# So Warren has Native American ancestry, 8 generations ago. Is she a minority? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990 "2018-10-15T16:26:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/101 "2018-10-19T21:46:38Z")
I think its also interesting to compare and contrast this with the claims or Marco Rubio, who made the story his parents told him about fleeing Castro a centerpiece of his political identity, despite the fact that they actually left 2 and a half years before the revolution. I would be one thing if Warren was running on her identity as a native American, but near as I can tell it was her opponents who brought it up. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/102 "2018-10-19T21:46:57Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Seriously, worst case scenario Warren can be accused of believing her mother when she was told a family story. > > I’ve been told I am descended from William Bradford, and I have told this to a large number of people. I personally haven’t seen the documentation tracing the line (although my father says that my aunt has it), and so it is entirely possible that I am wrong. I don’t think that this in any way indicates that I am unfit for public office. Who are you going to vote for? Me, or my opponent: crooked Brad\*FAKE!! \* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/103 "2018-10-19T22:25:42Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yes. Yes you are. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the “around” numbers I gave and your strongly emotional reaction to it is extremely weird. I’m really curious; why is it appropriate to “round” 0.10% down to 0.09% ? I really don’t get it. If you’d said “Sorry, for the minor arithmetical mishap” I’d have said “I didn’t think it was anything else — I’m over-reacting because of [Doper name censored] who likes to make errors in his favor and then accuse me of ‘nitpicking’ if I correct him.” But you didn’t. You doubled down. What gives? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/104 "2018-10-19T22:35:13Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Most likely scenario is that they don’t want a bunch of dopes with 1% ancestry to declare themselves “Cherokee Princesses” and further dilute what it means to them to be Native American so they get overly defensive about the whole thing. > > It doesn’t contradict any claim unless you have a statement from the people in question saying “No, that was never the case”. > > No, this is a case of Republicans going apeshit to smear and attack someone because of the “lol political correctness I guess YOU’RE the real hypocrite NOW, huh???” nonsense bullshit that the right wing delights in and Trump exemplifies. The only reason this has ever been a story is because of Republicans bringing it up in any possible context again and again because they were just sure that she had no such ancestry. Now it’s all frantic backpedaling and “Uh, that doesn’t count though!” because God forbid they just admit that they were acting like assholes. It’s no more complicated than that. Do you feel the Cherokee Nation is also a bunch of assholes? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/105 "2018-10-19T22:50:44Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m really curious; why is it appropriate to “round” 0.10% down to 0.09% ? > > I really don’t get it. If you’d said “Sorry, for the minor arithmetical mishap” I’d have said “I didn’t think it was anything else — I’m over-reacting because of [Doper name censored] who likes to make errors in his favor and then accuse me of ‘nitpicking’ if I correct him.” > > But you didn’t. You doubled down. What gives I wasn’t “rounding”, I was giving rough number. And I’m not “doubling down”, I’m responding to someone acting like a crazy person. You are really, really, really taking this vastly more seriously and emotionally than it remotely merits. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/106 "2018-10-19T22:55:18Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Oh sure, _now_ the “One Drop” rule doesn’t apply. This. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/107 "2018-10-19T22:56:16Z")
The full numbers are 1.5625 and 0.09765625. Is that good enough to prevent your aneurysm? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/108 "2018-10-19T23:07:18Z")
In this country, with this country’s history? She\* is\* an Indian because she’s even part Indian. That’s how bias works. That’s why there are political cartoons of her in a war bonnet (even though she’s of Leni Lenape and Cherokee descent and they don’t wear war bonnets). She’s an Indian now, like Vin Diesel is black, regardless of what they were passing for before. ---
**Author:** ![Haldurson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Haldurson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haldurson)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/109 "2018-10-20T00:34:24Z")
It’s all semantics, except when there is a legal decision that X% is the cut-off point. The definition of native american, with regards to the law, is a legal definition, and nothing more. There is no real biological definition for race, because it’s an artificial construct based on what people look like, which is totally subjective. And the second part of the arbitrary cut-off is what constitutes a reliable test. What percentage of an error rate for the test is acceptable? Because, almost no test is 100% accurate and definitive. We’ve had problems with DNA identification before, we’ve had problems with contamination by the lab and the people doing the tests. And how reliable is the science itself? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/110 "2018-10-20T03:40:33Z")
