On Tuesday’s New Day, CNN’s Michaela Pereira criticized former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal for her false narrative about her race: “To a lot of people, it’s as though she’s just appropriating a lifestyle, a culture, a racial identity. And the fact is, she’s told a lot of lies about other things.” [video below]

Pereira and Chris Cuomo both countered their co-anchor Alisyn Camerota, who gushed over Dolezal’s interview on NBC’s Today: “What a fascinating conversation! I mean, this is mind-blowing; and, of course, provocative stuff. Isn’t it interesting…to live in a time when people are identifying themselves – I think of Bruce Jenner with transgendered issues – and now, her with transracial issues . . . they identify themselves as different than as we see them. That’s an interesting proposition.”

The three CNN hosts gave their take on the Dolezal issue immediately after their morning show played an extended clip from the NBC interview. Camerota first gave her “fascinating” and “interesting” reaction to the controversial figure. Pereira replied that Jenner and Dolezal were “very different,” and continued with her “appropriating a lifestyle” contention about the former NAACP leader.

Source: Matthew Balan, http://newsbusters.org