Elizabeth Warren Claimed as a Diversity Hire by Harvard has No Proof of Being a Native American
Elizabeth Warren said yesterday she is “proud” of her Native American heritage and indicated she had no problem with Harvard Law School using her roots to claim her as a diversity hire, but her campaign still could not produce documents proving her lineage.
“I am very proud of my Native American heritage, thank you,” said Warren when asked if she disapproved of the school counting her as a minority woman on the faculty. “These are my family stories ... This is our lives and I am very proud of that.”
The Herald reported yesterday that Harvard Law School officials listed Warren as Native American in the ’90s, when the school was under fierce fire for their faculty’s lack of diversity.
Warren, who will likely face off with U.S. Sen. Scott Brown this fall, said she didn’t know the school has counted her as a minority faculty member until “I read it on the front page of the Herald.”
Her campaign said yesterday it is still working to produce documents proving that the 62-year-old Oklahoma native, whose maiden name is Herring, is a descendent of the Delaware and Cherokee tribes.
Chris Miller, a secretary with the Delaware Tribe in Oklahoma, said he could not find Elizabeth Herring or Elizabeth Warren listed in the tribe’s official records.
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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/04/28 22:56:57
If only Elizabeth Warren got the underlying message of the Boston Tea Party instead of the dressing up like Indians part...
I could be wrong on the 1/32 figure . If I am please correct me .
One of the problems with affirmative action is people claiming some ancestry without experiencing any of the issue that many of that ancestry may have faced. I assume that Warren is correct but it seems rather sad for her to claim the status if she never lived on a reservation or in a Native American community.
"Full of Bull" Herring of the Red Herring Tribe.
Liberals take advantage of situations that benefit them, lie and distort the truth and then attack Conservative Capitalists for succeeding with no assistance.
Hypocrites? You betcha!
Delaware and Cherokee, seems quite a bit of traveling to find a spouse back then.
Kind of an Oprah moment.
Oprah claimed to be descended from slaves. So as part of the slave DNA project, Oprah provided a sample for the data registry.
It seems that she was Zulu by blood.
For the younger generation.
The 'Bad Ass' Zulus didn't take kindly to Moslem Arab slave traders and that means it was highly unlikely Oprah was engaging in a bit of social climbing.
“There is something you should understand about the way I work. Even though you never needed me and do not want me, then I must stay. Even though you do not want me and never needed me, I will never go”.