> [@Haldurson](#): > > It’s all semantics, except when there is a legal decision that X% is the cut-off point. The definition of native american, with regards to the law, is a legal definition, and nothing more. There is no real biological definition for race, because it’s an artificial construct based on what people look like, which is totally subjective. And the second part of the arbitrary cut-off is what constitutes a reliable test. What percentage of an error rate for the test is acceptable? Because, almost no test is 100% accurate and definitive. We’ve had problems with DNA identification before, we’ve had problems with contamination by the lab and the people doing the tests. And how reliable is the science itself? I’ve heard this sort of reasoning described as science denial when used in other contexts. You might have a good point though. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/111 "2018-10-20T04:40:35Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > From everything I’ve seen, it looks like this is a case of a little white lie that got out of hand and the cover up ends up causing more damage than the crime. The original claims I heard against Warren were that she used her minority status to get hired. There is no evidence I have seen that would support this. It is also interesting to note that she listed herself as white and not native american when she applied to school and also never applied for any scholarships etc. that she would have been eligible for if she were native american. If we look at the first time she appears in any record as a native american it coincides with a time when Harvard was under pressure to be seen as more diverse. During those years she is listed as a minority. > > What seems most likely to me is that Harvard, being under pressure to show it was a diverse place, asked Warren to allow herself to be listed as a minority. This isn’t a great thing to do in my opinion, but it’s far less nefarious than lying on an application and taking a position away from a true minority. I have read several people suggesting that it was Harvard’s idea to list her as a Native American and that she just let them but I don’t get it. If she never claimed NA ancestry in any of her student or employment paperwork how did the university get the idea to list her as a minority on the staff & faculty page? Surely they didn’t just decide that everyone with high cheek bones was part NA and ask them if it was true. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/112 "2018-10-20T05:46:08Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > In this country, with this country’s history? She\* is\* an Indian because she’s even part Indian. That’s how bias works. That’s why there are political cartoons of her in a war bonnet (even though she’s of Leni Lenape and Cherokee descent and they don’t wear war bonnets). > > She’s an Indian now, like Vin Diesel is black, regardless of what they were passing for before. This is just not true. Someone who has merely a “family legend” of distant Native ancestry, and no connection to any specific tribe (even the DNA test she had done could not pinpoint a specific tribe or even whether the ancestry came from North America or South America - where are you getting Lenape from?) is _not_ “an Indian just because she’s even part Indian” regardless of this country’s history. The “one drop rule” may apply in various times and places in America to varying degrees, but in the present day, it doesn’t become reality just because you say it does. Also it’s inaccurate to say that “Vin Diesel is black.” Vin Diesel in his own words is “of ambiguous ethnicity”. That is how he defines himself. He says he identifies as “a person of color”, which is not the same thing as being simply “black.” He is not universally perceived as being black; if he was, he would not have been cast as an Italian-American soldier in _Saving Private Ryan_ or any number of other ethnicities he has portrayed. The lines between “white”, “non-white”, “Indian”, “black”, etc, are a hell of a lot blurrier than you seem to think they are, and they’re entirely dependent on cultural factors that vary by place and time. This isn’t the antebellum south, and there’s nobody who’s actually enforcing any of this as if there are official rules and laws. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/113 "2018-10-20T07:05:09Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I have read several people suggesting that it was Harvard’s idea to list her as a Native American and that she just let them but I don’t get it. If she never claimed NA ancestry in any of her student or employment paperwork how did the university get the idea to list her as a minority on the staff & faculty page? Surely they didn’t just decide that everyone with high cheek bones was part NA and ask them if it was true. Nothing I have seen so far contains any specifics on this; so as far as I know none of the parties involved have discussed the details this occurrence with the press. Facts of the matter that seem not to be in dispute are that Warren listed herself as white on her college application, was listed as a minority in the literature for Harvard and the law review, but in subsequent applications identified herself as white. There is also the fact that she was described as a minority - that is the exact word used to describe her status in the literature during her time at Harvard. I believe this distinction does have some importance. So, things not in dispute AFAIKT are when she listed herself as white, the literature describing her as a minority, the statements she made about discrimination her mother faced due to Native American ancestry, and