Invoking Pocahontas: An act of racism disguised as politics
written by: Amanda Sesko, X̱ʼunei Lance A. Twitchell
At a recent event honoring Navajo Code Talkers who are World War II Veterans, President Donald Trump stated, "You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas" [1] . This was not a first offense, as Trump has a history of referring to Senator Elizabeth Warren as...
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