Racial Issues

Cherokee Nation – actions of Senator Brown staff ‘racist’ and ‘offensive’

Cherokee Nation – actions of Senator Brown staff ‘racist’ and ‘offensive’

As reported by ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston, “The Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation issued a strongly worded statement  Wednesday, denouncing the actions of staffers and supporters of the Sen. Scott  Brown campaign, who were shown in a YouTube video [shown below] chanting Indian “war whoops”  and making “tomahawk chops” during a rally for […]

Scott Brown’s racial politics crosses the line

Scott Brown’s racial politics crosses the line

Rachel Maddow discusses how Scott Brown’s racial politics crosses the line. showing a video of 5 of Sen. Brown’s staff members and supporters mocking Native Americans with hoots and gestures such as a means of taunting Brown’s opponent in the upcoming election, Elizabeth Warren. The ABC news affiliate in Boston identified participants as Sen. Brown’s deputy chief […]