It almost as if we’ve heard this story somewhere before, but we can’t quite place it. According to the New York Times Magazine, Andrea Smith, a prominent academic, was found to have faked her Cherokee ancestry even after calling out white feminists for co-opting her Native culture. She’s been exposed, but still, her career in academia continues to thrive — how is that possible?
Andrea Smith, a prominent academic, was once called “an icon of Native American feminism.” She called out white feminists for co-opting Native identities. She has since been exposed for faking her Cherokee ancestry. Why has her career continued to thrive?https://t.co/PxImCpXxBK
— NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) May 25, 2021
We’re stumped.
How does this keep happening
— Waltz of the 101st Bloodborne (@antitractionist) May 25, 2021
It is indeed a mystery
— non podhoretz (@crookedroads770) May 25, 2021
Shocked. Pic unrelated tryna delte pic.twitter.com/Jw02Rzq5Hv
— Islamo-leftist (@EngelsFreddie) May 25, 2021
Wow, what kind of person would do such a thing? Picture unrelated pic.twitter.com/Z7EjgYTFFy
— Curtis 🐿 (@FowlCurtis) May 25, 2021
'She now intends to contribute to a cook book, and run for Massachusetts senate..'
— Judge_Holden_fiddler (@FiddlerJudge) May 25, 2021
Pow Wow Chow?
— Randy Hendrickson (@drombit) May 26, 2021
You endorsed Liz Warren lmao
— Himbostradamus (@himbostradamus) May 25, 2021
You endorsed Elizabeth Warren.
— Wade Wallace (@wadehwallace) May 25, 2021
You endorsed Warren, Harvard’s first Native prof
— Wuhan Pokemon Fan Club (@kellyclarksus) May 26, 2021
You worked for a company that endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president. pic.twitter.com/YHJdiAnJpx
— FKA Twink 🌹 (@SilliestVester) May 25, 2021
Didn’t y’all…..never mind
— austin lawhead (@austinlawhead_) May 26, 2021
🐍
— John (@Skagaritaville) May 25, 2021
And after all the work you’ve done to promote the careers of real native Americans like Elizabeth Warren
— Seth L. Sanders 🍉🍉🍉 (@SethLSanders) May 26, 2021
This woman has done a lot of damage to real native american feminists such as Liz Warren
— CitizenVelo (@Citizenvelo) May 26, 2021
It's always the Cherokee
— Cameron (@Achmed_Crona) May 25, 2021
— James Gunndam (@godirectly) May 25, 2021
Everyone trying to compare this woman to Liz Warren clearly didn't read the article. Andrea Smith had her family researched in the 90's and knew since then she wasn't Cherokee, but kept saying she was anyway. Way, way, way worse.
— r 💗💜💙↙️↙️↙️ (@spicemustflooow) May 25, 2021
Lol Warren did the exact same shit.
— Meretricious Profligacy (@MeretriciousPro) May 26, 2021
Warren took a victory lap in the media after a DNA test found she had as much Native American ancestry as any American plucked off the street at random.
Is this your way of endorsing Andrea Smith 2024?
— Gabe 🏴🚩 (@GabeLight) May 26, 2021
I hope Andrea sees this: pic.twitter.com/01SfL89HPx
— Terese Mailhot (@TereseMarieM) May 25, 2021
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'Can't make it up': Elizabeth Warren featured speaker on #DNC2020 Native American Caucus livestream https://t.co/Kcoq4zyxjQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 19, 2020
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