JOHN KASS:
“…Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the Democrat campaigning for president, has had two amazing creation myths to choose from.
One had her as a Native American, and the other as a young teacher forced out of her job because she was pregnant.
Many epic heroines, or heroes, have only one creation myth, as anyone who has who read Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” can tell you.
Warren has just the one face. But each of her stories cast her as a victim.
Yet when it comes to creation myths, Sen. Two Tales has none…
…The Democratic Party is ruled by identity politics, and victim status wins points and protection. Warren’s story gave her room to shape-shift, from the Native American who wasn’t to young mom victimized by the patriarchy…”