Ann is an idiot living off the idiocy of the gop. On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 1:00:10 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Everyone (or their ancestors) came from somewhere else. > > > > B > > > http://www.mintpressnews.com/ann-coulter-claims-to-be-native-american-because-she-descended-from-settlers/211113/ > Ann Coulter Claims To Be Native American Because She Descended From > Settlers > > [image: Description: Ann Coulter] > > *Ann Coulter* > > Ann Coulter <http://www.anncoulter.com>made a guest appearance on *The > View <http://abc.go.com/shows/the-view>*to promote her latest book *Adios, > America: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country Into a Third World Hellhole > <http://www.amazon.com/Adios-America-Lefts-Country-Hellhole-ebook/dp/B00R3L7502>*. > > Since Coulter has built an entire career on the shock value of her > political opinions, it is not surprising that this interview was filled > with controversial statements about immigrants, and a questionable > presentation of United States history. > > A couple minutes into the interview > <http://morningafter.gawker.com/watch-the-women-of-the-view-wail-on-ann-coulter-for-fou-1736942566>, > > host Ana Navarro <http://abc.go.com/shows/the-view/cast/ana-navarro> > challenged Coulter’s views about immigrants by asking if her family > immigrated to America. Coulter responded to Navarro’s question by stating > that she is actually a Native American because she descended from the early > settlers who founded the United States. Coulter goes on to say that she is > also not an immigrant > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ann-coulters-immigrant-an_b_8332212.html> > > because she does not currently reside on tribal land (even though she > likely does). The interview transcript that is listed below outlines the > conversation between Navarro and Coulter: > > *Ana Navarro:** “What’s your family’s immigration story, right, are you a > Native American?”* > > *Ann Coulter:** “Why, yes I am. I am a settler. I am > descended from settlers—not from immigrants.”* > > *Raven-Symoné:** “So that’s not a Native American, you are…”* > > *Padma Lakshmi:** “That’s not a Native American, that’s an > immigrant…That’s just a holder…”* > > *Ann Coulter:** “No, if you mean Indian…If you mean INDIAN…”* > > *Ana Navarro:** “Were you already here when the pilgrims > showed up? Were your people here?”* > > *Ann Coulter:** “Well no, but I am not living in Cherokee > Nation. So, I am not an immigrant to Cherokee Nation. I am living in > America—which was created by settlers, not immigrants.”* > > Although Coulter shares a number of questionable comments throughout the > interview, I would like to focus this discussion on why Coulter chooses to > call herself a Native American. > > Coulter’s beliefs about the history of the United States are steeped in a > Manifest > Destiny <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny> narrative. To > Coulter, America came into existence because of the efforts and ingenuity > of early settlers to discover an unoccupied territory and forge a > government. Coulter defends this half-truth by stating that: “[she is] not > living in Cherokee Nation. So [she is] not an immigrant to Cherokee Nation. > [She is] living in America—which was created by settlers, not immigrants.” > Her views on how America came to be purposefully ignore the long legacy of > aboriginal land ownership. Moreover, she does not acknowledge that America > was not unoccupied when it was “discovered” by settlers, or the atrocities > that were committed against Native people that resulted in the displacement > of these societies to the reservations that exist today. > > The core of Coulter’s argument against immigration (which is highlighted > in the interview transcript) is that there exists two classifications of > immigrants, (1) the early settlers that predate the United States, and (2) > everyone else. Coulter is not using the term *Native American* to claim a > connection to a Native Nation, rather, she is using the label as a > rhetorical tool to weave a semantic argument. Her bastardized definition of* > Native American* enables her to craft an artificial (and arguably racist) > hierarchy where her ancestry and individuals sharing a similar background > as her are deemed “real Americans.” In essence, Coulter has given herself > the right to define who belongs in this Country, and who does not. > Following Coulter’s argument to its logical end, neither Native people or > anyone who has immigrated in the last 100 years can fit into Coulter’s > narrowed definition of a “real American.” > > Coulter is soft-selling this Country’s painful history of colonization in > order to spin a more palatable creation story of the United States that is > in alignment with her political orientations, and her understanding of > herself as a “true American.” However, for Coulter to admit that she is > anything other than a *Native American *would weaken her broader > ideological arguments against immigration to a-pot-calling-a-kettle-black > debate. > > *Dr. Christie Poitra holds a PhD in Educational Policy from Michigan State > University, and a Master of Arts degree in American Indian Studies > from UCLA. 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