the DNA results showing Native American ancestry several generations removed. So, with those facts that are not being disputed, several scenarios are possible. One would be she was pressured to allow herself to be marketed as a minority. Another is that it was all her idea and thought it would be good for her career. Politically, however, I don’t see any way this really benefits Warren in regards to how she stands in relation to her progressive platform. In the one scenario you have someone who faked being a true minority in order to bolster her career. In the other scenario, you have someone who really believes they should be considered a minority yet never applied for any of the aid available to help minorities - what does that say about the usefulness of those forms of aid? It also seems odd to me that one of the lines of defense I often hear is “she never took anything set aside for native americans,” and that seems to be an odd line of defense considering that as someone with a disadvantage she should use the aid as a way to level the playing field without it having any negative conotations. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/114 "2018-10-20T15:08:02Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I have read several people suggesting that it was Harvard’s idea to list her as a Native American and that she just let them but I don’t get it. If she never claimed NA ancestry in any of her student or employment paperwork how did the university get the idea to list her as a minority on the staff & faculty page? Surely they didn’t just decide that everyone with high cheek bones was part NA and ask them if it was true. No, it was her idea. Or at least she said it was. She said, in one interview, that one reason she listed herself that way was that she hoped it would help her connect with others who were like her. She also said that she often spoke of her NA ancestry. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/115 "2018-10-21T22:46:19Z")
Answering the OP, no she is not a minority. Of course like I said in the Kamala Harris thread “I consider Native Americans to be white. Same with Asians, Iraqi’s, Syrians, Pakistanis ect. It really goes by the hair. The fact that white people don’t see this is a problem with white people.” To expand, just because white people think they don’t share traits with the peoples I’ve mentioned doesn’t make it so. They used to think Irish and Italians weren’t white also That said I totally believe having some NA blood was an issue for her parents, no matter how small the percent was. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/116 "2018-10-22T01:45:06Z")
I hold a bachelor’s in Genetics and having read Bustamante’s report I find the protocol troubling. The significance of genetic testing comes down to the math. A “genetic match” doesn’t mean much if the statistics are not firm in comparison to a known reference population. So, in a hypothetical criminal trial a lab technician saying there is a “genetic match” should be challenged with the question, “What are the odds that any random person pulled off the street would also match?” Any answer to such a question depends upon knowing the frequency of various alleles in a reference population. The problem is Bustamante used very limited reference populations with no particular reason to believe the control populations were representative of Warren’s background. He compared her “European” ancestry against populations of "Americans of predominantly European ancestry from Utah (n = 99 individuals) and British individuals of European ancestry from Great Britain (n = 86 individuals). " And, as has been noted, he used populations “from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. (It is not possible to use Native American reference sequences from inside the United States, since Native American groups within the US have not chosen to participate in recent population genetics studies.)” as a comparison for matching native ancestry. But there is one additional part of the report that seems off. Bustamante mentions a 13.4 [centiMorgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimorgan) segment that is presumed to be of native ancestry. That is the largest of five segments identified as of native ancestry. Five out of 660,173 segments that could be matched against the sample populations. 5 out of 660,173 is a LOT lower than would be expected for an ancestry match from a non-admixed ancestor from 6 to 10 generations ago. That may be accounted for by the lack of a native reference population from within the United States. But it is off by a TON. The fragment size of 13.4 centiMorgans is unusual too as the other four fragments identified are substantially smaller. I would expect the various fragments to be approximately the same measure if they came from the same non-admixed ancestor. In short, this was not a particularly robust examination to attempt to determine whether Warren has ancestry from any of the native peoples of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/117 "2018-10-22T02:05:52Z")
