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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who has sat on faculty hiring committees, I think Elizabeth Warren is not being truthful when she says she never benefitted from checking the American Indian box.

I could check that box but I don't. I have always identified as white and have not faced the discrimination that historically plagued Indians where I come from. I personally don't think it's right to game the system like this, and that's what you're proposing. If your kid has always identified as white, never faced discrimination, and does not have a family history of the social ills that trouble many families with Indian ancestry, I think you're subverting the purpose of affirmative action.[/quote]

Totally agree. I can only imagine how NAs feel about this. I would be supremely annoyed if people were claiming 1/8 or 1/16th of African blood in order to check the "AA/Black" box if they were raised and identify as another race otherwise. I remember as a young teen, there was a guy who was aware of my granddad's NA ancestry (registered) who urged me to apply for a CDIB card so that I could qualify for scholarships later. *smh* [/quote]

You must be special indeed.  The OP said her children had NA heritage (and you wonder how OTHER Native Americans "feel about this?").  Not only that, you judge someone for honestly identifying the NA heritage of her children, evidently presuming You know what colleges REALLY want. Judge not lest you be judged.

To top it off, you drag out old Jim Crow era "blood tests" --- you are a perfect example of why all  legal racial discrimination should end.  [/quote]
Take a breath honey. OP also said that the kids had never in their lives checked the NA box. One reasonable conclusion is that OP wants to have them do it now for college admissions advantage. That seems to be the debate here:  some think it's fine, so think it's the only "honest" thing to do. Others, like pp here, are left shaking her head. [/quote]

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