5:44 pm - 11/24/2010
While everyone is preparing to give thanks tomorrow, one of America's most famous families, the Jolie-Pitts, have decided to sit this Thanksgiving out.
"Angelina Jolie hates this holiday and wants no part in rewriting history like so many other Americans," a friend of the actress tells me. "To celebrate what the white settlers did to the native Indians, the domination of one culture over another, just isn't her style. She definitely doesn't want to teach her multi-cultural family how to celebrate a story of murder."
Angelina has been filming her directorial debut, about a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who fall in love during the Bosnian War. Angie, always extremely sensitive to the suffering throughout the world, is filming in English and the native languages.
"Angelina gets so grossed out by Thanksgiving that she has made sure her family will not be in America this year on Thursday," an insider tells me.
And although Brad Pitt recently told 'EXTRA,' "We'll whip up a turkey somewhere," he certainly hasn't shared that plan with Angelina. A family friend tells me, "If Brad wants turkey, he will have to cook it himself. For Angie, it will be another day when America tries to rewrite history."
Lighten up, dear!
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St. Angie Refuses to Celebrate Thanksgiving, Feels It's a 'Story of Murder'
While everyone is preparing to give thanks tomorrow, one of America's most famous families, the Jolie-Pitts, have decided to sit this Thanksgiving out.
"Angelina Jolie hates this holiday and wants no part in rewriting history like so many other Americans," a friend of the actress tells me. "To celebrate what the white settlers did to the native Indians, the domination of one culture over another, just isn't her style. She definitely doesn't want to teach her multi-cultural family how to celebrate a story of murder."
Angelina has been filming her directorial debut, about a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who fall in love during the Bosnian War. Angie, always extremely sensitive to the suffering throughout the world, is filming in English and the native languages.
"Angelina gets so grossed out by Thanksgiving that she has made sure her family will not be in America this year on Thursday," an insider tells me.
And although Brad Pitt recently told 'EXTRA,' "We'll whip up a turkey somewhere," he certainly hasn't shared that plan with Angelina. A family friend tells me, "If Brad wants turkey, he will have to cook it himself. For Angie, it will be another day when America tries to rewrite history."
Lighten up, dear!
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Wednesday: You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, you will play golf, and enjoy hot hors d’oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, “Do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller.”
appropriate.
Edited at 2010-11-25 01:02 am (UTC)
GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE 4EVER.
My husband HATES baked mac and cheese. Weirdo.
flawless
my family does Italian fueled holidays - no turkey or casseroles for us
i just love mashed potatoes the most
And stuffing. A Thanksgiving without stuffing is just wrong.
AND HAM
My aunt makes them and they're the best thing ever. They're like these yams with marshmallows in the middle. They're rolled into a ball and then you roll the ball through crushed Frosted Flakes.
sweet potato pie
I hate the fact that now I can't sweet potatos/potatos in general all thanks to an allergy test -_-
Roasted turkey with herbed stuffing...THE BEST PART.
i'm sure
however as a male i think with my stomach. YUMMM.
Real thanksgiving happened a month ago.
Stay pressed because we're still better than you, Canada.
do ur thing angie
does sitting down on thanksgiving and being thankful for your family and friends mean automatically mean you are supporting the terrible things that happened/happen to native americans?
it's just important to acknowledge the reality of what we did to native americans while we stuff ourselves stupid...tbh tho i think this article seems a little dramatic, i feel like she isn't that up in arms about the whole thing like the writer is making it seem...
i was just wondering what people thought
ETA: By this, I mean, it's not inherently about murder. At its basis, it's about sharing knowledge (how to harvest) and food.
Edited at 2010-11-25 01:39 am (UTC)
Edited at 2010-11-25 03:16 am (UTC)
You won. All right? You came in and you killed them and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did, and he's not goin' around saying, "I came, I conquered, I felt really bad about it." The history of the world is not people making friends. You had better weapons, and you massacred them. End of story.
The Columbian exchange was also quite the bitch. It was proportionally more sucky than a lot of other conquests.