strong independent black men to work in the culture to uplift the culture all of those things would be acceptable and congratulatory what she wants to do is put on a costume of race and feel good about it. Don’t confuse something real with something selfish

[@YouAREyoubeYou]

@@MsInterestedParty thanks for the unwarranted synopsis though.

[@YouAREyoubeYou]

@@rcr-zt4of it's not an opinion but thanks for yours...

[@mariahsmith836]

She was was trying to change the subject, we all know she's white so there's no reason to lie boo.

[@2KAYE9UNRULEY]

*squints and comes closer to the screen* she got a lace front on?! I'm FLOORED. 😂😂😂

[@robyndae5416]

Yes girl My thoughts exactly.

[@Asiacoolie1]

Lol! An obvious one at that too 😴😴

[@erinknight5742]

+Elizabeth Taylor I wasnt the only one looking at that

[@ybattle7028]

+Erin Knight mygod thats all i was looking at lol

[@Drea_A]

Cuz her real hair can't look like that lmao. Did you see her old pics? Lifeless ass hair. haha

[@JMac7395]

What was the point of her coming on a talk show if she was not going to answer any questions? She just danced around it....I feel she needs to just come out & admit she made a conscious decision to pretend to be a black woman & to state her true feelings on why....

[@realtalk6209]

***** I agree . Let here what the woman has to say. We already heard enough black bad additude black women.

[@JMac7395]

*****​ it appeared to me all the women except Loni were acting professional. Loni was too emotional when asking questions...that's not good interviewing. Now though Rachel's answers were nonsense she still didn't get a chance to answer because Loni kept cutting her off. Now the other women you can clearly see their annoyance especially w/ Tamar but they remained very professional.

[@JMac7395]

*****​ Being a black women myself I wasn't upset with what she did...I was actually more fascinated with why & the length she went through to create this "black" image of herself. However I will say this: any person Black, White, Asian etc that choose to "Pass" in the year 2015 their mind is obviously fractured. 

[@realtalk6209]

Ebony_Love_R_007 just like some of hella rude black women in customer service don't listen

[@realtalk6209]

She answered guestions. She may not have given the answers you liked but she did answer the questions.

[@MonaesCraft]

I'm trynna learn how to dodge questions like sis 😂😂🤷🏽‍♀️

[@mykaylalindsay7726]

Mo's Hair IKR, she should be a politician 😂😂😂

[@chrystessmubaira5612]

When yall find out.. Holla at a sista know👀

[@peacheskong2245]

Honestly, they all annoyed me in this. Like they conducted this interview with all their emotions and didn't "force" her to answer... Like I felt they went easy on her lolz

[@masonridgewell8063]

No hard to do, ask a transgender

[@gloriacollins6608]

I don’t agree with her pretending to be black. However, I don’t agree with people harassing her. The things people were saying to her online about her kids, her BABY, were horrific. The death threats aren’t necessary. But yes, she is white and she should identify as that.

[@Providedbygeoo]

I agree with you. It got incredibly out of hand. I understand everyone’s frustration, curiosity, etc. But I watched the documentary and felt HORRIBLE for her and the family. I feel as if she’s having a real identity crisis and needs to seek help. I appreciate her for what she’s done for the community. But she needs to do it WHILE WHITE.

[@Melinamiu007]

The comments, especially the ones by white supremicists, would make anyone lose faith in humanity.

[@diegesis6791]

you know what the real irony is, she was turned down on every job she applied to and she couldn't provide for her family, her adoptive african american children. the people that accused her of blackfishing and being racist collectively caused three young members of the african american community to be denied of the proper care they deserved and didn't even bat an eye. and these actions fueled more racism than helping the african american community I believe. there was just so much hate for the family of a woman who felt that she belonged african american community, was an activist for the same community on and off campus. she wasn't hurting anybody. the qualifications for the spot she earned in academy didn't require being black, her education was what got her there and she was trying to bring something positive to the community.

[@janefonda5851]

@@diegesis6791 why shouldn’t their be hate for a woman who is white and pretended like she she was black because she felt like “she belonged to the african- american” community?? she could’ve simply been a white activist and that’s that

[@janefonda5851]

@@diegesis6791 she wasn’t bringing any positive to the black community like not even one drop

[@missoceanbreeze]

She looks white with a tan lmao

[@johnlamphier9812]

Nadia A. That's all it is. It's a cosmetic prefrence. Her claim to be black has more to do w anger at her biological family - you can tell from other interviews she hates them

[@PercheronAppLVR]

..and

[@whatiwasgoingtosay]

Nadia A And she is naturally lily white.

[@ajh.4131]

Because she is lol

[@adriananaija87]

@@johnlamphier9812 And I don't really blame her who knows the racism she may have witnessed at their very hands...I think it has a lot to do with how the black adopted child was treated at the hands of her brother and how their parents handled that....that can leave a deep impression on the minds of CHILDREN and scar them for life...I don't blame u Dozela gurl....do u!!!! After all Michael Jackson turned himself WHITE for the very same reason...the abuses of his father/family LOL!

[@jasmineb9432]

She never answers the questions lol. Stop talking in circles just answer the damn questions! 😂

[@PercheronAppLVR]

why .. so they can all jump down her throat

[@hollypass7462]

MoonLight Mystique then what’s the point of the questions? These were obviously outrageous statements being made and people want answers. Her circling around the answer just makes her look worse in my opinion

[@marwatson7408]

Jasmine B I noticed that too she kept talking in circles. She was like that in other interviews as well she never answers the questions.I don’t know what her problem is maybe she is just mad she got caught in this big lie.

