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roadkill » 29 Nov 2017 12:26 pm » wrote:

Misty » 29 Nov 2017 12:23 pm » wrote:You can believe Stuart Varney if you want to.
I choose to believe the man who actually recruited Warren for the job at Harvard, who BTW is NOT a left winger.
And when you use the name of Pocahontas as an insult, it IS a racial slur.

You're wrong on both counts.

How am I wrong?
I am quoting the man who actually recommended Warren for the job at Harvard, and you are quoting some guy from FOX News.

Native American leaders say that they consider using the name of Pocahontas as an insult the way that 45 does, a racial slur.

It's not up to Stuart Varney or Eric Trump as white men to decide what they consider to be a racial slur.

Is 'Pocahontas' a racial slur? Eric Trump defends his dad, but Native Americans say otherwise.

John Norwood, general secretary of the Alliance of Colonial Era Tribes, told NBC News Trump's use of the name to mock Sen. Elizabeth Warren "smacks of racism."

“The reference is using a historic American Indian figure as a derogatory insult and that’s insulting to all American Indians,” Norwood told the network, adding that Trump should "stop using our historical people of significance as a racial slur against one of his opponents.”