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Holy shit. I agree with you.

I guess even a retard will eventually make a good point if he never stops posting.
I also agree, but this isn't the main point.

I wouldn't have cared if she considered herself "part Native American" as long as she acknowledged that it was a really tiny part of her ancestry, and didn't exploit it for personal/career gain.

Officially changing one's race to Native American at your place of employment is a different story. That's indeed exploiting a miniscule/inconsequential portion of your ancestry to falsely claim "minority" status and gain some kind of undeserved victim/nonwhite cred.

That part is where I have the biggest issue.

If Warren had simply stuck to the claim that she was a tiny bit Native American, but took it no further than just giving it an occasional mention, I'd give her a pass. This speaks a lot about her character.

However, whenever I bring this up, her leftist fans just keep throwing Trump back in my face.

Does Trump lie? Yes.

What do I think of Trump's character? It's not good.

Is Trump probably a worse person than Warren? Yes.

Does this make Warren any better? No.


I find it hypocritical that the left, who constantly claims to be on the side of oppressed minorities, is mostly not bothered that one of their leading Presidential candidates is a Caucasian who basically faked being a minority in order to advance her academic reputation.
She clearly said she had distant ancestors, and yes she did chose to 'self identify' or be self identified as Native American. In my opinion she did this to further her career, or use it for some sort of gain. But my opinion is conjecture of course.

It's a distant ancestral link and perhaps she shouldn't have identified as NA, but is it our business to judge at what point one should be entitled to self identify with an ancestral past?

I really don't think there's much of a story here, even if she directly used it for financial gain as long as she broke no laws.