Raquel Evita Saraswati, who claimed Arab, South Asian, Latin descent, outed by her own mom: ‘White as driven snow’
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The senior inclusion officer of a Philadelphia-based social justice group has been lying about her ethnic identity for years — claiming she is a woman of color despite being “as white as the driven snow,” her mother alleges.
Raquel Evita Saraswati, 39, who was born Rachel Elizabeth Seidel, is the chief equity, inclusion and culture officer of the American Friends Service Committee, which fights “violence, inequality and oppression,” the Intercept reported .
The Muslim activist, who has access to files of the progressive Quaker group’s workers and volunteers, has claimed for years to be of Latin, South Asian and Arab descent.
But her mother, Carol Perone, said Saraswati is actually of British, German and Italian descent.
“I call her Rachel. I don’t know why she’s doing what she’s doing,” Perone told the Intercept. “I’m as white as the driven snow and so is she.”
She added: “I’m German and British, and her father was Calabrese Italian. She’s chosen to live a lie, and I find that very, very sad.”
Perone said her daughter converted to Islam in high school and for some reason felt compelled to present a different ethnic identity.
The mother shared with the Intercept photos that show Saraswati with a far lighter complexion when she was a child, as well as her Ancestry.com profile. She asked the outlet not to publish the images.
Another family member, who asked not to be identified, confirmed to the Intercept that Saraswati is white.
Oskar Pierre Castro, a human resources official who helped AFSC hire Saraswati, was told she was a “queer, Muslim, multiethnic woman,” according to the news outlet.
“In my mind it was, ‘Great, a person of color, a queer person of color, who happens to be a Muslim, it’s a woman,’ all these things, and someone who seemed to get it,” Castrol told the Intercept.
“I definitely feel conned. … I feel deceived,” he added.
AFSC rep Layne Mullett told the outlet that the organization has received “documentation alleging that our Chief Equity, Inclusion, and Culture Officer, Raquel Saraswati, has been misrepresenting her identity.”
Mullett said Saraswati “stands by her identity. Raquel also assures us that she remains loyal to AFSC’s mission, which we firmly believe.”
He added that “AFSC does not require any employee to ‘prove’ their heritage as a condition of their employment, or in order to be valued as a member of our team.”
Some AFSC members have expressed concerns that Saraswati may be harboring a hidden political agenda and is working on behalf of groups that seek to undermine the group....
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Crazy that in a such clearly white supremacist country, so many white people pretend to be minorities.
So strange that there are so many fake hate crimes and fake minorities in a country that is supposedly defined by racism.
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ou went off your meds again didn't you
If you got nothing but insults, at least make them clever.
It’s the fauxcahontis effect perfected by Lizzie Warren.
Something about the left and claiming to be something they are not.
no shit. like trumpsters claiming to be patriotic americans, LOL...
And you opinion is supposed to matter to me because...
... you're one of the poster boys?
Again, why should your misinformed opinion matter to me?
Well, probably because some expect everyone to be Trump-driven maniacs.
It must really piss them off that many see bigger problems than their TDS driven drivel.
And this is the second leftist fool that come at with with bullshit completely unrelated to my comment or the article.
Most of those biased pussies wouldn’t know real patriotism if they ran face first into it. Shit birds, one and all.
all the while playing some self-righteous bullshit like they hold some kind of moral high ground amidst a hissy fit.
But hey, they get to talk about their big guns and all about how tough they were when somebody knocked on their door.
Yep, it’s really scary .....
In the era of the left & social justice it may not be a bad idea. The "system" can be played very well if you have the right identity.
Damn chimooks, always pretending to be something that they aren't.
I think she got the idea either from Liz Warren or the Mashpee Wampanoags.
Naw, she got it from Alex Jones who claims to be part Comanche of course the Comanche never heard of Alex Jones and he isn't on the rolls of the Comanche or Wannabe McCarthy in-laws who claim to be members of a Cherokee tribe that doesn't exist to screw the US taxpayers out of $7 million.
Why in the world would the people of the first light give her an idea of being, Latin, South Asian and Arab descent?
Then there is Iron Eyes Cody who made a living being a fake Indian, his real name was Espera DeCorti and 100% Italian.
I wouldn't know. I don't pay attention to Alex Jones.
So your claiming ignorance or are your wearing blinders since Kevin McCarthy in-laws, along with Espera DeCorti were also part of my response.
This is a good description of those folks, Indigenophilopath.
Cheers.
What I'm more concerned about these days is grammar. Our public school system seems to be failing.
Have a good one.
Which has nothing to do with my comment, your response or your original response to the article.
Nice try but a fail.
Cheers
Cheers is supposed to be a good bye
Used as a toast, used to express thanks. used to bid another farewell, it has more than one meaning.
