Posted on 07/07/2015 3:31:10 AM PDT by lowbridge
Just a few weeks after Rachel Dolezal transfixed the nation with her bogus claims to black heritage, yet another professor stands accused of falsely claiming a different racial identity to advance her career.
Andrea Smith, a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California at Riverside, has started to draw attention in the wake of the Dolezal incident from those who say she has for years falsely claimed to have Cherokee blood. The case is arguably much more significant, though, because while Dolezal was a relatively undistinguished academic at Eastern Washington University, Smith is recognized as a significant scholar in her field. She routinely appears as a featured scholar at major events and has written books that were well-received by her colleagues (though others may question the broader worth of works like Conquest: Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide).
Her career has largely been defined by her supposed American Indian identity. Besides her academic work, she also helped create the organization INCITE!, which describes itself as a collection of “radical feminists of color.” She’s also been active in the Indian group Women of All Red Nations (WARN).
But according to many, Smith’s Cherokee identity is a complete sham. Much of the attack on Smith is coming from an anonymous, but well-sourced, Tumblr blog,Andrea Smith Is Not A Cherokee. She has also been called out in The Daily Beast.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Not Fauxcahontas or Ward Churchill?
Just how many fake Indians getting the benefit of the demonrat party are there?
Is anybody really anything anymore. What next Caitlyn Jenner is a man?
In a jar, on her desk.
We're the Hekawi.
This is how White could pretend to be a minority and that they were discriminated by racist Whites
Check her CDIB card. Although many Americans with AmerIndian ancestry have no proof of tribal membership, to get Indian preference or to get federal help you are supposed to have it verified.
Are they precluded by law in considering whether a liar has merit?
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren was not available for comment.
And how about lip-synching in a half-breed video? How fake is that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6E98ZRaU1s
Trans-indian.
Beige must be the new red.
how?
Brilliant!
Her Cherokee name is “Dances With Lies”
This Andrea Smith shouldn’t worry. Even though she’s been outed, if she plays her cards right, she could still end up in the Senate.
Ouch! My eyes!!!
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