What the GOoP translates to "Warren used her Native American heritage to get special treatment!"

[CousinIT]

This is from an article in the Boston Herald on April 27th, 2012:

"The Ivy League law school prominently touted Warren’s Native American background, however, in an effort to bolster their diversity hiring record in the ’90s as the school came under heavy fire for a faculty that was then predominantly white and male."

The GOoP blames Elizabeth Warren for this and are using this to claim SHE used it to get "special treatment" at Harvard and elsewhere. Truth is this has nothing to do with her. Harvard was under fire for being predominantly white and male and they chose to use here NA heritage as proof they weren't. Somehow, the GOoP translate this as HER fault and as her using it to get special treatment or jobs at Harvard and elsewhere - even though it was never used BY HER OR ANYONE ELSE at any time as a criteria for hiring her.

I believe this is a result of the fact that TRUMP and his GOoP cult cannot believe that a woman - ANY woman - could be so accomplished without cheating and/or special treatment -- that no woman could accomplish what EW did on her own merits - her own skills and hard work - because their sexist asses can't consider women competent at anything.

AND it's a result of the fact that TRUMP and his GOoP cult evidently believe that EVERYONE cheats and lies to get ahead just like THEY habitually do. IOW, they're projecting their own dishonesty onto everyone else.

AND I think it's an effort to distract from their own Kevin McCarthy - who DID use some vague Native American ties to get MILLIONS of dollars in no-bid contracts for a family business (and notice the ABSOLUTE SILENCE from them about Mr. McCarthy while they're SCREEAAMING about Elizabeth Warren):

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's family ripped off SBA program intended for minorities.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-na-pol-mccarthy-contracts-20181014-story.html

. . .

Vortex Construction, whose principal owner is William Wages, the brother of (Kevin) McCarthy’s wife, Judy, received a total of $7.6 million in no-bid and other prime federal contracts since 2000, The Times found.

The Bakersfield company is co-owned by McCarthy’s mother-in-law and employs his father-in-law and sister-in-law, Wages said. McCarthy’s wife was a partner in Vortex in the early 1990s.

Vortex faced no competitive bids for most of the contracts because the Small Business Administration accepted Wages’ claim in 1998 that he is a Cherokee Indian. Under the SBA program, his company became eligible for federal contracts set aside for economically and socially disadvantaged members of minority groups, a boon to its business.

Wages says he is one-eighth Cherokee. An examination of government and tribal records by The Times and a leading Cherokee genealogist casts doubt on that claim, however. He is a member of a group called the Northern Cherokee Nation, which has no federal or state recognition as a legitimate tribe. It is considered a fraud by leaders of tribes that have federal recognition.

Vortex was awarded more than $4 million in minority set-aside contracts for projects at China Lake. (Kevin) McCarthy has been a staunch advocate in Congress for funding and staffing for China Lake, the Navy’s largest property at more than 1.1 million acres, and spearheaded successful efforts to expand its borders.

McCarthy is no ordinary member of Congress, but one of the most powerful elected officials in California and on the national stage. The contracts obtained by Wages’ company have prompted questions about whether he improperly benefited from being McCarthy’s brother-in-law.

[bigbrother05]

1. Even though I'm a registered tribal member, my ethnicity only comes up after being hired

Haven't had a face-to-face interview in years, all by phone. Really wouldn't make much difference, at 1/4 Cherokee it's difficult to tell.

Modern employment practices tend to negate overt selection, it's the reporting after the fact that shows my heritage.