But here is one that has one meaning,
Baamaapii
Glad to know you feel so strongly about it. I’ll look for the same “intensity” again from you when the topic of Lizzie Warren comes up.
You know, just to be gwaanj
Neskor ,,,,,
Playing gotcha over typos is now the magahats last resort...
Deflection, projection, and denial are all some have Kav.
Chi miigwetch, I'm sure that you will but to what end? It would be simpler to just ask me how I feel about Warren, Depp, Churchill, Smith and numerous others. But, if you want to play super spy that's up to you.
You are most welcome but I’m no secret squirrel. Just pointing out that said hypocrisy clearly has no partisan bias.
Politicians tend to have no shame. None.
You actually didn't point out anything, more like you made an assumption to satisfy your own bias, and you still didn't ask me how I feel about Warren being a wannabe.
You might want to look at your own responses to those on the right that BS that they are Indians, or not.
Sure I did. Anyone without a massive axe to grind got it.
Anyone.
Nope, see above
Because I didn’t. Because I didn’t want to.
Nah no need to but you should probably practice what you preach.
LOL, that's the best you have, nothing but assumptions and ''I don't want to''...Getting that log out of your eye would help you see reality, or maybe not it could be a bridge too far for you.
But you keep on checking to see if I have the ''same intensity'' with Warren however entertaining that would be for you.
Meh, the truth is always good enough for me. Always.
Others here, not so much I guess.
Are you saying people cannot identify as they wish?
That's a hate crime!
This article seems to mix religious, ethnic and national identities with racial ones. I guess we applaud folks for public acknowledgement of individual sexual self-identification but not so much for racial self-identification.
This article is a textbook example of anti-American propaganda crafted to stir up racial, sexual and religious division in America...
How much did it stir you up?
Just another case of people identifying as something they aren't.
I don't know why anyone would be upset over this, or over people claiming to be Indian.
Just what we are supposed to do, right, accept people no matter how they identify?
For years, we've been told race is a social construct. The same argument is now used to justify the existence of thousands of genders. If people can choose their gender with no regard to biology, then they can do the same for race. Anyone can be white or black or Indian.
Exactly!
Anyone can be whatever they imagine themselves to be!
And, if we use liberal logic, the world MUST accept you as you imagine yourself. And they must address you as you imagine yourself.
“And, if we use liberal logic, the world MUST accept you as you imagine yourself.
She should and will be held accountable if only for her appropriation.
Waiting for Congressperson Santos to check in…as it seems he is somehow impervious to being held to any standards.
Well, of course.
I really don't see why anyone is upset over this.
If she/he/them/they say she/him/them/they are something, then we are supposed to accept it no matter how far fetched it may be.
We know that's not going to happen.
Her appropriation? In what way?
I don't either. Not like she/he/them/they/it have any effect on my life. Just another clown looking for their 15 minutes.
Only held to double standards on the 'right'
Who? Has anyone ever heard of this person? Why is this “news”?
The anecdotal posing as endemic. One example to cite in a much broader, much more insidious agenda.
Yes, we should spend our time talking about the important things, like a state representative in Alaska or a tiny county in Michigan that change it's motto. Or maybe a local church!
Talk about your hypocritical complaints.
Lol. What hate group do you have to belong to to even be exposed to this singularly random person and supposed organization that nobody has ever heard of?
“Talk about your hypocritical complaints.”
Are you not exhausted reading the news every day…knowing you have not one, not two, but innumerable things you have to somehow inexplicably defend every.single.day?
Sleep well. See you tomorrow…
Yeah, the New York Post is a "hate group" You got me there.
And here's the " supposed organization" who you seem to be to embarrassed to admit exists.
It's a far left organization with a hundred million in net assets:
But we better not talk about it!
Whoever this freak is, it appears that she is likely a right wing mole with a known conservative history, but who is now being “exposed” as the next Dolezal. Is this the right’s manufactured distraction from George Santos?
Of course. she’s a right wing mole. Just like Elizabeth warren and all the others caught pretending to be a minority. Everyone’s part of a vast nation wide conspiracy to make progressive racialists look ridiculous.
Wow, what a totally interesting theory.
Yes, that is sarcasm.
Or a idiot non binary luggage thief who worked for the government?
this kinda thing is so dumb, and what’s worse is I am positive she doesn’t understand that doing this hurts the causes she claims to care about far more than she has helped them.
Yep but narcissists like her don’t really care about such things. They just want their participation trophies. Whatever it takes ...
I just cannot wrap my mind around it. If you wanna advocate for a group or for a cause then go ahead and do it, but just be yourself. When you pull this kinda shit and it comes out you not only discredit yourself but the ones you want to help.
I don’t think she is a narcissist exactly, definitely dumb though.