More Progressive Identity Theft: Top 'Cherokee Intellectual' Not Actually Cherokee

Move over, Ward Churchill, Elizabeth Warren and Rachel Dolezal, there's a new fraud in town.


The Daily Surge reports that Andrea Smith, a UC Riverside professor of media and cultural studies who is often described as a top "Cherokee Intellectual," apparently isn't a Cherokee at all.


She appears as a featured scholar at major events and has written books that were well-received by her colleagues. Her career has largely been defined by her supposed American Indian identity. Besides her academic work, she also helped create the organization INCITE!, which describes itself as a collection of “radical feminists of color.” She’s also been active in the Indian group Women of All Red Nations (WARN).


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