Yikes. |
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/09/politics/elizabeth-warren-campaign-kickoff-massachusetts/index.html
highly intelligent and undeterred but a lot of hubris despite her past actions. hope she doesn't lecture us during her campaign. |
She just formally announced her candidacy. She is coming across as angry and relying totally on identity politics.
And I don't believe a word she says. Totally insincere. |
Ironically, her speech reminded of Trump, with all of the cynical populism. |
Agreed. |
She's an accomplished lecturer. |
She's a joke! And a liar. |
What a liar. |
I haven't read the entire thread and don't have time right now, but will later. I just have to say to the poster who wrote this post below that I really encourage her to speak with someone who has handled mixed-race adoption issues about her family's situation. It can be very harmful to a child who is clearly not White to have no support from the adopted family as he develops his own racial identity, which he'll have to do as he grows into adulthood. He has a heritage that is literally carried in his body that has nothing to do with the heritage that your family is giving him. Please don't do things that make him feel you don't recognize and love that part of him too.
And this is a separate but related point. Anybody who doesn't look completely White to other White people will face some form of racial discrimination at some point. It might be just that some guy at the store is rude to him for no good reason, that some kid's parents will discourage her from dating him, or that somebody considering hiring him might not think he'll fit in with the rest of the team. Whether you or he choose it or like it, this is a reality and will remain so for hopefully not much longer but likely throughout his lifetime. Please prepare him for this and help him work through how he can best move through life despite this. "PP here. His heritage is white English speaking American. Cultural heritage is what defines us. Once in a while I run into people who ask if he speaks the language of his birth country. They somehow think a baby will speak that language through its DNA. So weird. I don't think anyone would have criticized Warren for identifying as white or would have said she had turned her back on her Native American culture. Anyone who says those things does not understand how culture affects identity. You don't just "feel Native American" somehow. " - Clearly not white mother of a mixed race child |
She sounds so pathetic. |
I am as white as you can imagine, with blue eyes and natural blond hair. It wasn't just some guy at the store. It was a lot of guys and gals in many stores in several places across this country rude to me for no good reason. My boyfriend's parents discouraged him from dating me. And I was denied a job many many time (my field is highly saturated). Are telling me that this reality will stop for people of other races but will continue for whites? |