This was clearly a reference to Elizabeth Warren, who once claimed this was proof of her Native American ancestry. You can’t blame these students for being annoyed by this.
Arizona Central reports:
Indigenous UA students demand apology after university president’s remarksA group of Native American students at the University of Arizona is demanding an apology from the university’s president after he made offensive comments regarding his heritage.A letter from a group identifying itself as Voices of Indigenous Concerns in Education, or VOICE, detailed UA President Robert Robbins’ remarks to a student group and his administration’s subsequent response, which the group found lacking.The letter, which was first reported by UA’s student newspaper, the Daily Wildcat, was posted on Native SOAR’s Facebook and Instagram pages.On Oct. 3, Robbins “unexpectedly joined” a Native SOAR (Students Outreach, Access, and Resiliency) class.”In a failed attempt to connect and relate to the group, Robbins began, ‘Not to pull an Elizabeth Warren,’ and then proceeded to tell the class how he completed a DNA test to prove his Cherokee ancestry,” the letter stated.Robbins then told the class that the test results came back negative and he planned to do another test because of his “very high cheekbones.”
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