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Is Trump Saying "Pocahontas" Racist?
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November 29, 2017
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10:26Now Playing“Calling a member of any race/ethnicity by the name of another famous member of that race/ethnicity is racist.” Kumail Nanjiani. Ben Mankiewicz, Brett Erlich, and Amberia Allen, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Join TYT
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"Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye on Tuesday said he believed President Donald Trump’s use of the name “Pocahontas” to refer to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is an ethnic slur.
“I feel that the way it was used, yes, it was,” Begaye told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota, who had asked if he considered the attack an “ethnic slur.” “Pocahontas is a real person. It’s not a caricature, it’s not someone that’s just made up. This is a person, a young lady, a Native American woman that played a critical role in the life of this nation, and to use that person in that way is unnecessary and it’s being culturally insensitive.”
The White House has said assertions that the attack is racist are “ridiculous.”
Three Navajo Code Talkers — World War II veterans Fleming Begaye Sr., Thomas Begay and Peter MacDonald — stood beside Donald Trump Monday as he called Warren “Pocahontas,” an attack referencing her previous claims, without evidence, that she had Native American heritage.
Those claims were first used to attack Warren in her bid for the Senate in 2012. Trump revived the attack in 2016, adding “Pocahontas,” in 2016.”*
Hosts: Ben Mankiewicz, Brett Erlich, Amberia Allen
Cast: Ben Mankiewicz, Brett Erlich, Amberia Allen
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