“Exploring the Mind and Intent of Rachel Dolezal”

Rachel Dolezal

 “Exploring the Mind and Intent of Rachel Dolezal”

(How can you trust someone who wants to be you?)

By Glenn Peppers                                                                              June 15, 2015

So here is the crime (if there be any crime at all). Pretending to be a Black Woman! Although what Rachel Dolezal did may appear to be harmless, I think that had this been done by someone with a more nefarious intent, depending upon the organization that person belonged to, great harm could come to that business or association in which that person is affiliated with! 

For that person could easily have infiltrated, and clandestinely undermined and taken apart, bit by bit any company, or corporation at will from the inside out!

Dolezal with braids

Think about it. Speaking realistically, Rachel Dolezal was the proverbial fly on the wall! Had she been the type of person to sling a monkey wrench into the well intended workings of that branch of the Spokane, Washington NAACP, she could easily have done so, no problem! 

What if she belonged to any other supposedly self contained black association. Say for instance, The Black Panthers? And by the way, weren't they in fact basically destroyed and/or infiltrated and disbanded in just such a way as this?

This kind of thing Dolezal's executed could actually be the perfect subterfuge! A means to destroy any movement from its very core if necessary! Although I don't think this was Rachel Dolezal's goal at all. 

Still you have to think that this would be the perfect Human Trojan Horse senerio! As hard as it is to keep and maintain black organizations together without outside forces coming against them. Suddenly, and out of the blue, in subtle blackface, stylish braids and curls, we have the likes of one, Rachel Dolezal heading up a well respected branch of the NAACP. And in the guise of a Black Woman no doubt! Well Imagine that!

So what do we do about something such as this? Is Rachel Dolezal just another adoring white person craving melanin, full lips and Video Vixen Butt Injections? Or was and is she imparting some pretty slick undermining tactics from a high up position at the helm and seat of power? Power reserved for those within the black community! 

Dolezal held a position traditionally seated mainly by blacks to help bring about change, racial tolerance, justice and equality. Although whites do actually belong to the many NAACP branches across the country, there's sort of an, “Ah-Ha, I fooled you!” sneakiness involved in someone playing the role of a black person who is in charge of any NAACP in America. 

The thought of anyone emerging, and then outing themselves as being someone who they are not is very unsettling! In short, what you’re dealing with is someone who has lied to you, and someone who has deceived you! Its like meeting that one beautiful woman, and finding out at the end of the evening that that she is a man! I don't know about you, but most guys would be thoroughly pissed!

So what was Rachel Dolezal in fact doing at the NAACP? Could she have been misguiding or misleading things? Could she have been infiltrating things from within, or informing the various white supremacist groups of African american social and civic plans and intentions; and/or dismantling things unbeknownst to group members, or other people of color. I still find this somewhat disturbing when I really think about it. 

To be honest, you wouldn't have any reason not to trust her. Therefore she'd go about her everyday duties at the NAACP completely unobstructed, and unquestioned. To the many people around her who naturally assumed on a heart to heart, and soul to soul level, Rachel Dolezal shared their True Black, Real Life Experiences. 

An experience that comes from personal and generational long-suffering of the soul, coupled with a deep seeded longing for freedom! A longing that cannot be faked or contrived! 

Just like those who commit Stolen Valor, or in other words, fake being military personnel. Faking the color and cultural strides of people of color is one thing; but Faking the Burden is a whole other thing! The Burden is something you just can't fake! Being black is something you can't play up on and just relate to, if its not apart of you. 

In being black, you'll feel that stain of generational injustice passed down onto you. You'll sense that long distance ache of ancestral mistreatment, and feel the inner scars of the human soul that cannot be felt or portrayed by simply wearing ones hair in curls, or darkening one's skin tone! 

Believe me when I tell you that in being black, the wounds run much deeper than any cosmetic application can bring about! Being black is all a matter of soul! And not James Brown or Isaac Hayes’ Hot Buttered type of Soul! 

When you are born black in america, and are ancestrally linked to Africa byway of the middle passage. You almost automatically hear the drumbeat inside your soul, longing to be free from tyranny and oppression. Being black will show itself in your eyes as you crave peace and freedom! 

Liberty is a hunger that will sting you, and smolder inside you like the guttural gnawing pangs of starvation. Liberty can't wait to settle on your person so that your spirit can rest! Until this happens, we will not rest! This yarning is ceaseless! We wait, day by day. Minute by minute! For we know that one day, freedom will come. This longing is the part of being black that cannot be faked! 

Glenn Peppers