Dave Chappelle said that Rachel Dolezal didn’t accomplish anything by pretending to be black.
Speaking during a graduation ceremony for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, the comedian talked about the NAACP chapter president whose parents outed her as white last week.
“The world’s become ridiculous. There’s a white lady posing as a black lady,” the 41-year-old said. “There is not one thing that woman accomplished that she couldn’t have done as a white woman. There’s no reason!”
Rachel Dolezal on the right, pictured with Marilyn Mosby. (Photo: Facebook)
“She just needed the braids! I don’t know what she was doing.” (SLIDESHOW: 10 Models Who Are Just As Black As Rachel Dolezal)
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But Chappelle said he won’t be incorporating any Dolezal jokes into his stand-up anytime soon.
“I’m probably not going to do any jokes about her or any references to her for awhile ’cause that’s going to be a lot of comedians doing a lot. And I’m sure her rebuttal will be illuminating. Like, once she’s had time to process it and kind of get her wind back and get her message together.” (RELATED: Rachel Dolezal Responds: ‘I Don’t Give Two S**ts What You Guys Think’)