A DNA test doesn’t say who you are. But when you say that you are “a person of color”, ‘a Cherokee”, “a Native American”, “a Delaware”, and your parents were discriminated against for being half-breed, and you were brought up with an “Indian culture”, then a DNA test along with testimony of your relatives can determine if your statement is true. Warren’s statement is clearly false, even when you give her every benefit of the doubt. She is lying and she benefits from that lie.
Warren could do what many of us do. We don’t tell our employers what our minority ethnic make-up is. We don’t say we are Swedish American on promotional material. We know that being white is a negative when we are looking for a job. But Warren chose a different path than almost all white Americans. And her actions brought this on. She got jobs, kept her safety in jobs (no one fires an American Indian if they can help it), promoted her appearances, and her institution, Harvard, promoted themselves by hiring her. While Harvard may say that her ethnic background did not matter, it clearly does. This is an institution that promotes its diverse staff. They are even being sued for racism with regard to their student selection. And they don’t deny it either. They say reverse racism is ok. So its hard to believe that Warren would have gotten her job at Harvard. She was in know way unique, unless you say that she got her job through nepotism because of her husband.
The reality is that Harvard promotes diversity above all else. And their understanding of diversity is race and gender. They give the most highly sought after diplomas to the best people of color they can find. They offer the most sought after education positions in the country, to people of color. So when Warren takes one of those positions because she lied on her resume, she is taking the position from a person of color. AND WHEN HARVARD PROMOTES HER AS A PERSON OF COLOR THEY, THEMSELVES ARE APPROPRIATING OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT REALLY DO HAVE A DIVERSE STAFF. Harvard is just as culpable as Warren is.
Excellent post. Thank you.