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[DominoKid]

old southern white woman tells racist jokes and says the n-word? yeah that's like normal course in my experience.

 

[Stinkles]

This story makes me sad because I already hated her to the maximum capacity I was able. It's like finding out Donald Trump has a terrible singing voice.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Paula would never use the word non-fat or low sodium.



I find the more hilarious aspect of this story that she has a brother named Bubba. The cliches are too much.

 

[Dr. Malik]

Twitter is doing the most with this

https://twitter.com/search?q=#PaulasBestDishes&src=tren

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Is anyone really surprised?

*raises hand*

 

[Infinite]

"Cook your bread with the 'Still I rise' yeast" I'm done

 

[richiek]

Jackson said also Deen wanted African-American employees to act like slaves for a big wedding she was planning. Deen explained she got the idea from a restaurant where "the whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie," the Enquirer reports. The magazine also quoted Deen as saying: “I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America…after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women…I would say they were slaves.” LOL WUT

Sounds like she'd be right at home in Candieland.

 

[SpectreFire]

Wait, this is shocking to people?

The first time I saw her on TV, I thought she was probably a raging racist.

 

[ActStriker]

Twitter is doing the most with this

https://twitter.com/search?q=#PaulasBestDishes&src=tren

Gold mine.

 

[Batigol]

Is she the one who really likes butter?

 

[Choke on the Magic]

I almost spit out my whoopie pie when I read the news.

 

[LumpOfCole]

Eep, isn't she supposed to appear on MasterChef any week now? That's bad timing.

 

[Vermillion]

"Cook your bread with the 'Still I rise' yeast" I'm done

I don't have anything I can use to express how hard I laughed

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I'm having a hard time believing this.

 

[Bit-Bit]

That's crazy.

 

[Vermillion]

"It doesn't really matter. Whatever the name of the dish is, she's gonna call it Toby anyway."

I can do no more

 

[Camp Lo]

And to think I bought this asshole's kitchenware for my grandma.

 

[I H8 Memes]

Wait, this is shocking to people?

The first time I saw her on TV, I thought she was probably a raging racist.

You can usually tell, but there is some margarine for error.

 

[ISOM]

That's crazy.

lol I saw it before the edit. Why'd you change it, I was about to call you out too.

 

[Infinite]

"It doesn't really matter. Whatever the name of the dish is, she's gonna call it Toby anyway."

I can do no more

Tragic. ROFL

 

[Stinkles]

I think the "of course" part is the most shocking to me. She's not from some lost valley in Arkansas, she's on national television.


Lots of people are racist, I myself find Belgians despicable, but to not even have the barest comprehension that racism is actually NOT OK is baffling to me.

I shouldn't try to get in her head, but I wonder if she thinks that not saying the N word is just some PC thing that people are forced to do by the liberal media or something. And that maybe she assumed everyone says that word all the time when they're not on TV.


Anyway, I wish, if these allegations are true, and these are indeed her words, that her career is destroyed. She is doing actual harm with her product and her very being.

You can usually tell, but there is some margarine for error.

I see what you churned up there.

 

[lenovox1]

“@crissles: Somebody said Wade In The Watermelon. #PaulasBestDishes I can't.”

Just wrong but funny as heck!

I just found out about Black Twitter today, and I already love it. Southern folks getting digs in, too.

 

[Bit-Bit]

lol I saw it before the edit. Why'd you change it, I was about to call you out too.

I reread it and realized that some people might not get the satire.

 

[……forgetit]

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-to-using-n-word-telling-racist-jokes-report/

Fox News via The National Enquirer.

huh....mountain of salt.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

@emptychampagne:
"Three-fifths compromise cheesecake"

@emptychampagne:
"Back of the Bus Biscuits"


:dead. Good job Twitter.

 

[Camp Lo]

huh....mountain of salt.

It was in a court deposition. Apparently she said it once while at gunpoint during a bank robbery.

 

[Stinkles]

huh....mountain of salt.

Both of those organizations are pretty careful about libel and slander. They are also quoting deposition, so it's likely to be true, or at least based in fact.

 

[lenovox1]

huh....mountain of salt.

The National Enquirer is probably quoting something that's public record or something that was going to be revealed if this went to trial (the deposition). There's nothing that's really fishy about this.

 

[Ducarmel]

I'm glad she is being exposed for the old racist bitch she is, but lol did she not have a lawyer coach her to not say stupid shit.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Is anyone really surprised?

Nope not one bit. In fact I'd have been surprised if she hadn't.

