The lapdog media have let Elizabeth “Running Joke” Warren skate on questions about her Cherokee heritage. Luckily we have intrepid blogger Ace of Spades to do the job the lapdoggies won’t. Ace Pow Wow Chowed down on Harvard Law’s first plagiarist woman of color and her claims of authentic Native American ancestry.
Fauxcahontas, meet tomahawk:
.@elizabethforma Do you believe the country is ready to accept a White Woman of Color for President?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Do you have words of advice for young Women of Color? Can you share with them some of your own travails?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma When someone makes disparaging comments about Native Americans, does it sting to know that they don't actually mean you?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Can you relate your most powerful memories of Native American culture that you saw on TV?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Can you explain your difficult choice in "outing" yourself as a Native American on your U. Penn application form?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Did Kevin Costner's adoption of Native American culture in Dances with Wolves inspire you?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma How come you no longer share your experiences as a Native American for five years? Do you fear bigotry?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Do you fret that by not sharing your experience as a Native American with other women of color, you're letting bigots win?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma What would you say more important for Minority Women like yourself to succeed? Is it 1, Courage, or 2, Being White?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma When did you come "out" to your parents as Native American?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Did your father blame himself? Did he worry he had let your play with face-paint as an impressionable child?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma When you told your husband you were Native American, was he supportive of your choice? Or did he laugh?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Did leaving Harvard "cure" you of your Native American ancestry? Do you believe it's a "choice"?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma What advice would you give to Women of Color frozen out of jobs, either due to bigotry or someone pretending to be one?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma What would you say to the Woman of Color who was next on the hiring list at UPenn? Do you feel like a trailblazer?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Should the Woman of Color on UPenn *almost* hired thank you for blazing the trail she didn't get to actually take?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Please explain how you feel about Whites 1, stealing land from the Indians, 2 stealing Tenured Positions.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Do you ever feel anger about the discrimination you never faced as a child or an adult?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Do you believe you broke the color barrier at Harvard? If so, which one?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Would you consider yourself "The Jackie Robinson of Fake Minority Hires"? Would you like a plaque?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Do you feel uncomfortable when you enter an all-white environment, such as your office at Harvard?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Would you agree racially-mixed marriages work best when both parties are white?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Do you feel bigotry stings all the more when bigots don't even know they should be bigoted against you?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma What diverse experience do you feel you bring to the Harvard faculty? Do you know how to find deals at Nordstrom's?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Would you agree that universities try to make their faculties and student bodies *look more like you*?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Will you fight to make sure that people who *look like you* are more represented in the academy and work force?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Will you help to enroll voters who *look like you*? Do you think people who *look like you" must make their voices heard?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma When you told the Tenure Committee at Harvard you were Native American, did you face 1 discrimination or 2 giggles?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
.@elizabethforma Did you ever think you'd live to see someone running for President who shares your racial heritage, like Mitt Romney?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
It’s funny because it’s true! No comment from the Warren camp, natch.
Ace’s rant was inspired by blogger Anne Sorock who has been working with Legal Insurrection to expose Lie-awatha’s sitting bull.
this riff was based on a question @AnneSorock asked her. I still want people to ask her this stuff.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
I mean @AnneSorock asked "Do you feel you're a Role Model for Women of Color like yourself?"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 8, 2012
Watch her confront Warren here:
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