Self identifying as having an Indian heritage due to what her family told her, played no part in her being accepted to any university nor in her employment. Her apology was to the Cherokee Nation after she had a DNA test to verify whether or not she had Indian blood. There was a small bit of DNA evidence that could be Indian, but it was not conclusive. That is why she apologized to the Cherokee nation.
The truth about her education and jobs is here, as stated by those universities (I posted this on another thread about this):
It was Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown who first brought up Warren’s ancestry. She ran against him and defeated him in 2012 and became the Senator from Massachusetts. He was using any untruths he could to stop her winning over him. The truth of this is below, exactly what Harvard said and other universities said.
At that time, 'the Boston Globe newspaper reported that interviews and documents show the issue was not considered by Harvard Law faculty or those who admitted the now U.S. senator from Massachusetts to law school at Rutgers or to jobs at The University of Houston, The University of Texas, and the University of Pennsylvania "
From Harvard at that time:
"She was not on the radar screen at all in terms of a racial minority hire," Randall, Kennedy, a law professor who was in charge of recruiting minority candidates to Harvard Law School, told the Globe. "It was just not an issue. I can't remember anybody ever mentioning her in this context."
“The Globe reports that it examined hundreds of documents, many of them never before available, and talked to 31 law school professors from that period at Harvard. All but one said her Native American heritage was not discussed as part of the decision to hire her. One said he was unsure if the issue came up, but if it did, had no bearing on his vote.â€
At that time, "Warren posted on her website documents related to her job and school applications and again asserted that her heritage played no role in her career advancement."
On that thread I said my family history was the same as hers - what we had been told by family. Hers was Cherokee and mine was Choctaw. We believed what our family said.
This article says "Ms. Warren, who is as white as Ivory Snow...". I am also "white as Ivory Snow". That is because my mother's family was 100% English and my father was English, except for the small amount of Choctaw blood in him.
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