‘Indigenous’ scholar resigns after
being outed as white
The College Fix,
by
Jennifer Kabbany
Original Article
Posted By: jdr,
9/8/2022 10:27:33 AM
An Emily Carr University professor who made a career as an indigenous artist and scholar has resigned after it was discovered she is white.
“Gina Adams was among a group of faculty hired in a cluster in 2019 as part of a ‘commitment to reconciliation, Indigenization and decolonization,'” the Vancouver Sun reported, adding a spokesperson for the Canadian institution released a statement confirming Adams resigned from her tenure-track adjunct professor position Aug. 25.
“Emily Carr University takes very seriously the allegations that a member of our faculty made a false claim to Indigenous identity,” the statement read.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 9/8/2022 10:38:18 AM (No. 1271873)
LOL! Folks looking to ride the gravy train will lie about anything.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Jean123 9/8/2022 10:43:46 AM (No. 1271884)
So can we retroactively fire Elizabeth Warren?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bamboozle 9/8/2022 10:45:48 AM (No. 1271886)
Perhaps she identified as being indigenous? Isn't that just as good?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
marbles 9/8/2022 10:48:09 AM (No. 1271891)
# 3 Only if you're a guy on a women's sports team.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JimBob 9/8/2022 10:51:25 AM (No. 1271893)
So, just who does she think she is, anyway?
Elizabeth Warren or Rachel Dolezal?
The whole practice of treating people differently based on 'race' is EVIL.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
daisey 9/8/2022 10:52:39 AM (No. 1271894)
FTA: “hired in a cluster”. Now that’s a true statement. Sounds like Warren Syndrome.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 9/8/2022 10:57:53 AM (No. 1271900)
Just because you are conceived in the back seat of a Jeep Cherokee doesn't make you 'indigenous'. It was worth the try especially if you have 'high cheek bones'. Call out Elizabeth Warren now.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Midwest Mom 9/8/2022 11:04:03 AM (No. 1271906)
Maybe she identifies as indigenous. 🙄
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
seamusm 9/8/2022 11:06:07 AM (No. 1271907)
Why is a 'crime' to pose as a Native American or Black when it is permissible to pretend one is a gender opposite to ones genitalia and genes? Hell, we don't even allow actors to pretend they are oriental or Indian anymore.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rama41 9/8/2022 11:07:56 AM (No. 1271911)
Welcome back to 1930s Germany.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
cold porridge 9/8/2022 11:16:25 AM (No. 1271922)
What's the big deal? We have a dementia patient pretending he's president and many democrats pretending to be conservative Republicans. If it is wrong in her case (and it is), it is wrong in all cases of pretending to be something you're not. All such actors should lose their positions just based on the dishonesty.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
pugetpower 9/8/2022 11:23:01 AM (No. 1271932)
She still employed there? That makes he a sitting bullshift
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
jalo1951 9/8/2022 11:36:54 AM (No. 1271945)
So a man who wants to pretend he is a woman is celebrated. But if you want to pretend you are an indigenous American you are scorned? It appears there are levels of acceptance in the false, fake, LaLa Land of fairy tales, non scientific, mental illness condition. Doesn't seem fair, does it? Either we are all unbalanced or we aren't. Which is it?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
EQKimball 9/8/2022 11:43:38 AM (No. 1271956)
Maybe she and Prof. Little Dove Warren can start an association of former native scholars. It could publish a guide on how to wow a female faculty recruiting team. Here's an eye-catching title with a nifty acronym: "Some Questions Universities Ask Women."
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 9/8/2022 11:48:09 AM (No. 1271961)
Hmmm. A white woman pretending to be an Indian is bad. But a white man pretending to be a woman is good.
