In a shocking story that has rocked the Food Network
world, popular television chef, Ree Drummond was notified this afternoon that
her contract would not be renewed next month after evidence was unearthed that
she had once used the word, “Indian giver” in a conversation with her sister in
law 14 years ago. Native American groups were outraged, but not surprised by
revelations of racism coming from a middle aged white woman from Oklahoma.
George “Golden Eagle” Begay, spokesman for NARF(Native
American Rights Fund), said that although he watched The Pioneer Woman all the
time and really did kind of like some of her recipes, deep down, he knew she
was a racist. “The chances of finding a 45 year old Oklahoman who doesn’t hate
Indians is about as rare as finding a Peace Treaty where the American
government didn’t screw us over.”
Most observers thought that Drummond might be able to
survive the discovery of this ugly Indian slur, if she had immediately
apologized to the Indian community. But when her husband Ladd sent out said apology
with smoke signals, the end was near. “I thought I was honoring their ancient
communication system,” he tried to explain, “but from the looks of it, I made
it worse.”
The Food Network has been rocked by scandal ever
since the revelation just last week that headliner Paula Deen admitted to using
the “n” word on numerous occasions. Industry experts are divided on whether the
network can survive losing two of its biggest stars to such horrific
allegations, especially if rumors that Giada De Laurentiis once told a joke about
lazy Greeks back in college, turn out to be true.
This stuff is as ridiculous as using a cow pattie for a frisbee, it's just a bunch of flying carp. Since the 60's, parenting has taken a backward turn ... all this "touchy-feely" carp has simply resulted in raising their kids to be sniveling cry-babies instead of remembering that "sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me" that was taught back when kids were raised to accept that sometimes people say things you may not like or agree with, but that doesn't mean you have to be a big baby and cry about it and make a scene. So many kids, who are now adults, have been raised with the idea the NO ONE is EVER to say anything mean .... what a STUPID concept ... and if someone DOES say something they don't like, they cry, scream, and call the local news and their lawyer. Act like a freakin' adult and GET OVER IT. "Indian giver" is just an old-time phrase ... SO WHAT if Ree Drummond said it ... is that any reason to ruin her career over it? I'm part native american and I take NO OFFENSE at it. Mr. Begay is obviously one of the cry-babies who are just looking for a reason to be offended and get his name in the news. A person with a REAL native american heart would be stronger than to boo-hoo over such a thing. Man UP, Mr. Begay ... stop making problems where there are none and start acting like you have respect for yourself instead of attacking someone else to get your 15 minutes of fame.
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