*"Ann is an idiot living off the idiocy of the gop." *Says a Racist Anti-Semitic Anti-American.....
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 2:06 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. She writes about tribal governments, educational policy and >> politics. 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