[@kemiesther2971]

I don't hear of things like this in the UK. It's got me thinking that maybe the US still has a lot of work to do with it comes to educating people on history and geography

[@estheryema]

Oh A LOT GIRL!!! Race is still such a touchy subject when by now it really shouldn't be. We're living in this country (America) & it's a melting pot, so you have people from all over which means different races. It being a melting pot we need to embrace and celebrate the different races, people, that make us this great melting pot instead of discriminating or all the stuff that's going on in America! It's just sad.

[@omgitsalexis1000]

yall just as racist over there, trust

[@clintjohnson1023]

+flower petals exactly,I know from experience

[@yourfav5358]

+essie fab sadly there will always be racism! but having grown up in the UK and Asia i've never seen such a divide as America seems to have...

[@omgitsalexis1000]

+dumbdumb 9 you'd never really know how bad racism is anywhere you go bc you'd never experience it

[@DumasP]

The audience reactions restored my faith in humanity

[@amacfads2591]

this woman got caught now she spouts a bunch of philosophical nonsense to get out of her crimez

[@ITS1985]

theres no crime get a life

[@denitzilla]

It may not be a crime punishable by going to jail. However, she used to work for the community and was fired from her last job for lying in her application for a gov. job. Is that not a crime? OR the fact that she filed all kinds of descrimination lawsuits. Police started investigating her claims that's how her parents were found. If I filed a lawsuit or a police report under false pretenses that's a crime. Laying about her parents and saying her mother and "stepfather" punished her for the "color of her skin" thats a different kind of crime. SO YES HER CRIMES.

[@Harriet_Thuggmen]

On top of that she was getting paid to speak at various places on her experiences as being a black woman.

[@jankoleon3785]

What crimes?

[@isac0014]

This is the highest example of white privilege. Its amazing that she can get to decide what race she is...how many woman of color can get to do that?

[@jaredrage4326]

I know a good amount.

[@kimerietate382]

Tamara I Is THIS your argument?Being BUTT-HURT because White women can affect a LESS-WHITE APPEARANCE(Kylie Jenner), but Black women can't EVER LOOK WHITE?THAT'S what Black women are mad about?WOW.

[@BIGBOYKDOG]

If you can accept a trans gender person why cant you accept a trans racial person .????? Is a man indentifying as women male privilege?????

[@BIGBOYKDOG]

@Smash 456 All i saw was a bunch of rich privileged millionaire majority black women claiming too be victims , then shaming a trans racial black women who is way down on the bottom of a totem pole compared to them . She identifies as black thats that. If someone indentifies as transgender no one dares question them . Its the same logic here ,, she identfies as black and they basically brought her on to shame her and claim they have it worse than her even though they are richer more privileged than her . Using liberal logic no one should have anything to say just like in the case of trans people. And dont give that crap about you can be trans gender but you can't be trans racial.

[@debadev2179]

Tamara I That’s what I was thinking

[@frenchgirl753]

This is the craziest thing I’ve seen in my entire existence.

[@dawnforcier2294]

You need to get out more🤔

[@frenchgirl753]

Dawn Forcier so I now ?

[@shimmer4771]

This is almost as crazy as this transgender mess! Dumbest crap I've seen in a while!

[@livefromthemotherland]

Def up there

[@frenchgirl753]

dominic k it’s fucked up

[@crcajo]

Noooooo, the cops don't identify you when pulled over. They refer to your drivers license as to how you identify yourself. Duh!

[@bettyshabazz4092]

Tamar's face when she said the ticket thing

[@beebeesimmer3010]

Tiesha Lawrence dawg u saw that too I had to stop the video 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@paulgalvani2141]

Tamar doesn't know what being transracial is bless her. Rachel is black

[@sarahjane4226]

@@paulgalvani2141 there is no such thing

[@crystanick2697]

She looked like her brain short circuited 😂

[@harmoniyeeeeeeee]

@@paulgalvani2141 she is NOT black! she was born white, trying to look or be black. Sit down sir, ma'am, whovea uu is!

[@laylateet7253]

Tamar in her head was sayin “YOU TRIEDDDDD IT”

[@shellh.5193]

I worked in mental health for over 20 years and I am continuously studying personality disorders because they always fascinated me more than anything else and they're very complex. It is so obvious to me that she believes her own lies and that's why we're very perplexed because of her delivery and her expressions because it's said with such conviction.

[@TheCalm25]

Just like "Trans Women ARE WOMEN" people?

[@shellh.5193]

@@TheCalm25 I don't get what you are saying in response to my comment?

[@TheCalm25]

@@shellh.5193 She is claiming a complete fallacy just like a man who demands to be addressed as a woman. Or, do you believe that trans women are women?

[@shellh.5193]

@@TheCalm25 honestly, I don't care to entertain your comment lol

[@misseli922]

Are you thinking of a specific personality disorder? Could it be DID?

[@edgaralexanderdelahozmendo3824]

This interview is so uncomfortable to watch.

[@Yellowbitchblaze]

I agree mr i can't say your whole name

[@davidharr2996]

She is extremely intelligent though and could have done big things if she would've been a bit more honest

[@dawndreamer1109]

This is probably the most embarrassing video i have ever seen! What is she talking about? Is she on this planet?

[@Ebiru2387]

Dorian Graye As embarressing as her answers are. They are without substance, flippant and disregard other black people. I mean, come on...she is black because a cop assumed such? She is black because of a tick box? Please! She is struggling to be validated and it is clear as day.

