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Tag Archives: race
Using blood quantum, will there even be a Seventh Generation?
This topic won’t go away until it goes away. So here goes. In The Truth about Stories (2003), Thomas King (Cherokee) discusses the blood quantum approach that the government of Canada uses to determine “status Indians,” whereby those born a … Continue reading
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Tagged blood quantum, enrollment, indigenous, native american, race, seventh generation, tribal citizenship, tribal sovereignty
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The Electoral College: White lives matter
In the wake of Trump’s election, in which he lost the popular vote by nearly three million, much has been said about the use of the Electoral College. Only four times in US history has the winner of the electoral … Continue reading
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Tagged #electoralcollege, 2016, clinton, compromise, election, electoral college, electors, ethnicity, popular vote, race, slavery, trump
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