Native American hater Matt Lauer is in some hot water for using the term “Indian Giver” when a guest was taking back a present. “No, no, no, they’re mine – don’t be an Indian Giver.” A spokesman for the Today show said, ” Lauer meant no disrespect he was merely pointing out that he had been ‘”Jewed” out of something that was his.
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The best line of the exchange happened when he suggested Meredith carried her panties
to work for five years, and she responded "the only thing I carried for five years was you Matt"
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This is almost as bad as the time Katie Couric declared that she had "the niggeritis" after gorging on some scrumptious ribs during a segment with Emeril Lagasse.
those are the kind of lines you get when you have such powerful onscreen chemistry. what a morning powerhouse!
Good thing Anne CURRY isn't on the show anymore.
(Get it!?!? It's a food joke in reference to a different type of indian!)
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In 1st grade my teacher told me to sit Indian Style.
So, I got an empty bottle of whiskey and laid down in the gutter!
Obviously Matt missed the PSA Seinfeld did on the sensitivity of Native Americans and that term. Let the Lauer Apology Tour 2012 begin!
Paleface had probably been hitting the firewater a little too hard the night before.
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Maybe he should sit indian style, while watching the redskins, and meditate on what he did...
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Seems to me a lot of what was learned as a child was either racist or Not politically correct?....Our ancestors were assholes! :\
