@aurabogado “Native American.” She attributed it in part to students checking “native american” meaning: I was born in the U.S.
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@nanaslugdiva Wow. That's stunning!
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@aurabogado anecdotally, I know two folks who did it. Both were middle class white men claiming they needed AA so they did this. -
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@aurabogado I heard some woman from Massachusetts did it too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado A colleague just spoke w/ me about this -- explains why so many AmIn students are 'accepted' v. who shows up to their 1st day.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado I don't know anyone personally who's done it. I've only ever heard stories about friends of friends.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado what advantage they were seeking, but with a segment of White folks, I suppose any adv is one worth having.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado trying to claim some weird advantage. I went to a public college that was not HIGHLY competitive. Not clear whatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado which is one of the reason she always used to identify as “American Indian.” OTOH…I think it was nefarious. I think some wereThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado more than half of the students she called did not understand why they were being called and said “what?” when she mentionedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado they were adjusting to campus. Offer support and recs for resources. Note: I went to college in the late 1980s.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado talk to her a lot. At some point around October, she decided to call all the American Indian students on the phone to see howThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado I'd heard it speculated on a~s a nefarious thing someone might do/have done "so and so claimed to be native" but just as rumor.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado was on American Indian/Native American recruitment and student persistence. I was a student worker in the office and would talkThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado it is COMMON. let me tell you a story. at my undergraduate institution, they hired an administrator/staff person whose focusThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado I knew a guy who would actually have qualified but bc he grew up "white", didn't feel he should say he's Native on apps.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado Couldn't say, but as an amateur genealogist, I know it's fairly common for native ancestry to be claimed when no basis in fact.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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