And a white Senator pretending to be an Indian is .......not to be discussed any more.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Norway 9/8/2022 11:50:09 AM (No. 1271963)
What is it about progressives that they lie and steal so easily?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 9/8/2022 11:54:18 AM (No. 1271970)
There was a time a hundred years ago, or so, when you might get fired if they found out you were a black or an indian pretending to be (passing for) white. Hiring/firing based on race was wrong then and it's wrong now.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
kono 9/8/2022 12:05:10 PM (No. 1271989)
Um, human nature, #16. Badly damaged by The Fall.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
TurtleDove 9/8/2022 12:18:39 PM (No. 1272012)
" “hired in a cluster”." Oh, a MCF! Sure sounds like it!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
paral04 9/8/2022 12:35:36 PM (No. 1272038)
Emily Carr University has a lot more integrity than Harvard where Elizabeth Warren managed to keep her job after she was caught lying about her race. Carr was fired as she should be. Lying on your job application is grounds for dismissal.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
jasmine 9/8/2022 1:10:32 PM (No. 1272096)
Whatever special qualities the "indigenous artist and scholar" was thought to possess obviously didn't exist. The huckster got away with years of deception only because she, like Elizabeth Warren, was on the "honor system." A lie was just as good as the truth,
Neither the sex nor the ancestry of human beings can be changed by proclamation, plastic surgery, or internal feelings. It does not change because lobbyists or special interests are promoting ideas science has yet to confirm. It's laughable that universities continue getting scammed by people they naively put on the honor system. A DNA test can expose the truth so the person can be considered, or excluded.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Miceal 9/8/2022 1:16:46 PM (No. 1272106)
Isn't it OK if she thinks or feels she is not white?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Venturer 9/8/2022 1:17:26 PM (No. 1272108)
You mean someone else pulled this trick before? LMAO
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 9/8/2022 1:41:34 PM (No. 1272132)
A Lizzie Warren wannabe. But Gina couldn't pull it off. More like Rachael Dolezal, a failure.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
skacmar 9/8/2022 2:02:48 PM (No. 1272159)
Well, truth be told, she was actually born in Canada so technically, she is an indigenous person who just happens to have White ancestors. Does that make her Indigenous Native claim less valid? Or, does Indigenous only count for people of color and other "special" racial groups? Many were not born there but get special treatment. Why not a true native, POC or not?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
sw penn 9/8/2022 2:04:41 PM (No. 1272163)
‘commitment to reconciliation, Indigenization and decolonization,'
So?
When are you closing the school?
And giving the land and buildings back?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
TCloud 9/8/2022 2:05:57 PM (No. 1272167)
Ward Churchill and Glen Morris U. Colo. Professors were found out and kicked out of the American Indian Movement back in the 80's. They were ethnic White and proclaimed Native Indian heritage and it actually advanced their careers until found out!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
hershey 9/8/2022 2:51:08 PM (No. 1272225)
Ha...sucked em' in she did said Yoda....
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Geoman 9/8/2022 3:47:58 PM (No. 1272264)
I've never military used my documented tribal affiliation for as much as a drink of water. While I was lucky that my father was career military and had a sterling wartime service record, from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, which kept a lot of the racism and discrimination at bay, in my elementary school years, I found myself denying my heritage until a black assistant principal pulled me aside and shamed me for basically denying my ancestors. Thank you, Mr. Gripper. Every time one of these fake Indians is uncovered, I hesitate to read the articles and the Replies because more often than not, there is the stated assumption that Indians expect special treatment because of race. It's more like non-Indians trying to get over on account of claiming a race about which they have no earthly idea. One overriding aspect of being an authentic American Indian raised in the '50s, 60s, and 70s is that you are from a monetarily poop family. I'm sure Elizabeth Warren was never poor, so those who hired her did so with a wink and a nod.
In reply to #5 - I wholeheartedly agree that treating people differently based on 'race' is EVIL. I sincerely wish someone would have told that to President Andrew Jackson before he ordered the round-up, confiscation of homes and property from the Cherokee and Choctaw, and their forced March during the winter form the Eastern U. S. to Oklahoma. The Eastern Cherokee and Choctaw were two of the "5 civilized tribes," natives who voluntarily adopted Western ways of the time, including farming, animal husbandry, living in houses with white picket fences and attending church to worship Jesus Christ. Jackson, like Biden, ignored Supreme Court rulings to the contrary and pressed ahead with his agenda. That shameful act was/is known as the Trail of Tears. I still don't expect anyone to give me a drink of water but pushed too far, I might take your hair (Indian humor c. 2022).
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Faithfully 9/9/2022 4:17:57 PM (No. 1273192)
Like Shaun King and Rachel Dolezal.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Hermoine 9/9/2022 5:13:41 PM (No. 1273223)
But I thought people could now identify as to their choosing. So, I'm really confused. If she wanted to identify as a man, she'd be celebrated and promoted but because she wanted to identify as indigenous she's berated and forced to resign with her head held in s-h-a-m-e.
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