So what do y'all think of Rachel Dolezal?

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Good question? there is a term for this it's called "blackfishing" which has been used to label Dolezal and Krug
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46427180

But I again I don't agree with the African Americans who come up with these terms. The girls accused claim they are showing cultural appreciation and are not stealing anything. I tend to agree with the white girls here. On tik tok 90% of the white teens are dancing to hiphop and rap music because they like the music. It never made sense that if music/fashion is public then who gets to decide ownership especially if the African Americans are making money selling their clothing lines, hair braiding and music to white people who are keeping them in business? I think they are shooting themselves in the foot.

Dolezal and Krug were knowingly living a double life in terms of their identity and while Krug did commit academic fraud I do think Dolezal is actually appreciative of black culture and identity and should have been welcomed rather than be shunned (it technically goes against what Martin Luther King said about the goals of the African Americans to live in a society where they aspire not to be judged on the color of their skin.).

The only winners with making this abhorrent are white racists who always saw Dolezal and Krug as traitors and don't want their own children appreciating black culture.

Good question? there is a term for this it's called "blackfishing" which has been used to label Dolezal and Krug
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46427180

But I again I don't agree with the African Americans who come up with these terms. The girls accused claim they are showing cultural appreciation and are not stealing anything. I tend to agree with the white girls here. On tik tok 90% of the white teens are dancing to hiphop and rap music because they like the music. It never made sense that if music/fashion is public then who gets to decide ownership especially if the African Americans are making money selling their clothing lines, hair braiding and music to white people who are keeping them in business? I think they are shooting themselves in the foot.

Dolezal and Krug were knowingly living a double life in terms of their identity and while Krug did commit academic fraud I do think Dolezal is actually appreciative of black culture and identity and should have been welcomed rather than be shunned (it technically goes against what Martin Luther King said about the goals of the African Americans to live in a society where they aspire not to be judged on the color of their skin.).

The only winners with making this abhorrent are white racists who always saw Dolezal and Krug as traitors and don't want their own children appreciating black culture.

This is more common than I ever knew,but why, all or at least most are women.
What is the motive for all this.
Is it the hipness and popularity of hip hop culture?
Do these these people have in born identity issues?
It is money, affirmative action?

Honestly its hard to pin point one reason. But here's my theory.

One of the things those on the right bemoan is the "alleged" destruction of European culture and lack of appreciation of European history. In countries like American and Australia the blame is put on immigrants and media for diluting western and European values.

But the truth is that if you scratch the surface its not hard to see that younger people are hardly exposed to their roots by their own parents (that's where the blame starts). So of course they don't appreciate their actual identity other than superficial (like being white or being American). its pretty shallow and offers limited or no cultural identity.

So when exposed to other sub-cultures in America (be that Latino dance and food, transcendental meditation, bikram yoga, African-American fashion and music) all seem more vibrant and exciting than the boring old vanilla flavoured world they live in.

Let me get this straight. you're saying that a few years ago that it was the normal habit of all White Americans and White Australians listened to European opera, frequent museums to look at Rembrandt, and Picasso; and to read and discuss Shakespeare, and Wittgenstein; but they all suddenly stopped doing all of that when brown folks began to immigrate to those countries?

Its the fault of Central American bean pickers that we Americans have all gone lowbrow and dont consume European high culture anymore?