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Kumail Nanjiani's explanation of racism in Elizabeth Warren's case needs a little work

Conservatives have asked it plenty of times already, and we’ll ask it again: when are the same people calling “Pocahontas” a racial slur when applied to Elizabeth Warren ever going to address the process by which the senator got that nickname (or better yet, Fauxcahontas) in the first place?

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Actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani weighed in on President Trump’s jab Monday:

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/935265715946434560

https://twitter.com/UnrealElijah/status/935642865371373573

Hang on, though … so is Nanjiani confirming that Elizabeth Warren is actually part Cherokee? Because to a lot of people, it looked like Trump was calling a white woman by the name of a famous Native American woman.

https://twitter.com/ent_man_/status/935643807420485634

https://twitter.com/Coutsey/status/935587420703145984

https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/935642400185298946

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https://twitter.com/problemwthat/status/935574202798632960

https://twitter.com/NebulaeObscura/status/935302675058569217

So it’s racist to call any white person “Hitler,” right?

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https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/935641859581292544

https://twitter.com/lydiamalone00/status/935647988394979328

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