[@ToniLHall]

dawnDreamer..we are born in America racists country

[@jahleesaking6101]

dawnDreamer you are absolutely right her ass was talking in circles

[@Mimi-nr6jx]

This was uncomfortable to watch

[@tylercanada7587]

I can’t help but laugh when I see Tamar wanting to fight this girl!

[@aaronnewman7573]

4:58 tamar was finna go AWF

[@rtmusicvideos431]

I wish Jeanie didn't stop her! Lol

[@calisongbird]

aaron newman what’s AWF?

[@GilbertGTV]

KZbinName Anal Wax Friction?

[@KamalIsaiahMorales]

KZbinName OFF

[@KamalIsaiahMorales]

Gilbert Gonzalez Jr Official going OFF ( just a slang term of OFF= AWF

[@myisha7833]

Why when they ask about her experience, she keeps going back to philosophy instead of just answering from her own personal experience.

[@jumperontheline]

Myisha Because otherwise she will have to either tell the truth or even more lies than she already has. She should be a politician, lol

[@primadonna3843]

because that's the way she talks

[@newleft2254]

Because philosophy IS the language of life and living. I don't understand why people have a problem with depth in conversations. I don't agree with her, don't get me wrong, but there is nothing wrong with how she expresses herself. You should be more concerned with the amount of people living their lives according to fairy tales (aka religion) instead of philosophy!

[@Simplykiebby]

She ain't have no personal experience that's why

[@sheree6102]

SimplyKie do you know about her and her siblings messed up child hood?

[@OneLoveRSR]

This was not the place for this... interview, I guess they're calling it? Yeah. Not the place. None of these women are journalists. Loni's a "comedian" (I guess) and that other one is a "singer" (I guess) and they neither have the training nor the discipline to properly interview someone about something so clearly personal to them. Now... if they were just trying to have this be a "Oooh, let's have Loni and Tamar put Rachel in check" segment. Fine. But don't pass this off as a deep discussion about "Race vs. State of Mind"

[@jeanlouisangel1]

I just said this without reading your comment. Thank you

[@OneLoveRSR]

A. Essence You're welcome!

[@annesther726]

True!

[@feilatan]

Why must you be a journalist to interview someone?? It is their show and she agreed. If that is the case no talk show host who is not a journalist should ever interview anyone...

[@OneLoveRSR]

+JoinNat&Nic The fact you don't understand why you need to be a journalist or at least journalism training to interview someone on broadcast television is indicative of why the media is so shoddy nowadays. You can't get to the truth of the topic being discussed or of the person being interviewed if you're to emotionally caught up in your personal opinion. It ceases being an interview and begins being a bash fest. You need to objective when presenting an issue to the masses. Let them make up their own mind. Rachel got flip with Tamar because Tamar came at her already not trying to hear her. Rachel felt defensive and then her answers stopped being even the least bit forthcoming and started being evasive to avoid any further confrontation. Nothing got resolved or answered in these five minutes. Definitely not about race vs state of mind.

[@ViceCityExtra]

I like how they didnt make it hostile but an actual interview trying to understand and teach

She was beating around the bush and not getting straight to the point because she was trying to think of lies xDD

[@whosthatchick098]

This is so fucked up. This girl is sitting next to all these black women giving her "WTF" stares after answering her question, especially Tamar, but yet, Tamar, Loni, every one of those girls is wearing a silky textured weave. Every one of those girls contour to get a slimmer nose, every one of those girls does something to change their original features to look more European. Even if it's not their intention, what do they think when they put on that silky wig and make their noses smaller? They are doing exactly what that other girl is doing, and I think that everyone only feels some type of way because Rachel can get away with it. These girls out here getting credit for looking lighter skinned, and everything like that, but when a woman wants to base her looks and actions on a black women, every black woman wants to shut her out. I think that is so horrible and hypocritical. Isn't what she's doing along the lines of being transgender? Why is it that we can't accept a woman who wants to be black, but we can accept people who were "born in the wrong body." I'm really upset at this bullshit. - Maybe I should hate everyone trying to be Brazilian with all that brazilian weave! I'm brazilian, do you think that that offends me? Yall not identifying as black with that silky texture, blue contacts, blonde weave !!! I'm so done with people

[@zahrai1235]

White women get lip injections, butt lifs, tan their skin dark, they try to cook like black women and they also are obsessed with black men. So nobody us talking about changing features. Its about not trying to blend w the black culture simply for the opportunities it made for itself by its community. Do u not see why that's upsetting? U gotta open ur eyes to the backwards treatment. I'm an African and I was upset at this white woman who's privileges allows her to play two races when its convenient

[@whosthatchick098]

Okay, so maybe everyone needs to agree how black women bleach their skin, and wear blonde weaves and colored contacts and white girls do the same to try to be darker. So what's the difference with this girl, the fact that she's not in denial?

[@whosthatchick098]

See, but how is Raven Symone a bad person for wanting everyone to be treated as the same race, how it was supposed to be? We ALL have eyes, noses, mouths, ears, arms, legs, we are all humans, wouldn't it be ridiculous if cats or dogs acted certain ways against orange fur, or golden fur? Like that sounds stupid that you can't identify however you want to because we are ALL human, with the same basic features.

[@zahrai1235]

Ariana Snider ...... Listen u can't pick the color u are born with. Its wrong from a white woman to pretend she is black when all these racisms and stereotypes exist. If we want to have people switching races, we gotta stop atrocities from happening to others. White people have to realize thag they do Not identify with black struggle, black people face issues that white people do not such as an ignored voice and murders. When those issues are gone and we are of equal levels, can they join us and claim our culture. U can't claim a culture if u can't claim its struggle.

