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Sarah Palin Plays the Race Card

Sarah Palin played the race card again - bringing up Todd's 1/8 Native Alaskan ancestry to dodge questions about her $150K wardrobe by saying she was now wearing beaded earrings from his mother. Ignoring the obvious misdirection, I was curious to find out about how that heritage she "values" so much has affected her policymaking. Guess what? Her love of Alaskan Natives is as fake as her claims to be qualified.

Here's an overlooked story from last month.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080929/ap_on_el_pr/palin_alaska_natives

And as far as Todd goes, he isn't recognized by any tribe and doesn't seem to be involved in any Native organizations (although his mother was). The only thing that does get mentioned is his status as a shareholder of the Bristol Bay Native Corporation. But that just means that he inherited the right to fish for Sockeye Salmon in native controlled waters. This allowed the Palins to make $46,000 in a month last year.

This blog post by a Native Alaskan has much more detail, including the fact that Sarah Palin's use of the term "Yup'ik Eskimo" is insensitive/offensive. FYI, the word "esquimaux" is French/Algonquin for "raw fish eater."


http://alaskareal.blogspot.com/2008/09/todd-palin-on-his-heritage-series-of.html

posted by D.J. EleVate @ 12:31 PM