DelusionalGaga 29,734 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Rachel Dolezal, the former president of NAACP’s Spokane, Washington, chapter who was outed as a white woman pretending to be black, is facing felony charges of welfare fraud, perjury and false verification for public assistance. Dolezal came to national attention in 2015 after her family revealed she’d been presenting herself as a black woman for years, even though they said she was born white. At the time, Dolezal was president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP and worked as a part-time instructor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University. The revelation forced Dolezal to resign from the NAACP. She also stopped teaching at EWU. In 2016, Dolezal, a mother of three, officially changed her name to Nkechi Diallo, though she still uses her former name on her art website and social media pages. Washington state’s Department of Social and Health Services began investigating Dolezal in March 2017 after learning that Dolezal, who was receiving public assistance from the department, had published a book. The investigator found that Dolezal’s book publisher typically offers contracts that include payments of $10,000 to $20,000 ― but a review of her records revealed that she’d only reported an income of $300 per month in the form of gifts from friends, according to court documents published by KHQ-TV. The Spokane County prosecutor’s office accused Dolezal of being overpaid a total of $8,847 for food assistance and child care assistance from the state’s Department of Social and Health Services between Aug. 1, 2015, and Nov. 30, 2017. During that period, according to the investigation, an estimated $83,924.96 had been deposited into Dolezal’s bank account in monthly installments. If convicted, Dolezal could face up to 15 years in prison. Despite the controversy surrounding her racial fabrication, Dolezal still identifies as a black woman. She wrote about her experience in an autobiography, In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World, and was featured in a Netflix documentary this year. full story: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b075ffae4b0568a8809a8c4?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imnotyourbabe10 6,120 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 She is the gif/meme that keeps on giving: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelir 573 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 She is a nut job. Nkechi Diallo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmar 22,808 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 46 minutes ago, DelusionalGaga said: a review of her records revealed that she’d only reported an income of $300 per month in the form of gifts from friends Ouch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumours 45,521 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 9 minutes ago, imnotyourbabe10 said: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling 31,703 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I actually just finished her book, and my opinion of her has changed. She is really intelligent and is ahead a lot of us when it comes to identity and race. Don’t judge a book by its cover. And be careful what media sources you trust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoogieWoogie 73 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 1 hour ago, DelusionalGaga said: review of her records revealed that she’d only reported an income of $300 per month in the form of gifts from friends, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 42 minutes ago, BoogieWoogie said: 1 hour ago, calmar said: Ouch I get less working a minimum wage job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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