Comments on: Jessica Simpson confirms giving Tony $100k boat, says she’s not an ‘Indian giver’

By: NativePride

NativePride — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:13:19 +0000

HIGH FIVE to MAV and whoever else called the student of Native History to the carpet.

I don’t bother getting too upset by other’s ignorance either, but I HATE it when people claim to have knowledge of the sufferings of our ancestors because they have some percentage of “Native Blood”.

There is a lot of pan Indian baseless facts floating around America’s general population and I don’t care how long one has “studied” the history. You HAVE to experience it first hand in order to be a REAL student of the Native sufferings and its after shock which is still a reality that families like mine live in.

“Indian Giver” is derogatory- no matter how anyone tries to paint it. That being said- celebraties and those like Jessica Simpson are truly of no consequence- no matter what is uttered from her lips. She is as ignorant to our culture as she seems to be with her own personal life. I don’t care what she says, but I WILL stand by any TRUE native person and fight the good fight when need be.

The Native American culture is a mystery to anyone who does not and has not experienced the seemless layers that make it what it is. No one can “Study” it’s reality anymore than you can understand what it’s like to experience something like childbirth, without actually going through it.

I said too much…..
Peace.

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By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:35:00 +0000

I just read how much money she is using for her hair and makeup crew for her show, and looking at those bad blonde streaks I am in shock, looks like something that was done at the quicky hairsalan next to the grocery store in small town USA. WOW, she is wasting $ on boats and hairstylist, hope she doesn’t blow through all her money before she is 35.

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By: Snoopchew

Snoopchew — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:51:09 +0000

Her name is on the title of the boat. To get her off the title all he has to do is write a check.
For her to say “Indian giver” was just an indication of how ignorant and shallow she is to financial affairs.
She is such a child.

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By: Mav

Mav — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:35:00 +0000

Just a though here, as I have never posted to a blog as most times I do feel as it is not worth my time. In this case I do find offense and take exception to Aspen’s comments posted July 29th, 2009 at 11:13 am, apparently after studing American History, for whatever length of time and at whatever place, you have arrived at the conclusion that “aboriginal” in the context of your post was directed at Native Americans. Follows excerpt from original blog:

(I don’t like the term ‘native’ because it’s inaccurate…it’s my personal little pet peeve).

The term “Indian,” of course, isn’t accurate, either. It came about because the first aboriginal people taken back to Spain were called Indians on the false assumption that the Bahamas (where they actually landed) were the East Indies.

Back to Jessica Simpson: The American Indians have REAL issues to fight for and be angry about. Her use of that term, whether you find it personally offensive or not, was more than likely an innocent lack of understanding.

My response would be that perhaps you didn’t follow you instructors lessons of were swayed for whatever reason, “Native” is and would be the correct description of the peoples that were in the America’s proir to the landing of one Mr. Christopher Colombus, as I gathered from your discourse. The term native, from the merriam-webster dictionary would be as follows:

1; native, adj\ 1: INBORN, NATURAL 2: born in a particular place or country 3; belonging to a person because of his birth {his~language} 4: grown, produced or originating in a particular place: INDIGENIOUS
2; native, n\ : one that is native; esp : a person that belongs to a particular country by birth.

Now back to your discourse on; my terminology; “Native American Indians”
per your description of:

aboriginal\ adj: ORIGINAL, INDIGENOUS, PRIMITIVE
or:
aborigine\ n : a menber of the original race of inhabitants of a region: NATIVE

All terms were taken from The Merriam-Webster dictionary to give proper credit with reference to copywritten material.

Perhaps Aspen could have given this definition from wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_giver
prior to his/her discourse, to allow people from this blog to be “up to their speed”.

I personally would hope that their “Ignorance”, and apparent unfamillarity, with the terms that, they themselves have espoused to have “studied”, is in fact ignorant themselves.

I would agree with lilo’s comments in this blog posted: July 29th, 2009 at 11:02 am

with regards to a denial of what the “Native American Indian” has endured for more than two centuries in this country, “the land of the free and home of the brave”. Does anyone out there have a level head anymore?

Does anyone see what is happening? apparently people are more interested in being “politically correct”, or wishing they were, and being ignorant of the “facts” they espouse, would lead them to believe they can now be “easily” remedied. Who are you? In closing I do believe that, quoting you;

‘that finding offense where none was intended is a fruitless and life-stealing practice.’

Having said that please check up on what you have “studied” and make sure all the relevant information you put forth is factual.

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By: gil

gil — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:10:53 +0000

Jessica, give me a boat and I promise you I will never give it back and there will be no name calling – just sincere appreciation:) Don’t listen to the scribes for they no not what they write.

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By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:20:46 +0000

all right all ready, so what does it mean to native indians? Probably nobody knows.

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By: ladedy

ladedy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:57:26 +0000

wow! it’s amazing how we all are hurting financially in this messed up economy, and these celebrities than just throw thousands of dollars away, when people are out in the streets and starving. she doesn’t have a clue about the term “indian giver” most of us don’t.

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By: JunBug

JunBug — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:36:50 +0000

Another dumb blonde.

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By: mzeimet

mzeimet — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:59:24 +0000

Of course she didn’t have any idea it was offensive. Does anyone remember the Chicken of the Sea conversation she had with then husband Nick? ‘Is it chicken or is it tuna?’

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By: Aspen

Aspen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:06:33 +0000

Ms. Martin…people who use their freedom of speech in controversial ways must prepare to suffer the consequence of anger produced by that controversy.

Just ask Natalie Maines.

You go ahead and say whatever inflammatory thing you want…and I’ll call you out for it whenever I want.

And so it goes.

Being on the lookout for offense is useless, and I don’t understand people who constantly search for reasons to be angry. That said, I cannot understand intentionally hurting people. Maybe that’s what you want to be…but it’s not what I want to be.

If you KNOW that saying something could hurt someone…then why would you say it?

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