Well , if you read that WaPo article , you ' d see that she didn ' t make that claim to get into school , and that Harvard grouped all minorities together for affirmative action reasons , rather than highlighting Native Americans specifically , and that there ' s no proof she made the claim on a job application , and also that she was well qualified to get a job in her own right without needing to make such a claim . And finally , Massachusetts has EEOP laws that forbid employment decisions from being made on the basis of race , gender , etc . <| sep |> and much happier That ' s all that really matters . People who have nothing to do with your life will fight you on it , which is sadly funny , but being happy trumps making more money every time . There ' s no point to money if getting it involves being stressed and miserable .