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   From: m@l.mal   
      
   Imagine if a Republican candidate claimed, confidently, that she was   
   part Native American. Imagine if she had actually used that identity   
   to have herself listed as a minority at Harvard, qualifying her for   
   special treatment and celebration as proof of how diverse and   
   progressive her department is. Imagine if, many years later, it turned   
   out that her claims to Native heritage were dubious and, when pressed   
   for proof, she offered her “high cheekbones.” Oh, and she once   
   contributed a recipe to a Native American cookbook called “Pow Wow   
   Chow” (that may even have been plagiarised).   
      
   Chances are, that Republican candidate would be hounded night and day   
   by the press, branded a racist and probably be winding down her   
   political career. Right now, she’d be sitting by the phone, praying   
   for a call from the producers of Celebrity Apprentice (gotta pay the   
   mortgage on that wigwam somehow).   
      
   The incredible thing is that all this has happened to a Democratic   
   senatorial candidate called Elizabeth Warren. And not only has she   
   been given a pass by her party, which normally treats race with the   
   respect it deserves, but also by the mainstream media. Last night she   
   was chatting with Chris Matthews on MSNBC and Matthews failed to   
   mention the scandal once. If there’s any one reason why Democrats and   
   liberals aren't showing the expected anger about this, it’s because   
   their section of the media has declined to discuss it.   
      
   http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100165458/elizabeth   
   warrens-native-american-claims-if-she-was-a-republican-the-media   
   would-call-her-a-racist/   
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