Emil Guillermo: Rachel Dolezal, Dylann Roof, and Father’s DayPosted in Articles, Census/Demographics, Law, Media Archive, Passing, United States on 2015-06-21 02:38Z by Steven |
Emil Guillermo: Rachel Dolezal, Dylann Roof, and Father’s Day
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
2015-06-20
Rachel Dolezal nearly wrecked everyone’s Father’s Day.
You don’t often see a daughter outed so publicly by her white father for passing as an African American, but I guess post-racial filial love isn’t necessarily unconditional.
I admit to being somewhat sympathetic of Rachel D., at first. The Census, our demographic standard, is, after all, a “you are what you say you are” proposition. You can self-identify to your heart’s content. No one is going to enforce a “one drop rule,” like they did in Virginia for hundreds of years to keep marriage a segregated institution.
But Dolezal’s “no drop” rule can also be problematic. And when her family’s outing her became like a reality show audition, leave it to the black man whom she called dad, Albert Wilkerson, to bring things back to earth. “There are bigger issues in this country to be discussing,” he told People magazine. “[But] I’m not going to throw her under the bus.”
Now that’s the kind of love you’ll only find from a real, though fake, “Dad.”…
Read the entire article here.