tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5232859630809553862..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Harvard reported Warren as NativeRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-59692024533911888042012-05-29T12:36:06.254-07:002012-05-29T12:36:06.254-07:00Again, even if she did, I don't think anyone w...Again, even if she did, I don't think anyone would care if it weren't for her politics. It's like when Hillary said her great-great-great-great-great-grandmother was black, and her great-grandmother was Jewish. It gets to trivial points. Bill, for his part, has a great-great-great-great-grandmother who was Cherokee.<br /><br />Most white people exploit such points if they can, though. If they can find an Indian in their family (usually a "princess"), they'll mention her. Why? Because they think it'll help them. But they just have to compete with over nine thousand other wannabes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-78715018434865265442012-05-29T12:08:55.039-07:002012-05-29T12:08:55.039-07:00There is a part of this story that hasn't been...There is a part of this story that hasn't been quite fleshed out yet, although this article kind of touches on it when it discusses the phenomenon of "box checking." But the fact is, to have box checkers you have to look at the deeper issue. In other words, why do people check the box in the first place? Here is the deal: many American families pass along Indian - and, especially "Cherokee" - blood claims over generations and some modern descendants believe them wholeheartedly. So, it isn't necesssarily that they are lying. They have formed a pseudo-identity that can only be expressed by checking a box, since the family stories do not necessarily represent any real tribal affiliation or identity. Indian identity for the average "box cheker" is as simple as hearing a relative tell you about your supposed "Indian blood." That is the problem. Most of these blood myths are actually exaggerated or not true at all. Yet, for them, it is simply asserting what the family told them. They don't realize that being a Native American it is a political and cultural affiliation that runs a lot deeper than simply checking a box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com