Liberal Senate candidate Warren claimed minority status to get invited to luncheons?

Honesty. Integrity. Character. These are the words that spring to mind when you think of Massachusetts liberal and Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren, right? The woman who helped design TARP and was put in charge of reforming the financial system by President Obama would never do anything unethical. Of course not…unless claiming for over ten years that she was a minority because someone in her family told her that she was 1/32 Native American suddenly has become unethical. There is no way that such a claim could ever have an impact on her career when she was teaching at Harvard.

Well…. Maybe…. A little….

“The discovery of a great-great-great-grandmother does raise the question of when it becomes unseemly, if not outright deceptive, for someone to claim minority status – especially in a profession where ethnic preferences in hiring and promotions are routinely observed,” wrote blogger Vincent Carroll (via CSM).

Christian Science Monitor explained:

Warren’s campaign released statements from officials at the universities where she has worked, stating that her purported minority status had nothing to do with decisions to hire her. Those institutions are the University of Texas, University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston Law Center, and most recently Harvard Law School.