First of all, damn. Even Vanilla Ice didn’t claim to BE black.

Second of all, “MY GIRL RACHEL”? No. No. No. She was maybe, by default, my people until her parents outed her as you people. (Yup, I said, “you people.”) We have officially changed the locks at the front entrance to the Black People Meeting. She can keep her Race Key Card as a souvenir, but it won’t work no more.

OK. I have a bunch of thoughts too, but first I’m going to go do my due diligence and actually read some of the now many, many articles about Ms. Dolezal …

Whew! I just did a quick, deep dive into The Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Guardian, CNN, The New York Times, Twitter, The Root, Colorlines, local Spokane television, Twitter, and my own Facebook page. And my conclusion is this is way deeper than black and white. Black and white is just the appetizer here. Something is going on with her and her family, and we should all just step back and let them handle it. (Of course I secretly hope part of them “handling it” involves them filming it and airing it on the E Network … or worst-case scenario, TLC).