Comments on: Jessica Simpson on her “Indian-giver” controversy: “I am Indian!”

By: fbeats

fbeats — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:21:42 +0000

she is looks very beautiful so people attractive her people are ignore about her i liked her dress short cut for held bolt
most her hair for care but not sure

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By: Snoopchew

Snoopchew — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:30:11 +0000

@Boomchakab
Another good read is “Seven Arrows” by Hyemeyohsts Storm.

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By: boomchakaboom

boomchakaboom — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:08:48 +0000

I could be wrong, but I believe the 1/16th thing may have come into play when the US government was forced to compensate to some extent for loss of land and everything else. Only $$ cause the government to set “guidelines” you know.

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By: rop

rop — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:25:45 +0000

Annie- Very interesting, now that you mention it, I vaguely remember the 1/16th rule. She may or may not be 1/16th “indian” but she is 100% stupid.

I do have to recommend a book by Howard Zinn called “A People’s History of the United States.” It really doesn’t make one very proud of our history. He writes about events that is and probably never will be in any history book in a US school. From Columbus, Native Americans, African-Americans, Women and so many other events throughout history that has been opressed.

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By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:36:20 +0000

U.S History leaves out a lot of little interesting “tidbits” when they teach the kids. History is always written from the view of the victor not the victims. Unfortunately.

And whoever mentioned the “One-Drop Rule”, you are correct, it was something that could not be avoided for African-Americans BUT! they went into specifics in regard to (for lack of a more all encompassing term for which I apologize) Native Americans. They came up with the “Pocahontus exception” which said that a person was considered white so long as they had no more than 1/16th Native “blood”.

So….according to the one-drop, Jessica’s not considered Native. lol And therefore the whole one-drop argument doesn’t apply.

She’s not “Indian”.

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By: boomchakaboom

boomchakaboom — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:54:44 +0000

Solitary Angel: You’re very welcome, my dear. I stumbled upon an old copy of “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” at a fairly young age and read it, cover to cover. I can’t describe what it did to me, but the book itself felt like a piece of something alive. I protected it, didn’t tell anyone about it, and always put it back in the same place every day. When I picked it up I thought it was going to be a great “western”, having zero knowledge of the whole thing other than public school barely mentions about it. It was difficult to read, yet impossible to resist. I still have it, some 40 years later, but never have I been able to read it again – I don’t have to. It lives in my heart. But it is definitely a personal treasure of mine. I highly recommend it to anyone with an ounce of curiosity or the desire to know something true.

Didn’t mean to get all off track, but this conversation did present an opportunity to at least recommend a great read full of real history to anyone who may be interested. Having been raised on white bread and The Lone Ranger, my generation had to find our own truths!

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By: blind item reader

blind item reader — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:45:36 +0000

I have a problem with people who assume blonde hair and blue eyes denotes anything other than random genetics. LOTS of aboriginal people are blonde and blue eyed.

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By: Ana

Ana — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:26:07 +0000

Sorry, what I meant was that it is “bullcrap” that she only wants to bring it up to get out of using an offensive term.
How convenient. Since she is 1/16 she can get away with saying whatever she wants. Bullcrap.
*She shouldn’t have used it in the first place-no matter how much she is.

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By: rop

rop — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:38:47 +0000

Solitary Angel- I am not attacking or arguing, words get lost in forums so I just want to try to clarify. I am not insinuating that a certain race has suffered more or less than another however, I do realize and am vocal about the atrocities that the Native people of this land have suffered and in my opinion, still suffer. I am not african-american so there is no personal attachment for me but the referrence was only to say that your heritage is your heritage and the one drop rule was an extreme fact of that. For someone to call it “bullcrap” that she is 1/16th makes no sense to me, if it is in her genes, then it is in her genes that was the only thing meant by it. It doesn’t give her the right to say what she said since she really doesn’t have a clue of her heritage. Jessica’s comment was very lame and insensitive and I think everyone can agree on that.

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By: jaundicemachine

jaundicemachine — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:17:19 +0000

It’s just interesting because the woman has never experienced a whiff of racism, but since her mother is 1/16 “Indian”, well then! – she has a spot reserved around the drum circle.

I guess I always find it interesting that the people who look like they fell out of an Aryan propaganda film are the first to claim Native Ancestry. I mean, I’m always hesitant to bring up my ancestry (semi-anonymous internet forums withstanding ) because I’ve never been raised in the culture and the lifestyle.

Very cool, Solitary Angel – I have Lakota blood as well.
Salutations all around!

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