If you made a dubious claim to be black & I called you Sambo, it would be racist.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
If Scott Brown had made claim of Native American ancestry and was then called Squanto, most wouldn't consider that racist either.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
According to Elizabeth Warren's math, I'm already married to a Native American (my wife is 1/32 Cherokee).
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Replying to @MXTracy66 @HeerJeet
do you call her Pocahontas or squaw? why or why not?
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Pocahantas. The idea is to mock her claim of Native American heritage, not Native Americans. I hate Trump but Warren lied
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Replying to @MXTracy66 @matunos
2. Let's say someone based on false information claimed to be black. Is it okay to call her Aunt Jemima?
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That's a racial stereotype slur not a historical figure. Better example "nice going Rosa Parks"
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Replying to @MXTracy66 @matunos
This belief Warren's family (which includes some actual Native Americans) seems genuinely held.
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I think it was pretty clear she used it to further her career at expense of people who are more than 1/32 Native American
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No evidence of that.
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Said she never mentioned it until after she was full time at Harvard, yet Harvard knew of it when she was an adjunct.
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Replying to @MXTracy66 @HeerJeet
no evidence it was ever a consideration of her being hired. she had like 18 years teaching experience
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