At a moment in history when academia’s words proclaim that “white privilege” rules our society, we see evidence in the behavior of academics that real privilege accrues to minorities that claim victimhood. Ward Churchill, move over.  Another, more prominent professor teaching and writing about Native Americans is being widely accused of faking Indian heritage.  [Cough! Elizabeth Warren.]  Blake Neff of the Daily Caller News Foundation writes: Andrea Smith, a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California at Riverside, has started to draw attention in the wake of the Dolezal incident from those who say she has for years falsely claimed to have Cherokee blood. The case is arguably much more significant, though, because while Dolezal was a relatively undistinguished academic at Eastern Washington University, Smith is recognized as a significant scholar in her field. She routinely appears as a featured scholar at major...(Read Full Post)