But there is a lot more nuance to the story than your simple one liner. For example, it doesn't look like anyone at Harvard knew about her claimed NA heritage before giving her tenure. If you have heard different then please share.
From the article, she admits being listed "as a minority in a directory of law professors" from "1985 to 1996". Then she "was granted tenure in 1995 – [the employer] touted the Democrat’s Native American background as part of an effort to boost its diversity hiring record".
So, she publicized herself as a minority. Gets tenure with the employer touting her minority status. Then, she stops calling herself a minority. I think that's pretty convincing she used her false minority status in order to get the job, ie affirmative action.
Source please.
I read this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/09/27/th...
But there is a lot more nuance to the story than your simple one liner. For example, it doesn't look like anyone at Harvard knew about her claimed NA heritage before giving her tenure. If you have heard different then please share.