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If white privilege exists then why did Elizabeth Warren have to pretend to be a Native American in order to get ahead in life?
Someone posted this on Facebook and it's a good point.

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SwampFlower · 31-35, F

To me this just [i]proves[/i] that white privilege exists and her doing that reinforces a number of false stereotypes.

At the most very basic, it is an attempt to lay ancestral claim to a land that they don't have and access perceived "perks" that do not exist.

"My great great great great great great grandma might have been a Cherokee Princess so I'm going to tick this box to see if I get a scholarship."

To me that wreaks of privilege and disrespect.