After Claiming Ignorance About It, Warren Admitted She Told Harvard University And The University Of Pennsylvania About Her Purported Native American Heritage. “Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren acknowledged for the first time late Wednesday night that she told Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania that she was Native American, but she continued to insist that race played no role in her recruitment.” (Mary Carmichael and Stephanie Ebbert, “Warren Says She Told Schools Of Heritage,” The Boston Globe, 5/31/12)
Warren Previously Said She Didn’t Know How Harvard Came To List Her As A Native American. “Elizabeth Warren said she doesn’t know how Harvard came to list her as Native American. ‘I don’t know more than that,’ Warren told reporters at a Brighton event hosted by Boston City Councilor John Connolly.” (Fred Thys, “Warren Doesn’t Know How Harvard Came To List Her As Native American,” WBUR, 5/9/12)
Warren Listed Herself As A Minority Professor In Faculty Directories From 1986 Until 1995. ”Despite claiming she never used her Native American heritage when applying for a job, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign admitted last night the Democrat listed her minority status in professional directories for years when she taught at the University of Texas and the University of Pennsylvania. From 1986 to 1995, Warren’s name is included in the Association of American Law Schools’ annual directory of minority law teachers, according to records obtained by the Herald.” (Chris Cassidy, “Liz Listed Self As Minority In Professional Directories,” The Boston Herald, 4/30/12)
Warren Stopped Listing Herself As A Minority After She Was Hired By Harvard Law School. “The Association of American Law Schools desk book, a directory of law professors from participating schools, includes Warren among the minority law professors listed, beginning in 1986 and continuing through 1995. The years include time she spent teaching at the University of Texas and the University of Pennsylvania, before she joined the faculty at Harvard Law.” (Stephanie Ebbert, “Directories Identified Warren As Minority,” The Boston Globe, 4/30/12)
Harvard Referred To Warren As The Law School’s “First Woman Of Color.”“But a 1997 Fordham Law Review piece described her as Harvard Law School’s ‘first woman of color,’ based, according to the notes at the bottom of the story, on a ‘telephone interview with Michael Chmura, News Director, Harvard Law (Aug. 6, 1996).’” (Maggie Haberman, “Fordham Piece Called Warren Harvard Law’s ‘First Woman Of Color,’” Politico, 5/15/12)
Warren Has Produced No Evidence To Document Her Claims To Native American Heritage. ”Warren has not met any of those standards. Though she continues to consider herself Native American, she has not provided any genealogical evidence.” (Mary Carmichael and Stephanie Ebbert, “Warren Says She Told Schools Of Heritage,” The Boston Globe, 5/31/12)
