Tribes Blast ‘Wannabe’ Native American Professor

Daily Beast ^ | 07.11.15 | Samantha Allen

[jacquej]

My g-g-grandmother, too, was a Choctaw, and I don’t go around claiming to be a Choctaw.

[onedoug]

I began to think of myself as a South Vietnamese Provincial Reconnaissance Unit operative named Thai Quang Tae...before the Army sent me back to The World.

PTSD. That was it. Where’s my crazed veteran’s pension?

[I want the USA back]

Minority Privilege passes through DNA. Injustices done to ancestors are passed down through your blood line. so that successive generations can claim government-certified Victim Status and claim the myriad benefits that are available.

Identifying with a particular victim group is not good enough. If you have White ancestry you have inherited genes that prevent you from obtaining Victim Status. You will forever be a government-certified Oppressor and will have to spend the rest of your life working to send money to the Victims.

[mistfree]

What in He!! is “history of consciousness”? Was she unconscious at the time?

[Capt. Tom]

This is confusing. Liz Warren claims to be Native American. This Andrea Smith claims to be Cherokee and that other white woman claims to be African American. What the heck is going on here?

Nothing that today's DNA tests couldn't unscramble. -tom -tOM

[fieldmarshaldj]

If Fauxcahontas had a daughter...

[Gamecock]

Ping!

[RnMomof7]

Exactly ...if she wants to be a Native American ...who are any of us to deny that ?

[SunkenCiv]

In a blog post on Thursday night, Smith maintained that she is Cherokee, that she has "consistently identified [herself] based on what [she] knew to be true," and that "[t]here have been innumerable false statements made about [her] in the media." On June 30, research analyst and Cherokee genealogist David Cornsilk confirmed to The Daily Beast that he analyzed Smith's genealogy at her request twice in the 1990s, finding no evidence of Cherokee ancestry either time. In response to Smith's latest claim, Cornsilk again told The Daily Beast that she is not Cherokee and challenged her to share her ancestry publicly if she continues to label herself as Cherokee. In her statement, Smith did not list any specific media statements that she feels are false nor did she offer evidence to refute the claims that she is not Cherokee. As was the case with The Daily Beast's original report, Smith did not respond to request for comment.

If she were not in fear of dismissal from her do-nothing academic job, she'd have something to show, such as a genealogy or DNA test results. She doesn't. The U of C Riverside needs to suspend her with pay, investigate everything (starting with interviewing Cornsilk and looking at his work), then require her to substantiate her ridiculous claim or be fired.

[GOPJ]

I ‘self identify’ as a bird...

I’ll sue anyone who disagrees ... it’s a civil rights issue and only haters would object.

I’m a bird. I’ve always been a bird and I will always be a bird.

[NorthMountain]

I self identify as a Martian.