Racist Anti-Semitic Anti-American..... --- there's only one race, many semitic tribes and real Americans who put US interests first.
On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 2:43:38 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > *"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] > <javascript:>> 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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