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Jenny Kutner
Former NBA basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks during a panel discussion on race and sports, at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting Monday, June 23, 2014, in Dallas. (AP/LM Otero)

Joanna Rothkopf
Rachel Dolezal (KREM)

The Rachel Dolezal race debate

W. Kamau Bell, Adam Mansbach
Kristen Stewart (Reuters/Danny Moloshok)

Celebrities and coming out

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Brandon Coats, right, with his attorney, Michael Evans, left. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

Joanna Rothkopf
John Nienstedt (AP/Craig Lassig)

Jenny Kutner
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-183121p1.html'>Robert Kneschke</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Boomers and the middle class

Scott Timberg
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-96482p1.html'>Valeri Potapova</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
Dr. Keith Ablow (Fox News)

Fox's dumbest Dolezal take

Colin Gorenstein
(<a href='url to photographer'>Arman Zhenikeyev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
Rachel Dolezal (CNN)

Rachel Dolezal isn't Jenner

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Caitlyn Jenner (Vanity Fair/YouTube screenshot)

Jenny Kutner
John Oliver (HBO)

Oliver and Mirren on torture

Colin Gorenstein
(<a href='url to photographer'>Sinseeho</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Report: Your dog has your back

Joanna Rothkopf
Ruthanne and Lawrence Dolezal (TODAY)

Dolezal parents break silence

Colin Gorenstein
Rachel Dolezal in 2009, standing in front of a mural she painted at the Human Rights Education Institute's offices in Coeur d'Alene, idaho. (AP/Nicholas K. Geranios)

Dolezal support slipping

Salon Staff
Dave Chappelle (AP/Brad Barket)

Salon Staff

Joanna Rothkopf
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/CEFutcher#f9d1016'>Christopher Futcher</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

"Just be yourself" is nonsense

Jesse Browner
Rachel Dolezal (AP/Tyler Tjomsland)

Associated Press

Anna Pulley - Alternet
Rachel Dolezal in 2009, standing in front of a mural she painted at the Human Rights Education Institute's offices in Coeur d'Alene, idaho. (AP/Nicholas K. Geranios)

Salon Staff
Rebel Wilson, Melissa McCarthy, Gabourey Sidibe (AP/Evan Agostini/Richard Shotwell)

Back off, thinsplainers!

Harriet Brown, Sarai Walker
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-11095p1.html'>mikhail</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

I realized my faith was silly

Shulem Deen
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