It reminds me of the western movies that were being made in the forties when they used white guys to play Indians. Is this any different?
The mere fact that this man is not a Native American, but received sacred cow status because he claims to be, in spite of all the evidence that he is not now, nor has ever been an actual Indian…. is appalling, and the best argument around for no more racial preferences in the Universities.
American Indians were, and still are, probably the most under represented people in this Country in Government and University positions. When was the last time you heard someone in Olympia say they were concerned about the lack of a Native American presence in the legislature, as they do about every other race?
Did the University also allow all students who wanted to be accepted at the school to claim Native American status [ without being able to back it up, of course] so they would have a better chance of getting in? I’ll bet that’s a no………..
What? There weren’t any real Native Americans around that wanted to be a college professor? That’s what is most disturbing about this story…..Mr. Churchill took a well paying position that could have gone to a real Native American, but because of him, didn’t.
Ward seems to have a real identity crisis going on. In most of his “head shots” he makes sure that he has on big dark glasses and the photo is often black and white……..possibly to cover up the fact that he is pretty obviously a great big white guy.
Think “Mutiny on the Bounty” when you look at that very WASP-Y face………
Just my opinion, but if this guy got a nosebleed any native blood he claims to possess would be gone.
And then there is the photo on satyamag.com [be sure to click on www.akpress.org.......just so you get a good idea of how nutty people really are out there…be sure to think ‘groupthink’ ] in which he appears to be posing as a Cuban revolutionary working for Fidel. An AK-47, camouflage and a beret??? Is this guy for real?
Who will he be next? Che Gueverra? Yeah, Che is dead…but sometimes that doesn’t stop people. Think King County elections…….
And this is a Professor????
And then there is what he has to say. Hmmmmmm…….
As a big fan of free speech, I am torn…..
Yet in the end what it really comes down to is Ward hates just about everyone and everything American. Unfortunately for Ward….that includes himself…otherwise he wouldn’t be trying to be someone he’s not, would he? And the free speech argument will only carry you so far when you say the kinds of things Ward does……..
The really sad part of this story is that Ward Churchill is claiming to speak for the American Indian people……..and I think they are more than capable of speaking for themselves.