[@whosthatchick098]

RIGHT you CANT pick the color you are born with, so if you FEEL like you are something OTHER THAN WHAT YOU WERE BORN WITH then you should have the right to be whoever the hell you want to be, just like if a dude feels like he was born in the wrong body, he can become a woman and vice versa, you just proved my whole point! So now i'm done!

[@damartis]

A lot of white people want to be "exotic" but dont want the struggle

[@leahmzee5290]

Morgan Morale what the hell is the struggle ? 😂😂😂

[@Wanderlust1972]

as if you want the struggle

[@austinrichards1740]

Morgan Morale period sis

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@leahmzee5290 What do you think it is?

[@xiahnewright3823]

Thank you

[@Daniella2024.]

If she wants to be black let her be black, if that what she identifies herself as, it is just like Micheal jackson wanted to be white, people feel how they want to feel, there is lots of black people in my community who want lighter skin colour so they bleach there skin because they ‘feel’ there too dark and lot of us wear hair that straight like Indian, or Chinese, Brazilian to look like white women, but we are born with kinky Afro hair... and don’t get me start on our black people who act like ‘coconuts’ And do not want to embrace there own heritage and ethnicity! To be fair the only thing she did wrong was not own up that she born white and through growing up she felt she was born in the wrong colour instead of making people believe she was black, and I feel had she done that in the first place ... the black and white community would not socially discriminate her, apart from that she has the ‘right’ to feel how she wants to feel, there is so much other identity that get discriminated against such as black men who are gays, skin tones among the black community people will say Beyoncé is more beautiful than Adut Akech because she is light skin, and this very evident in the black community and I have experienced this as a dark skin women with thick Afro hair in my own black community. So to my conclusion people just need accept people who they are no matter what background they are from.

[@hollywarehouse7938]

THANK YOU MsBlackpearl! Beautiful comment!!!

[@kaceandrea]

I felt the same frustration Tamar felt 😂

[@noneyabusiness1344]

Camreon Kelley same, and I'm white

[@gabriellelewis7671]

Camreon Kelley me to honey me too

[@kej7611]

The only thing that was stopping Tamar from gathering her was the camera and Tamara sitting between her.😂👏🏾

[@bebeenderson7863]

Being black isnt just KNOWING about blackness, it's being raised and experiencing blackness. It's about culture, family value, similarity of experience, ancestry 🙄🙄🙄.

[@RosalíaLR]

Yeaaa.. but also there are many black people who don’t fit in that status quo & typical culture of blackness... (blacks adopted by white families from birth, blacks people who are intensely involved in predominately white music/activities & people). Does that make them less black? I don’t think being black is just about the culture it’s solely your skin complexion

[@cadre3586]

leslie ackley She had a black husband

[@lovingpurrs8388]

So a black girl wear fake wigs. FAKE ALL... Fake straight hair....Lens and dye their hair with an unmatch blonde hair..but she cant.....black girls try to be white all time...Most Fat ppl wear work out clothes 24/7 and they just over eat,not exercise...ALSO SHE DOES HAVE BLACK ON HER LIKE ANY OF US

[@TheMrsilverscott]

@@lovingpurrs8388 How is a black woman straightening her hair trying to be white or having blonde hair trying to be white??? Or wearing color contact lenses trying to be white???

[@lovingpurrs8388]

@@TheMrsilverscott how is this white woman judged for having curls/afro and bashed as trying to be black???? I think my beautiful hair looks great straight or curls,unlike an african american person trying to force mother nature lol

[@KevenTalks]

Looking back at this clip, what was infuriating about her was her method of intellectualizing her ignorance and delusion.

[@nicholasbogosian5420]

I don't see it as intellectualizing. Rather, her identity and experience requires a level of intellect that isn't mainstream.

[@Yaomingsaucy]

@@nicholasbogosian5420 she is intellectualizing by trying to make a delusion of grandeur into something that makes sense. you cannot be black if your parents or at least one parent is not black. that's not how that works. you cannot undergo surgery and become black biologically. African American women have a different genetic makeup from Caucasian women

[@MissNebulosity]

"Have you walked the walk of a a black woman?" Rachel: "Absolutely." That is THE MOST OFFENSIVE THING I have ever heard come out of her mouth. I have no idea how those women around her are keeping themselves from slapping her.

[@hairbytrea]

Girl you took the words out of my mouth. I would have had producers cut the cameras and smacked the hell out of her

[@beauty4717]

Oh wow, I’m just watching. White women are beautiful & so is she & Black women are beautiful as well. Why wouldn’t she want to identify herself as a beautiful white women? Smh🤦🏾‍♀️

[@elo1441]

me too

[@hairbytrea]

As a black woman. I'm extremely offended by Rachel's answer. I wanted to reach through the screen and slap the hell out of her.

[@acoleman9036]

Stop it

[@jakeylla]

i feel tamars frustration

[@beepboop5783]

I'm Nice Like That so wtf does hair have to do with anything. That lady is not black. Yall gotta stop trying it.

[@chaci1]

I'm Nice Like That Lmao Asian women’s hair? Last time I checked Women of her cash does not wear Asian hair

[@colorfulcodes]

Tamar is biased, im sure shes also gotten opportunities for being light skinned.

[@Simplykiebby]

Which is very true, however, Tamar never posed and tried to say she is white. She is a black woman and has stated it many a times

[@aaronnewman7573]

Colorful Codes ok? so what if shes lightskinned? she may have some privileges of a lightskinned woman but that doesnt erase the fact that at the end of the day she is BLACK and goes thru the same struggles that all black people go thru

[@eileenwelter90]

Who’s here after Jeannie saying she didn’t want to be well mannered to Rachel? Oct 2019 anyone 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@yasgladz6415]

Me ahahaha

[@jazzyj904]

Meeeeee!