A bachelors you say? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/118 "2018-10-22T02:21:34Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > I hold a bachelor’s in Genetics and having read Bustamante’s report I find the protocol troubling. > > The significance of genetic testing comes down to the math. A “genetic match” doesn’t mean much if the statistics are not firm in comparison to a known reference population. So, in a hypothetical criminal trial a lab technician saying there is a “genetic match” should be challenged with the question, “What are the odds that any random person pulled off the street would also match?” Any answer to such a question depends upon knowing the frequency of various alleles in a reference population. > > The problem is Bustamante used very limited reference populations with no particular reason to believe the control populations were representative of Warren’s background. He compared her “European” ancestry against populations of "Americans of predominantly European ancestry from Utah (n = 99 individuals) and British individuals of European ancestry from Great Britain (n = 86 individuals). " And, as has been noted, he used populations “from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. (It is not possible to use Native American reference sequences from inside the United States, since Native American groups within the US have not chosen to participate in recent population genetics studies.)” as a comparison for matching native ancestry. > > But there is one additional part of the report that seems off. Bustamante mentions a 13.4 [centiMorgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimorgan) segment that is presumed to be of native ancestry. That is the largest of five segments identified as of native ancestry. Five out of 660,173 segments that could be matched against the sample populations. 5 out of 660,173 is a LOT lower than would be expected for an ancestry match from a non-admixed ancestor from 6 to 10 generations ago. That may be accounted for by the lack of a native reference population from within the United States. But it is off by a TON. > > The fragment size of 13.4 centiMorgans is unusual too as the other four fragments identified are substantially smaller. I would expect the various fragments to be approximately the same measure if they came from the same non-admixed ancestor. > > In short, this was not a particularly robust examination to attempt to determine whether Warren has ancestry from any of the native peoples of the United States. Here’s a crazy thought - if one needs to go to this level of analysis to determine if they are a minority they should perhaps err on the side of considering themselves not particularly disadvantaged. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/119 "2018-10-22T14:02:00Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > I hold a bachelor’s in Genetics and having read Bustamante’s report I find the protocol troubling. > > The significance of genetic testing comes down to the math. A “genetic match” doesn’t mean much if the statistics are not firm in comparison to a known reference population. So, in a hypothetical criminal trial a lab technician saying there is a “genetic match” should be challenged with the question, “What are the odds that any random person pulled off the street would also match?” Any answer to such a question depends upon knowing the frequency of various alleles in a reference population. > > The problem is Bustamante used very limited reference populations with no particular reason to believe the control populations were representative of Warren’s background. He compared her “European” ancestry against populations of "Americans of predominantly European ancestry from Utah (n = 99 individuals) and British individuals of European ancestry from Great Britain (n = 86 individuals). " And, as has been noted, he used populations “from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. (It is not possible to use Native American reference sequences from inside the United States, since Native American groups within the US have not chosen to participate in recent population genetics studies.)” as a comparison for matching native ancestry. > > But there is one additional part of the report that seems off. Bustamante mentions a 13.4 [centiMorgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimorgan) segment that is presumed to be of native ancestry. That is the largest of five segments identified as of native ancestry. Five out of 660,173 segments that could be matched against the sample populations. 5 out of 660,173 is a LOT lower than would be expected for an ancestry match from a non-admixed ancestor from 6 to 10 generations ago. That may be accounted for by the lack of a native reference population from within the United States. But it is off by a TON. > > The fragment size of 13.4 centiMorgans is unusual too as the other four fragments identified are substantially smaller. I would expect the various fragments to be approximately the same measure if they came from the same non-admixed ancestor. > > In short, this was not a particularly robust examination to attempt to determine whether Warren has ancestry from any of the native peoples of the United States. As [mentioned in a recent post](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21274057&postcount=352) a _single_ 15 cM match seems to be typical for a 4th-cousin match at GedMatch. (For comparison, Elizabeth Warren would be 4th cousin with a same-generation descendant of Neoma Ocie, the alleged half-breed Cherokee.) I realize the actual arithmetic involved gets complicated, and would want to hear more about the "non-admixed ancestor’ reference sample. But, by itself, the 13.4 cM match doesn’t seem too short. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990/120 "2018-10-22T14:28:10Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Here’s a crazy thought - if one needs to go to this level of analysis to determine if they are a minority they should perhaps err on the side of considering themselves not particularly disadvantaged. That is a pretty crazy thought. You think Warren took this test to prove she was disadvantaged? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-warren-has-native-american-ancestry-8-generations-ago-is-she-a-minority/822990.md?page=7)