 

[……forgetit]

The National Enquirer is probably quoting something that's public record or something that was going to be revealed if this went to trial (the deposition). There's nothing that's really fishy about this.

Just looked more into it....really not surprised honestly, older southern people and all.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Twitter is doing the most with this

https://twitter.com/search?q=#PaulasBestDishes&src=tren

This... is amazing.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

How do you leave this part out:

...

its 2013

smh

 

[yellowjacket25]

old southern white woman tells racist jokes and says the n-word? yeah that's like normal course in my experience.

Pretty much. It's not just women. A very high percentage of old southerners are racist as shit and they don't really care if anyone is offended by it.

 

[LittleBoots]

Is anyone really surprised?

Not at all.

Deen also reportedly admitted telling racist jokes, explaining: “It’s just what they are — they’re jokes…most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks…I can’t determine what offends another person.”

It's called, "tact". Use discretion. It's not hard. When you're in the company of close friends and/or family, you may be able to get away with telling normally offensive jokes and stories. Would you say the same thing to people you don't know very well? Of course not.

 

[nimbus]

"Emmet Tilapia"

ha damn

 

[vas_a_morir]

I hung out with some dude from Alabama, and he was a good guy, but man, those boys from down South don't fuck around when it comes to race stuff. Nothing overt, but things that would be a record-scratcher where I'm from are just said without controversy.

Anyway, I'm not surprised, if true. She seemed very proud of the fact she was Southern, and that can be a tip off.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Don't worry, a little butter can turn this situation around.

Lol

 

[Coffee Dog]

And here I was about to say that race jokes are okay in the right context, but god damn at the slave thing. Thats fucked.

 

[Slayven]

So you had a feeling all along that paula dean is racist? Well I am surprised as hell and I hope this ruin her career if true.

Yeah there are some people you can look at and tell they called someone a nigger or a boy before.

 

[vas_a_morir]

And here I was about to say that race jokes are okay in the right context, but god damn at the slave thing. Thats fucked.

It's honestly unbelievable.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

"Yes, of course."

 

[dvdjamm]

Lawyer: Have you ever used the N-word yourself?
Paula: Yes, of course.

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

Sidenote -- Paula was held up at gunpoint during a bank robbery in 1986.

Lawyer: Okay. And what did you say?
Paula: 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?
Paula: Absolutely not.

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

 

[plantedunicorn]

.

She must be kidding me? Of course she wouldn't call a black guy the "n" word to his face. Reading the little that is out about this story, she seems so nonchalant about it. Like she's shocked that people are not cool with her just throwing that word around

 

[wenis]

This report is more delicious than one of her dishes ever could be.

 

[Link]

The most recent comments on this article:

...Yeah.

Holy shit @ Fox News comments:

I, for one, am shocked Fox News would attract these kinds of people.

 

[Derwind]

Not at all.


It's called, "tact". Use discretion. It's not hard. When you're in the company of close friends and/or family, you may be able to get away with telling normally offensive jokes and stories. Would you say the same thing to people you don't know very well? Of course not.

Some people don't understand or cannot grasp the effect of negatively charged words has on other human beings.

And sometimes they do, and wield it viciously.

That in turn makes it harder for people to differentiate someone who's just oblivious/ignorant or someone whose being malicious.

Which then nurtures division among people.

Words are words, but they're still harmful in their own way and we ought to use them appropriately.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

The craziest thing was that she was admitting all of these things at a deposition, where everything she admits to will be used as evidence in a lawsuit against her. And yet she says things like "I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America…after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women…I would say they were slaves.”

Above the Law had the best reaction:

"I don’t even know what to do with that. ... It’s like someone showed her Jack Nicholson saying, “You’re goddamn right I ordered the Code Red,” right before she started answering questions."

 

[Conor_Fool]

There were allegations of this at least a year ago.

And do people really just go and trust such a terrible source? A terrible source sourcing a terrible source, no less... I just had no idea that the National Enquirer held any merit, I always thought it was full of lies that people bought for comedic purposes

 

[Father_Brain]

http://gawker.com/paula-deen-says-of-course-she-uses-the-n-word-514272160

The filer of the lawsuit, Lisa Jackson (the former general manager of a Savannah restaurant owned by Deen and her brother) claimed last year that the chef specifically expressed her desire for bevy of tap dancing "little n***ers" to send her brother off to married life with Southern flair. (Unfortunately, Deen allegedly decided against that plan out of fear the media might somehow twist her cute idea into something racist.)

In her suit, Jackson alleges Deen said, “Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around. Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn’t it? But we can’t do that because the media would be on me about that.”