[@rubyhaha2362]

Which video did she say that??

[@eileenwelter90]

Edie Ha one of the newer episodes maybe 2 weeks ago.

[@bongiwemdaka533]

Eileen Welter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@valerieking5265]

It is amazing how many times Rachel avoided answering the question or provided a straight answer, she just danced all around it. The ladies were amazing with their questions to her.

[@kaylababy4687]

Wtf why can't she just answer the question. We don't need a whole story.

[@seanm7539]

Damn because she’s a fucking fraud

[@Gromobran]

Word salad

[@sirvilhelmofyonderland]

Because the short answer is BS.

[@canwejustloveeachother2550]

Because she feels their hostility and they're too wrong

[@danielle23999]

She's trying to sound smart and it's just not working out for her. Yes, Rachel has done all these things for the black community which is why so many uncle Toms--I mean black people are taking up for her. All that could have been done without turning yourself into a BW. Neither does she need to turn herself into a BW to like our culture. She can talk the talk but she truly hasn't walked the walk of a BW in today's world which is why I understand Tamar's point. You think you know our struggles simply because you put weave in your head, get spray tanned, and claimed your black brother as your son. No amount of makeup, box braids, black husbands, or charity work for the black community will ever make her a black woman. And that's pure fact. #SorryButSureAsHellNotSorry

[@LaurenDevin]

+Danielle A. Exactly!!! And she could have done even more as a white women.

[@danielle23999]

DMadkin08 She really could have because white privilege is an advantage that she could have turned around for good and use to help the black community.

[@jeanlouisangel1]

+Danielle A. Agree

[@danielle23999]

***** See, I already knew someone like you was gonna say something like this. I never stated that every black person with different views to this situation are now uncle Toms. However, I would declare a person an uncle Tom, if the only reason they're taking up for her foolishness is because she's done stuff for the black community.

[@TaylorsTopics]

I agree completely.

[@MakeItUpWitTiff]

so because ticket gets a B she's black makes so much damn sense now she confused lol. I live for Tamar facial expression.

[@ladydede88]

MakeItUp WitTiff that’s what’s on her ID the cops mark what’s on your ID she’s lien

[@venuslammawin3346]

That's coz she considers herself black, she has self portraits of herself when she was 4years old, and it looked like a black child. Besides you all accept transgenders and not transracial???? Its the fking same concept.

[@ajh.7868]

@@venuslammawin3346 not all of us accept transsexuals. But for the ones who do accept transsexuals they're pretty foolish for getting mad at rachel dolozol. As a young black man I'm quite pissed at what Rachel's doing. I also don't like that they're trying to normalize the whole trans thing. I think people who were born one gender or one race should just stay in they lane. Rachel needs to stop trying to be a SISTA and just stick to being a sister! Period!

[@daniellelopez3698]

So her experience as a “black woman” is getting pulled over and “identified” as a black woman ....you got to be kidding me lmao🙄🥴🥴🥴🥴 This woman is a joke lmao

[@OnlyCanBeMeD]

Tamar is the Real Real REALEST of the show lol. Lord y’all couldn’t handle the REAL lol

[@drakeharris6971]

OnlyCanBeMeD she was annoying and ghetto and ashy

[@jadawilson7735]

Drake Harris 😂😂

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

I thought she was going to snatch that girl’s soul out of her body.

[@jasminewash2468]

I wish I could say i'm white so that I could conveniently benefir from white priviledge. It must be nice. I agree with Tamar for once.

[@tarirotaruvinga8166]

+jasmines will Than not her problem if you can not pass as white. You anger is steered in the wrong direction, blame society because anyone in America can pass of as black but they have protected their race by marginalizing people born out of an inter-racial relationship or anyone with a hint of color in their blood. She has done more for the black community than you have. So does that mean that we should discard you as a worthless black person when we are considering who has fought for our causes. If the work we do showed our worth as a race, would you be considered black?

[@Shadowlandsdropout]

+Tariro Taruvinga I'm very uncomfortable with how you keep putting down fellow black commenters in this section by saying "she has done more for the black community than you". Being black is not an achievement level, it's not a level you unlock like when you're in a game. Also, there is a white man who is a NAACP chapter president like Rachel was, his name is Donald Harris, he rightly said: "She had a lot of pluses and could have achieved what she achieved without four hours at the tanning studio every week.” People like you need to keep making it seem as though the NAACP does not hire white people (which is a lie) and that she somehow wouldn't have been able to stand along black people as an ally (which is another lie). Also she once prohibited a student from participating in a class because she didn't look Hispanic enough, the person you so ardently defend is not a hero.

[@Shadowlandsdropout]

+badgalriri I did not put that commenter down, I said that I felt uncomfortable with how she was making other commenters feel as though they were less than because they had not worked with an organisation that champions the cause of black people (to her knowledge). And earlier upthread, when I said that I could not understand how she has defenders, that isn't putting people down or bashing them. Disagreeing with someone is not the same thing as putting them down. I don't make personal attacks on people I disagree with, that's not me.

[@drunkenrooster9200]

+jasmines will - being white has it's downside. for one thing whites are always blamed for everything blacks do wrong or fail to do right. and if we complain about it then we're told we should have white guilt for our white privilege. and the liberal news is always vilifying whites. so be careful what you wish for.

