Paula Deen admits to using N-word, telling racist jokes in deposition, report says.

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Why hasn't the full transcript been posted?

Lawyer: Have you ever used the N-word yourself?

Deen: Yes, of course.
Lawyer: Okay. In what context?
Deen: Well, it was probably when a black man burst into the bank that I was working at and put a gun to my head.

Lawyer: Okay. And what did you say?
Deen: Well, I don’t remember, but the gun was dancing all around my temple … I didn’t — I didn’t feel real favorable towards him.

Lawyer: Okay. Well, did you use the N-word to him as he pointed a gun in your head at your face?
Deen: Absolutely not.

Lawyer: Well, then, when did you use it?
Deen: Probably in telling my husband.

Lawyer: Okay. Have you used it since then?
Deen: I’m sure I have, but it’s been a very long time.

Lawyer: Can you remember the context in which you have used the N-word?
Deen: No.

Lawyer: Has it occurred with sufficient frequency that you cannot recall all of the various context in which you’ve used it?
Deen: No, no.

Lawyer: Well, then tell me the other context in which you’ve used the N-word?
Deen: I don’t know, maybe in repeating something that was said to me.

Lawyer: Like a joke?
Deen: No, probably a conversation between blacks. I don’t–I don’t know. But that’s just not a word that we use as time has gone on. Things have changed since the ’60s in the south. And my children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior. As well as I do.
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Does she hate black people? I don't think so. I think she doesn't really grasp or comprehend that people are offended (and many people act offended) when the word Nigger is used in any context, even at private in your home.
 
Angelus Errare said:
Not at all, I actually expected this. And always will when dealing with someone from the south.
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It's really interesting to read these anti southern posts considering the overwhelming majority of recent history race riots in the US have taken place in places other than the South.

1963: Cambridge riot of 1963 (Cambridge, Maryland)
1964: Harlem Riot of 1964 (Harlem neighborhood, Manhattan, New York City)
1964: Rochester riot (Rochester, New York)
1964: Philadelphia 1964 race riot (North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1965: Watts Riots (Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles, California)
1966: Division Street Riots (Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois)
1966: Hough Riots (Hough community, Cleveland, Ohio)
1966: North Omaha, Nebraska (North Omaha community, Omaha, Nebraska)
Long Hot Summer of 1967
1967: Tampa Riots, (Tampa, Florida)
1967: Texas Southern University Riot (Houston, Texas)
1967: 1967 Detroit riot (Detroit, Michigan)
1967: Buffalo riot (Buffalo, New York)
1967: Milwaukee Riot (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
1967: Minneapolis North Side Riots (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
1967: 1967 Newark riots (Newark, New Jersey)
1967: Plainfield riots (Plainfield, New Jersey)
Protests of 1968
1968: Orangeburg massacre (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
1968: Nationwide riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1968: Baltimore riot of 1968 (Baltimore, Maryland)
1968: Chicago (April 1968) (Chicago, Illinois)
1968: Louisville riots of 1968 (Louisville, Kentucky)
1968: 1968 Washington, D.C. riots (Washington, D.C.)
1969: 1969 York Race Riot (York, Pennsylvania)
1970: May 11th Race Riot (Augusta, Georgia)
1970: Jackson State killings (Jackson, Mississippi)
1971: Camden Riots (Camden, New Jersey)
1972-1977: Escambia High School riots (Pensacola, Florida)
1975: Chaffey High School Race Riot enhanced by local sniper (Ontario, California)
1978: Houston's Moody Park on the first anniversary of Joe Campos Torres death.

