Elizabeth Warren took a DNA test and she is 1/512th Native American and questions linger whether the DNA test proves her “Cherokee heritage.”
Warren portrayed herself for decades as someone she was not. When she arrived at Harvard she was lauded by colleagues as a “minority hire” and she listed herself on the legal directory, reviewed by deans and hiring committees, as a “minority.” She allowed herself to be listed as a “minority faculty member” at the University of Pennsylvania and after being hired by Harvard she was praised as the school’s “first woman faculty member of color.”
The Harvard Crimson, during Warrens tenure reported that a Harvard Law spokesperson revealed that “of 71 current law school professors and assistant professors, 11 are women, five are black, one is Native American and one is Hispanic.” Interesting.
Warren contributed to a Native American cookbook entitled “Pow Wow Chow” and she plagiarized, claiming credit for recipes that were taken directly from a famous French chef; declaring that they were handed down “generation after generation” from her Native American “great, great, great grandmother” who was full-blooded Cherokee.
Ironically, Warren’s blood ancestor Jonathan Crawford was a member of the Tennessee Militia responsible for rounding up Cherokees as part of the “Trail of Tears.”
High cheekbones and tall tales aside, this speaks volumes about Warren’s character and exposes her as an opportunist and fabricator. She took advantage of affirmative action opportunities designed for those who are now very deeply offended by her creative claims.
BILL BUNKER
Barnstead