Dim Bulb: Elizabeth Warren
Who: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic candidate for Senate in Massachusetts
What: She denied ever claiming she was Native American for professional purposes.
Why it's dim: It turned out she had. She was listed as a "minority" professor in her positions at two law schools and was also publicized by Harvard as a Native American in the 1990s. This week, researchers discovered that her great-great-great-grandmother was Cherokee, making the "minority" label a bit of a stretch.
Cure: A better memory, or more honesty.
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2012-05-01
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Dim Bulb: Elizabeth Warren
Who: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic candidate for Senate in Massachusetts
What: She denied ever claiming she was Native American for professional purposes.
Why it's dim: It turned out she had. She was listed as a minority professor in her positions at two law schools and was also publicized by Harvard as a Native American in the 1990s. This week, researchers discovered that her great-great-great-grandmother was Cherokee, making the minority label a bit of a stretch.
Cure: A better memory, or more honesty.
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