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| Rachel Dolezal criticised by Jon Stewart for being 'really f**king white' | Rachel Dolezal criticised by Jon Stewart for being 'really f**king white' |
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| Jon Stewart has weighed into the issue of Rachel Dolezal, saying that she's "really f**king white". | Jon Stewart has weighed into the issue of Rachel Dolezal, saying that she's "really f**king white". |
| Dolezal was chapter president of the NAACP and adjunct professor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University, has been found to have an almost exclusively caucasian heritage. | Dolezal was chapter president of the NAACP and adjunct professor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University, has been found to have an almost exclusively caucasian heritage. |
| Dolezal, who was also accused of passing off her adopted black brother as her own son, has become the centre of a debate asking if one can be "trans-racial" in the same way that some people are transgender. | Dolezal, who was also accused of passing off her adopted black brother as her own son, has become the centre of a debate asking if one can be "trans-racial" in the same way that some people are transgender. |
| However, political satirist Stewart argued that she was just white. | However, political satirist Stewart argued that she was just white. |
| Discussing the video that shows the moment Dolezal realises her cover has been blown, Stewart says: "So her mouth says: 'I don’t understand the question,' but her eyes say: 'F**k. I’m busted.'" | Discussing the video that shows the moment Dolezal realises her cover has been blown, Stewart says: "So her mouth says: 'I don’t understand the question,' but her eyes say: 'F**k. I’m busted.'" |
| He added that her parentage made her the whitest of the white. Stewart said: "Czech, Swedish, and German? That’s really f**ing white." | He added that her parentage made her the whitest of the white. Stewart said: "Czech, Swedish, and German? That’s really f**ing white." |
| Dolezal also has traces of Native American heritage, according to her parents. | Dolezal also has traces of Native American heritage, according to her parents. |
| US satirist Jon Stewart He also joked about Dolezal appearing to appropriate other people's pain. "You might also ask, perhaps more appropriately: 'If being black is such a sweet deal, why are millions of white people ignoring this once in a lifetime opportunity?'" | US satirist Jon Stewart He also joked about Dolezal appearing to appropriate other people's pain. "You might also ask, perhaps more appropriately: 'If being black is such a sweet deal, why are millions of white people ignoring this once in a lifetime opportunity?'" |
| There is an ongoing discussion about race in the US after a spate of deaths involving young black men at the hands of police. Protests have sprung up in cities such as Baltimore and Ferguson at racial inequality. | There is an ongoing discussion about race in the US after a spate of deaths involving young black men at the hands of police. Protests have sprung up in cities such as Baltimore and Ferguson at racial inequality. |
| Dolezal has since given an interview acknowledging that her racial identity is "complicated", but confirming that she does "identify as black". | Dolezal has since given an interview acknowledging that her racial identity is "complicated", but confirming that she does "identify as black". |
| Speaking on the Today programme, she added: "I don’t put on a black face as a performance. I have a huge issue with black face. This is not mockery." | Speaking on the Today programme, she added: "I don’t put on a black face as a performance. I have a huge issue with black face. This is not mockery." |
| Dolezal also said she has felt non-white from a young age. "I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon, and black curly hair," she said. | Dolezal also said she has felt non-white from a young age. "I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon, and black curly hair," she said. |