[@ellec2935]

+a ko Many Native people are not listed on tribal roles so they have no "proof" that you would appreciate. Many tribes refused to be listed on tribal roles because of the disturst of the American government (well deserved mistrust).But frankly black people have nothing to gain by saying they have Native heritage. Most of you guys are struggling harder than black people so how does this help us?

[@che_boy120]

Tamar killed me when she said to her, "yeah but which one you checked though?" 😂🤣

[@carlybaby42]

che_ boy_ tamar*

[@lolapavon4780]

che_ boy_ who cares let’s worry about something else .. she’s black she says she’s black ... and now u mad 😡

[@carlybaby42]

Lola Pavon who’s mad?

[@adamkinstad7472]

Yeah that was really obnoxious. I hate when people don’t let others speak.

[@carlybaby42]

Sami Rendel and Tamar

[@twapalwakangwa9952]

Its 2020 and I still think this woman is insane and that Tamar shouldve slapped sense into her.🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🔥🔥🔥 why cant you be your race? Its your idenity from God. He made you your race for a reason✊🏿🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏿✊🏿🔥

[@leahmzee5290]

Twapalwa Kangwa because people look down on white people constantly and it’s so annoying, getting old. They are to a victim to everyone and everything

[@andimuhammad5626]

2:41 Tamar was not having it

[@treyjones4020]

Andi Muhammad you talking about Mrs. Nose job/ bleaching cream/ weave.

[@minakoa7178]

I was not having it either

[@vivianosvaldo]

"but which one you check doe" lmao

[@amaiaonque-shabazz3422]

Tamar had me rolling🤪🤣😂

[@wenwilliams03]

Amaia !!! Rr

[@las3rdams3l]

Tamar was my fave here

[@akhan4727]

Kudos for those women being so calm. I would have lost my cool! This is such a mockery.

[@travelingdude1621]

Well, who gets to identify who? Some mixed people say they’re black but many other people will say they’re not black.

[@BThaSmoovUno]

Now Bruce Jenner is the one yall need to be mad at!

[@kishinasura3962]

All these women were just talking to themselves. She never answered anything. Damn she's frustrating.

[@marqueswilliams345]

Man this woman would never know the struggle of being black

[@Connect_with_Yourself]

I know right. She is delusional

[@SkepticalChris]

the ultimate act of white privilidge, to not be white anymore.

[@ubahali8333]

+Skeptical Chris to be honest tho

[@user-np8yf8fj2w]

Shouldn't have to be a struggle to be black tbh..😫 but yeah true 😒

[@janelleallen1081]

What was your struggle?

[@johnpaulneanderthal2307]

She mocks a whole race of women

[@masonridgewell8063]

Just like transgenders

[@victoriagarcia3032]

@@masonridgewell8063 ????

[@Nothingfoo90z]

@@victoriagarcia3032 yes transgenders. They get scholarships made solely for biological women. No matter what they are stronger because they are biological males. By doin that we lose those benefits that they will get to enjoy because of the upper hand they have by being males who think they’re females.

[@victoriagarcia3032]

@@Nothingfoo90z What do you mean losing chances at scholarships???? Idk what school you go to, but I've never seen no school that grants scholarships to women JUST for being a women. Plus, if you decide to look outside your small brain, you will find a ton of studies that show that being trans isn't a choice.

[@corianne2099]

Yep and that makes her racist

[@CherenaDP]

I love Tamar, “which one you checking though?” 😂😂😂

[@Toxic_Troll1]

she doesn't even look black

[@autumnhomer9786]

Antoine Crampton She looks mixed-race. I've seen many mixed-race people who look like her.

[@yahainHotPink]

shareena clarke Same... I was so surprised when the truth came out.

[@MsSmith-cf6sh]

shareena clarke She looks white with a tan

[@TheMusicalFeeling]

Lol she does looked mixed though that's probably how she pulled it off

[@MsSmith-cf6sh]

***** I guess but some biracial people do look white with a tan but she look white to me i dont see a mixed women i even got biracial Cousin with blue eyes and they look mixed

[@ameliajoel6427]

Tamar gave me life on here

[@truballr32]

Amelia joel yeah but why did she chop of her black nose off???

[@taydough9005]

Amelia joel ur stupid bitch!!

[@fatimaturay3648]

+Tay Dough what do you mean?

[@princesspai1975]

King Cornelius damn that's a good question

[@princesspai1975]

Ain't Tamar bleach her skin and got her Mr.Potatoe head nose replaced? She a fraud her damn self so she can't talk.

[@taoroahgah]

I love how respectful they were about this because I couldn't speak to her without getting angry about her just ugh nvm.

[@naimanaomiawel9482]

Right

[@trumpgirl1018]

I agree, she wanted to stake the claim of being black to get some advantage with the NAACP, without walking the walk or talk. What she did was so offensive to blacks, whites, and a slap in the face to her parents,

[@jaredstevens5382]

Funny, how a majority of Americans vote Democrat, who are strong supporters of trans right. Now that transracial is becoming a thing. They have only themselves to thank. All of their arguments were the same thing said against trans men and women.

[@gabrielaquevedo8012]

No need to get angry. We are entitled to our own opinions ❤

[@po7425]

I wish Amanda Seales could have been on the panel for this episode. I would LOVE to hear her perspective and see how she would clap back at this crazy lady 😂

[@bobcostas5094]

If I was an African American, my blood would be boiling!

[@jemangedessaucisses206]

Bob Costas Why?

[@jumperontheline]

Black Witch Veve Because she claims to know what it is like to grow up black, when that isn't possible. By doing that she is denying the reality of black people's experience. She is saying she knows what it is like to be black in America, but actually she is showing that she doesn't have a clue. That is racist. BTW I am white and not American.

