For all those asking about the conclusion she gained social benefit, "Harvard Law School, where Warren worked from 1995 until she was elected to the Senate in 2012, “touted Warren’s Native American background … in an effort to bolster their diversity hiring record in the ’90s as the school came under heavy fire for a faculty that was then predominantly white and male.”. Because of her minority claim both her and Harvard benefited from this claim.
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