Jessica Simpson Angers Native Americans
August 6th, 2009Jessica Simpson has pissed of more than just the Dallas Cowboys fans. Last week, when she was asked by the paparazzi if she would take back the pricey boat that she bought for her ex-boyfriend Tony Romo, she said “I’m not an Indian giver.” Her loaded response has created controversy and offended Native Americans across the US. The executive director of the National Congress of American Indians explained that the term originated from the idea of native people giving and sharing with one another but that over time, the phrase transformed into a prejudiced phrase that implies Native Americans give and revoke gifts. She said that “most people flippantly use the comment ‘Indian giver,’ without realizing its true meaning…this is both incorrect in the way most people use it, and culturally insensitive to Native people.”
