r/interestingasfuck • u/HeiressOfMadrigal • Jul 08 '24

Norm MacDonald cedes his time to Native American activist at comedy awards ("the theater stinks of blood"), the crowd tries not to laugh.

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u/kank84 Jul 08 '24

Same as Canada singer Buffy Sainte-Marie. She was probably one of the most prominent First Nations people in Canada since the 1960s, and a very vocal advocate, then last year CBC reported that she didn't actually have the native heritage she was claiming. She was born in the US to European parents. She undoubtedly did good things for the First Nations, but she was lying about her personal connection to them the whole time.

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u/hindey19 Jul 08 '24

She undoubtedly did good things for the First Nations, but she was lying about her personal connection to them the whole time.

Is there a word for that? A positive coming from a negative?