Modern

1980: Miami Riots (Miami, Florida)
1980: Chattanooga Riot (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
1984: Lawrence, Massachusetts Race Riot: A small scale riot centered at the intersection of Haverhill and railroad streets between working class whites and Hispanics; several buildings were destroyed by Molotov cocktails; August 8, 1984.[49]
1991: Crown Heights riot (Crown Heights neighborhood, Brooklyn, New York City)
1992: Los Angeles Riots (Los Angeles, California): In a reaction to the acquittal of all four LAPD officers involved in the videotaped beating of Rodney King and the murder of Latasha Harlins; riots broke out mainly involving black youths in the black neighborhoods and shop owners in Korean neighborhoods, but overall riotiing was mainly to get out the frustrations of the racial groups over the racial tensions that were building in the South Central neighborhood for years[citation needed].
1996: St. Petersburg Riots (St. Petersburg, Florida): After Officer Jim Knight stopped 18 yr. old Tyron Lewis for speeding, his car lurched forward causing Knight to fire his weapon, fatally wounding the black teenager. Riots broke out and lasted for about 2 days.
2001: Cincinnati riots (Cincinnati, Ohio): In a reaction to the acquittal of Steven Roach after the fatal shooting of an unarmed young black male, Timothy Thomas, during a foot pursuit, riots broke out over the span of a few days.
2003: Benton Harbor riots (Benton Harbor, Michigan)
2005: 2005 Toledo Riot (Toledo, Ohio): A race riot that broke out after the Neo-Nazi protest marched through a black neighborhood.
2006: Fontana High School riot (Fontana, California): Riot involving about 500 Latino and black students[50]
2006: Prison Race Riots (California): A war between Latino and black prison gangs set off a series of riots across California[51][52]
2008: Locke High School riot[53] (Los Angeles, California)
2009: 2009 Oakland Riots (Oakland, California): Peaceful protests turned into rioting after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, Oscar Grant, by a BART transit policeman.
 
speedline said:
It's really interesting to read these anti southern posts considering the overwhelming majority of recent history race riots in the US have taken place in places other than the South.
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Out of curiosity, what was your source for this info? The first sources I came across were those like this, this, Stormfront, this, etc.
Don't mean anything by it, but just thought it was weird. They're obviously getting it from somewhere. A wiki page?
 
MooseKing said:
Why hasn't the full transcript been posted?



Does she hate black people? I don't think so. I think she doesn't really grasp or comprehend that people are offended (and many people act offended) when the word Nigger is used in any context, even at private in your home.
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I don't buy that she doesn't understand it offends people. That is bullshit. If she didn't know it was offensive she would've had no problem calling the guy that robbed her nigger to his face. They asked her if she called the robber Nigger to his face and she responds absolutely not. She didn't just say no, she said absolutely not cos she knew she would be fucked if she said that to his face.
 
Are they any truth to these allegations?

And if she did use it in the past...how long ago? People who grow up in bigoted times are going to be raised that way, and will say the awful things that those around them say. The important thing to know is if her views and vocab changed over time as she became less ignorant of those around her?
 
MooseKing said:
Why hasn't the full transcript been posted?



Does she hate black people? I don't think so. I think she doesn't really grasp or comprehend that people are offended (and many people act offended) when the word Nigger is used in any context, even at private in your home.
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Dude, she wanted a minstrel show and speaks wistfully of times when black people were treated as sub-human.
 
KefkaPalazzo said:
Are they any truth to these allegations?

And if she did use it in the past...how long ago? People who grow up in bigoted times are going to be raised that way, and will say the awful things that those around them say. The important thing to know is if her views and vocab changed over time as she became less ignorant of those around her?
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They are her own words. About a party she recently wished to host.
 
plantedunicorn said:
I don't buy that she doesn't understand it offends people. That is bullshit. If she didn't know it was offensive she would've had no problem calling the guy that robbed her nigger to his face. They asked her if she called the robber Nigger to his face and she responds absolutely not. She didn't just say no, she said absolutely not cos she knew she would be fucked if she said that to his face.
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That isn't what I said. She knows it offends people when you say it to them. I don't think she comprehends, being an older woman from the south, that it offends people even when you use the word in private, and they find out about it, even if it is used in a joke.

Which is why she was more than comfortable telling the lawyer about it. Which is also why she pointed out, at the end, that she doesn't use the word in public, isn't racist, and knows it offends people. She also didn't understand what was wrong with the party she wanted to host. There is a disconnect there for her. She doesn't get it's just as bad when used in private, as it is used around black people or in public.
 
KefkaPalazzo said:
Are they any truth to these allegations?

And if she did use it in the past...how long ago? People who grow up in bigoted times are going to be raised that way, and will say the awful things that those around them say. The important thing to know is if her views and vocab changed over time as she became less ignorant of those around her?
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She said it herself in a deposition. Legally binding.
 
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