[@jemangedessaucisses206]

jumperontheline I’m indifferent about Rachel. But I’m not offended by her like some seem to be (e.g., Tamar). As a black American, I’m offended by “slave” films that imprint my ancestors’ subservience on the consciousness of America. I don’t want to be reminded that I come from slaves - it does nothing positive for my self-esteem. Why can’t we have more films like “Hidden Figures”? It would be more productive for us to attack the film industry, but Rachel is an easy target and the film industry isn’t.

[@HumourousGalz]

Black Witch Veve what the hell does the film industry got to do with this? I understand that they have portrayed black people terribly since the very beginning and continue to do so, but this is irrelevant. What angers me is that a white woman who grew up white, and most likely still benefits from white privilege, is parading around, claiming she's black, like we're costumes. Like tamar said, she's has no idea what it's like to be a black woman period. And the fact that she is profiting from this act sickens me.

[@thesilentdiva]

I'm confused... i don't understand why she'd do this...its so odd. Esp considering she's coming from a position of privilege being Caucasian

[@LizVasquez88]

That was a powerful question when Tamar asked her "You walk the walk of a black woman?" I have family members that resemble Rachel (the way she appears in this video today) and as a mixed race person myself who appears ambiguous, I find it interesting that while growing up in America, I was always told that because of my "one drop" of black blood that would make me black by default and that is how I should self-identify, however, I didn't walk the walk of a black woman so to say that I'm black exclusively feels like a lie, just as it would if I were to call myself a white woman, even though I am both. This is the reason why I insist on continuing to self-identify as a mixed race or biracial Hispanic woman. I feel that it's a slap in the face to black women (or black folks in general) to call yourself black when you don't look it or live the struggle. It comes across in the same way as this woman Rachel is doing, which is why she angers many black folks by living the lie that she's portraying. I can also see on the other hand why some black folks think that it's an honorable thing that she would want to take on the role of a black woman, but at the end of the day, she can change up her look whenever she decides to and "wash the black off" (and in her case, that would be literally to a certain extent) A true black person doesn't have that luxury.

[@chellechelle5492]

Liz Vasquez She has not come close to the black experience..to ever think she is a Black woman...it takes alot more than braids! a hairstyle, or adopting a black kid TO BE BLACK! wut an insult!...

[@DarthFurie]

Exactlyyy I'm mixed with black but I can pass for other things so I can't say "I'm black." I'm mixed. I don't have the same experience

[@FalconsZone6]

If one of your parents are black then you are black.

[@eris5200]

Well said👏🏻

[@paperplate4675]

@@FalconsZone6 NO they are mixed not just blk or wyt. Biracial not monoracial. Let go of the rayceast one drop rule. It does more harm than good to actual blk folks.

[@NayFentyxo]

The fact that she keeps avoiding the questions...🤦🏽‍♀️🙄

[@ShimitBlast]

I watched all the interviews and I gotta say, her body language on this show {more than all the others} finally says, "I f.u.*.k.e.d up!

[@TheMonarchSports]

I LOVE TAMAR!! She giving all the shade in the world!!

[@jeanlouisangel1]

+Courtney Alyse To me that made lose some respect for Tamar actually

[@slay_hunny2630]

Lol

[@ABajanYankee]

+Courtney Alyse her shade was PERFECTLY placed this time. girl BYE.

[@TheMonarchSports]

+A. Essence I think Tamar held back A LOT.. We all know Tamar could've really went hard on that woman.. She was giving major shade though .. And i respect her for not making herself look ignorant. Rachel is making herself look completely dumb..

[@TyTy-ly9ul]

+A. Essence I agree. Tamar has to learn some self discipline if she wants to be taken seriously. Rolling your eyes and and neck every time someone says something u don't agree with is extremely childish and makes you look like a joke. There are much better ways to articulate your displeasure that don't include acting like a 13 yr old little girl

[@jonae143]

Tamar is not having it lol

[@yennettesmith2628]

I really don't understand why people are so upset at this woman. I get that she allowed people to assume what they wanted but so what. Some blacks passed for white throughout history. this show was not interviewing her they were interrogating her. The Black race is awesome and so versatile but we have so far to go. As a race we don't accept our own people and I doubt there is another race more critical on us than we are. If you speak proper English you don't belong, if you use your manners then you are trying to be white. Our race is something to admire especially when we are not tearing ourselves or others down. Good luck Rachel. Do you maam!

[@Chimiri88]

+Yennette Anderson People are mad at her not only because she lied about her race, but she also lied about an alleged crime that did not happen and could have landed an innocent person in jail. It's so crazy that people forget that and focus on Rachel's supposed love for black culture. There are a bunch of white people that love black culture just like some blacks love white culture as well. People tend to like what they cannot physically have...it's not that hard to understand. But ask yourself...throughout the years, why did some blacks identify as white? As for the interview, Rachel made it an interrogation because she tried to evade the questions. Race is a very touchy topic and Rachel did not tactfully answer those questions.

[@Denimh20]

+Chimiri88 People also tend to like what they are interested in, what the admire what they can relate to and simply what they feel like liking. You are right it's really that simple.

[@lighteningsnips]

The genetic makeup between individuals in different racial groups only varies by 6% and often times more variations are found within the same group compared to individuals across different racial groups. It is thus safe to assume that race has no biology behind it and is a made up concept which society created for social reasons.

