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   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: m@l.mal   
      
   On Thu, 31 May 2012 16:26:31 -0400, Barry Bruyea   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 31 May 2012 13:15:51 -0700, Lamont Cranston  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 5/31/2012 2:11 PM, Mal wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren acknowledged for the   
   >>> first time late Wednesday night that she told Harvard University and   
   >>> the University of Pennsylvania that she was Native American   
   >>>   
   >>> Warren’s statement is her first acknowledgment that she identified   
   >>> herself as Native American to the Ivy League schools.   
   >>>   
   >>> When the issue first surfaced last month, Warren said she only learned   
   >>> Harvard was claiming her as a minority when she read it in the Boston   
   >>> Herald.   
   >>   
   >>There is no inconsistency in the two statements, nor is any of this   
   >>important.   
   >   
   >   
   >The real question is; did she receive any special consideration   
   >because she had Native American heritage?  If she didn't, then you are   
   >right, it's not important.  Notwithstanding any of this, lying doesn't   
   >seem to matter anymore, especially give the vice-president lied on his   
   >resume when he first ran for office.  It sure as hell hasn't hurt him.   
      
      
   To estimate special consideration, we should ask to what degree was   
   her supposed minority status important to these institutions.  In   
   other words, how important is race to liberal universities in general?   
      
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