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A Wisconsin Activist Just Got Accused Of Cosplaying A Person of Color
Rachel Dolezal and Oli London are simply a few examples from the regarding quantity of white individuals who have just lately cosplayed folks of colour for clout. The newest seems to be Kay LeClaire, a frontrunner of a Wisconsin-based queer Indigenous artists collective who has been accused of faking their heritage.
The self-proclaimed Native American activist — who additionally identifies as “two-spirit,” a time period for possessing each a masculine and a female spirit — has performed a outstanding position in Wisconsin’s Indigenous group. LeClaire just lately spearheaded a petition for a white-owned bar, The Winnebago, to vary its Indigenous-derived title. Up to now, they’ve claimed to be of Métis, Oneida, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee heritage, in keeping with a report Tuesday by Madison365. Their purported ethnicity has additionally helped them safe monetary positive factors, the outlet mentioned.
LeClaire was first accused of faking their Indigenous id by an nameless person on a message board who raised questions on their claims. Amongst them have been allegations that LeClaire’s dad and mom have been of German and Swedish descent, in addition to ideas that LeClaire used their Ojibwe title in an inconsistent approach.
Since then, LeClaire has reportedly apologized. “Transferring ahead, my efforts can be in the direction of lowering hurt by following the instructions supplied by Native group members and community-specified proxies,” they wrote in an e mail to Madison365. “Any culturally associated gadgets I maintain are being redistributed again in group, both to the unique makers and gift-givers when attainable or elsewhere as decided by group members.”
No matter lies LeClaire could have fabricated about their id, this incident factors to the extra widespread downside of “Pretendians,” a time period describing those that falsely declare to be of Indigenous descent. It’s a phenomenon that’s been particularly prevalent in educational areas all through the U.S. and Canada just lately, in keeping with The New York Occasions.
Native American communities are significantly weak to cultural appropriation. After the mass homicide of Indigenous folks all through the continent severed communities from their cultures, many have sought to protect what’s left by declining to measure tribal membership by look or blood quantum, which is usually thought-about a colonial assemble based mostly on eugenics. As a substitute, tribal membership is usually decided by lineage and different elements which can be simpler to falsely declare.
Maybe the best-known instance of an accused Pretendian was Sacheen Littlefeather, an iconic determine of the Native American motion who known as out Hollywood for its mistreatment of Indigenous folks on the 1973 Oscars. After her loss of life final yr, Littlefeather’s sisters advised the San Francisco Chronicle that neither certainly one of their dad and mom was really Native American and that Littlefeather had lied. However advocates have additionally refuted these claims, since proving Indigenous lineage could be sophisticated.
The underside line is that Pretendians are deeply harmful to those that even have ties to Native communities however don’t look stereotypically Indigenous. They undermine individuals who really need a platform, they usually finally damage the legitimacy of all Indigenous actions. Members of the Native American group have been silenced since this nation’s inception, they usually nonetheless are — however this time, by individuals who declare to be them.
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Many Wisconsinites looked outside Saturday morning to find that it rained overnight. But where did it rain and how much?
Milwaukee, New Berlin and Madison took the lead with cities that got the most rain, each with at least two inches overnight, according to the National Weather Service volunteer monitoring service.
How much did it rain in the Milwaukee area?
Milwaukee: 1.59-2 inches
Whitefish Bay: 0.98-1 inches
Wauwatosa: 1.12-1.19 inches
West Allis: 1.63 inches
Cudahy: 1.26 inches
Greendale: 1.24-1.6 inches
New Berlin: 1.42-2.2 inches
Muskego: 0.76-0.77 inches
Waukesha: 1.33-1.75 inches
Oconomowoc: 1.3-1.53 inches
Hartland: 1.25 inches
Menomonee Falls: 0.9-1.13 inches
Mequon: 1 inch
Cedarburg: 0.75 inches
How much did it rain in Madison, Green Bay, Racine, and other parts of Wisconsin?