[@cassyvjlee5925]

+Yennette Anderson Are you honestly going to act like you don't know why some black people in history attempted to pass as white? literally their life depended on it in some cases, it is not the same the other way around and never will be

[@CalebTizon]

If there were boxes on the application, which one would would you have checked? Rachel: There weren't any boxes. Audience: LMAO Me: Dead

[@zajavu]

Bruh.... they asked her one question and she refused to answer. 😭 Tamar said OK BUT WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHECK THOUGH 😂😂😂

[@impasse0124]

I must say I agree with comparing her story to Bruce Jenner's. People will say that being transgender is not the same as being transracial but from all the arguments I've seen in favor of accepting transgenderism, it all boils down to how that person chooses to identify to be happy with themselves. If that's really the case, then why is it any different for her to identify as black? A biological man who identifies as a woman can no more understand the experiences of being a woman than a white woman can understand the experiences of black women. I agree that she is being quite ignorant of the black community's feelings on this issue and that she needs to accept and understand that she is white. By the same token, I believe that Bruce needs to accept and understand that he is a man.

[@Pmatrx13]

+impasse0124 The difference between her and Caitlyn Jenner is that gender identity has a biological basis. Wrong hormones being sent to the wrong body during the fetal growth process is believed by most scientist. Rachel is a white female. You can't enjoy the advantage of a racial group and not accept the disadvantage also. The fact is that she lied and she deceited people. That is the reason she got fired as the head of NACCP. DID YOU KNOW that she sued her so called "Howard University" for discriminating against her for being a white woman in 2002? This woman is lying out of her teeth. If a black female was "identified" as white and tried to apply for a job, would that work? I don't think so. It doesn't matter if she was helping people. All she is doing is stretching her white privilege to her limits and it just so happened that it snapped in her face.

[@impasse0124]

I agree that Rachel is wrong. My point was that people accept "Caitlyn" Jenner because that's how "she" chooses to identify because ultimately "she" feels at peace that way. There is no conclusive evidence about why people identify as transgender. If the major point here is identifying in whatever way makes you feel at peace with yourself, Rachel has just as much right to identify as black as Bruce does to identify as female. In both cases, I think they both need to accept and come to terms with who they really are. Bruce Jenner hasn't experienced the glass ceiling that many women experience in the workplace, nor has he experienced the frequent sexual harassment or demeaning attitude women experience from men. He doesn't know the experiences of women anymore than Rachel knows the experiences of black people.

[@loudpacks7787]

+impasse0124 thank you lol its so easy for some people to attack someone but yet be okay with some other things.

[@successfulbeauty1614]

+impasse0124 I agree with your points. If Bruce Jenner can identify as being a woman he cant he hasn't delat with glass ceiling and etc. I don't think people actually look at the privileges being a male/ and white.

[@AltaMay11]

Think about this. When it comes to transgender you can have a female that feels male and a male that feels female. Can a dark skin black woman who's 'state of mind is white' do what this woman did? Can she live the white experience does she mysteriously come into the gift of white privilege? Only people with just the right features that can go either way get to have a different 'state of mind'. Shes stretching her privilege to the max right there

[@JayDogg99]

'Yeah but what one you check tho' Tamar had me on the floor 😂

[@SlondileZitha]

Is this lady for real????? As a black woman especially from an African country, I'm hella offended by this woman.

[@RubiAlejandra_]

You ask her tamar!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@KoKoTheSagittarius]

Does she have a lace front on????

[@lolahone5051]

Lol that in itself is just hillarious she's really trying to be black her hair is the texture of that lace front but less syntheticy looking it's so weird to me

[@KoKoTheSagittarius]

Lola Hone yes!!!! I'm like girl just perm your hair curly & dye it!! Smh the sides are a dead give away!

[@seygra20]

+IamShe lol

[@Loveamandapatrice]

yea...it is...I guess that is what she means when she says she walks the walk.

[@KoKoTheSagittarius]

Amanda Hawkins lololol well I guess so!

[@zaynakanu9691]

Reading these comments just made me realize that peopel including blacks think being "black" means "struggle" we came from that but that's not what makes us "black"

[@atlanticcreole4073]

They are right though. There was no such thing as "black" before Europeans created the term. People just identified with their ethnic group or nation of origin. Using color as an identifier was a way to gain psychological power over other groups. The term "black" came about in order to create a group of people who would be seen as slaves and inferior, while the term "white" was used to describe people who would be the superior ruling class. Notice that no one uses the term "yellow" for Asians in either society or on official documentation because it doesn't fit the agenda.

[@whitleystone5204]

@@atlanticcreole4073 interesting perspective

[@Leavemealone11604]

YoungWifeLife it’s not what makes us black but there is NO black person in America that isn’t a victim to white privileged and that’s a struggle... being black comes with struggle and that’s just the way it is it might as well be part of our make up

[@WhatEver-mv6qi]

There are non blacks with struggles. Struggle cant be someone's race definition. We would all be black then.

[@Leavemealone11604]

What Ever the struggle isn’t the same. Nobody said others don’t struggle but black ppl as a whole have an automatic consistent never changing struggle no matter what level we’re at in life ...

[@user-ph8xk2ms2p]

How would people react if we sat a transgender down and asked them the same questions?

[@amie6587]

Never thought of it that way. Interesting.

[@jljacobs0127]

Very true

[@jennylynn9668]

Could she have race dysphoria?

[@estebanmarin8396]

Not comparable at all. Transsexualism has basis in science.

[@user-ph8xk2ms2p]

Esteban Marin lmfao in SCIENCE? 😂😂😂😂

[@ealyp1]

I’m Tamar “ Which one you checked?”😂😂