Oh, so now the left is asking itself if @ewarren is a credible, ethical candidate? Really? Not when dozens of Cherokee scholars, genealogists and the Cherokee Nation itself rebuked her claims to Cherokee heritage? Not when she silenced Indigenous critics again and again?
Not when Cherokee scholars collaborated on a public syllabus to inform the public about her unethical claims? criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2018/12/1…
Not when @pollysgdaughter compiled extensive, rigorous, documentation of EW's white heritage? pollysgranddaughter.com/p/elizabeth-wa…
Not when @rebeccanagle clearly and concisely laid out how spurious and incredible EW's claims are? huffpost.com/entry/elizabet…
Not earlier when Rebecca Nagle, laid this out? huffpost.com/entry/opinion-…
Not when the left dismissed, obfuscated, and ignored the ongoing assault on Cherokee and Indigenous sovereignty perpetuated by EW? Not when she took a DNA test to try to "prove" her indigeneity, and in doing so equating citizenship with "race"?
Not then but now? Now that she has upset white people on the left? Now that she has offended democratic socialists? Now that she has callously sought to undermine Bernie? Now? Really? This is the moment?
Addition: for those saying "not all leftists," please don't derail the core issue of Indigenous sovereignty. Yes, I could have said the Left™ but ask yourself if your left is any better at supporting Indigenous sovereignty and decolonial praxis, and then how it could be better.
Addition 2: For those of you saying "but she apologized". LOL. Its not enough. Not. At. All. proteanmag.com/2019/08/21/eli…