Madison: 1.21-2.1 inches
Sun Prairie: 1.09 inches
Watertown: 1.21-1.66 inches
Janesville: 0.62-0.81 inches
Beloit: 0.53-0.62 inches
Portage: 0.46-0.54 inches
La Crosse: 0.74 inches
Eau Claire: 0.06-0.25 inches
Wausau: 0.51-0.74 inches
Plover: 0.34-0.45 inches
Fond du Lac: 0.51-0.83 inches
Oshkosh: 0.7-0.9 inches
Sheboygan: 0.52-0.95 inches
Manitowoc: 0.35-0.5 inches
Appleton: 0.35-1.01 inches
Green Bay: 0.4 inches
Sister Bay: 0.74 inches
Racine: 0.55-0.84 inches
Kenosha: 0.34-0.41 inches
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‘Bachelorette’ Jenn Tran talks about her time at UW-Madison, from Badger games to working at Eno Vino
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Years before upcoming “Bachelorette” and former “Bachelor” contestant Jenn Tran was looking for love on TV, there was something else she was trying to find:
A college with “a lot of school spirit.”
She’d find it — in Wisconsin.
“Madison just seemed like the best college town — and it definitely was,” she told the Journal Sentinel in a Zoom interview earlier this week.
Ahead of the premiere of Tran’s season of “The Bachelorette” on ABC — it’s just over a week away! — we took a trip down memory lane with her to her time as a Badger.
From Tran’s favorite hangouts to whether she plans on ever coming back, here’s what she had to say about her former college town:
Badger games, the Terrace and her favorite Madison restaurants
Tran transferred in the middle of her sophomore year to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied molecular biology.
“I really just wanted a school with a lot of school spirit,” she said. “I’m just someone who loves a big community and loves a really good college town.”
With Madison having a “really good sports culture,” Tran tried to make it to as many football and basketball games as she could. And, she was an athlete in her own right, playing club lacrosse.
She reminisced about sitting on the Memorial Union Terrace with a beer, brat or cheese curds. And, taking her paddleboard out on the lake.
“I love to just have a good time,” she said. “There were so many good restaurants there.”
Tran went to Eno Vino Wine Bar and Bistro “all the time,” she said, and worked at its downtown location as a server in 2018. The downtown location, 1 N. Webster St., is on the 10th Floor of the AC Hotel and features breathtaking Capitol views.
Dana Thiel, Tran’s manager at Eno Vino, had never tuned into “The Bachelor” before last season. But, with her former colleague on it, she got into it.
Tran would end up making it into “Bachelor” Joey Graziadei’s top six.
“I felt like (Jenn) was very herself, as in really friendly, just genuinely a nice person,” said Thiel, now the restaurant’s GM. “It was definitely exciting to see that.”
During “The Bachelor” season finale, when it was announced that Tran would be the next “Bachelorette,” Thiel was “super-excited.”
“I definitely hope she finds her person, finds love,” Thiel said.
So, what was Tran like as an employee? No tea here. According to Thiel, she was memorable, reliable, friendly, really outgoing and brought great energy.
“Definitely how she was on the show, where she definitely just brings that positive energy,” Thiel said.
Another one of Tran’s Madison go-tos was The Coopers Tavern, 20 W. Mifflin St. She recalled going there after finals to treat herself to some sliders, cheese curds and crème brûlée.
Being in May 2020, the spring commencement Tran’s senior year was virtual. After moving to Boston, Tran and her gal pals would return to Madison in September 2021 for their in-person graduation celebration.
“It was so much fun to be able to finally graduate and celebrate,” Tran said. “We went to The KK (The Kollege Klub) after and had a really good time.”
A look at what ‘Bachelorette’ Jenn Tran has been up to since her UW-Madison days
Tran has been working toward becoming a physician assistant, but is taking a “little break” from PA school, which is in south Miami. In the words of her favorite artist Taylor Swift, Tran has “a lot going on at the moment.”
“I want to be able to really focus on PA school the best that I can because the end goal is to be a good provider,” Tran said. “I’m just pushing it off until I have a lot more time to dedicate to it.”
Tran is “The Bachelorette’s” first Asian American lead. She was born in New Jersey after her parents and brother immigrated to the United States from Vietnam.
“I never would’ve dreamed of becoming the role model I once needed when I was a kid,” Tran said. “It’s really quite full-circle and surreal.”
Does ‘Bachelorette’ Jenn Tran plan to ever return to Wisconsin?
Yes — just not during the winter.
While she “loves summers in Madison,” she called the winters “brutal.”
Tran wants to make it back sometime during a summer and also for a UW football game.
“It’s in the works,” she said. “It’s definitely in the plans.”
How to watch UW-Madison grad Jenn Tran on ‘The Bachelorette’
“The Bachelorette” Season 21 premiere is at 7 p.m. CT July 8 on ABC. It streams on Hulu the next day.
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