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Elevating victimhood

Straight white male victims of identity politics are speaking out about their fear of speaking out

4 July 2015

9:00 AM

4 July 2015

9:00 AM

The latest bubble of gas to arise from the identity politics cauldron is the case of US civil rights activist and blackface method actress Rachel Dolezal. The story of a woman who grew up as one thing and then successfully reinvented herself as a different thing, backed up by a fabricated personal history, has generated much consternation over the elusive concept of ‘race’, and much speculation over Dolezal’s mental state.

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