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

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Pyrokai said:
Despite this disgusting me, I do feel bad for her. She probably doesn't even realize what she said or did would be considered racist until someone pointed it out to her.

I dunno. This is rough stuff.
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Why would you feel bad for her though? She's got enough money to go swimming in a Scrooge McDuck's money vault. Ignorance is not a defense. She's said racist shit. Let her cry on her mountain of money. I don't feel sorry for her at all. Also, how could she not realize what she said wasn't racist as fucking all hell?
 
GillianSeed79 said:
Why would you feel bad for her though? She's got enough money to go swimming in a Scrooge McDuck's money vault. Ignorance is not a defense. She's said racist shit. Let her cry on her mountain of money. I don't feel sorry for her at all. Also, how could she not realize what she said wasn't racist as fucking all hell?
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The thing that gets me is that when she was asked if she ever used the word n***** before, her response was, "Of course." O_o
 
ErnieMcCracken said:
I'd be more surprised if you could find an old Southern white woman who hasn't used the N-word (repeatedly). Times have changed but a lot of the South hasn't caught up (and/or refuses to).
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Why is it whenever someone from the South does something stupid, bullshit ignorant generalizations like this start flying around here? Does it honestly need to be said in every similar thread that the South wasn't even a hive mind during the Civil War? Do we really have to be serenaded about how every white Southerner is George W. Bush barefoot in a straw hat on an episode of Hee Haw with a shotgun under one arm and a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin under the other?

Gawwwly sarge, sliiide me some grits, I gotta get me some edjamacashun, cuz I hears some things are changin! I hurrd there's now even some Southern folks who lernt how ta read, think one was named Twain er some such! Can you imagine? That's like a pig lernin ta talk.
 
It seems a bit petty and arbitrary for her to lose her show & whatnot based on some bad things she said long ago and only exposed in a deposition.

But on the other hand, she's made millions so I'm not going to pity her. Let some new chefs in to play in the sandbox. It is nice for everyone to see racism punished with social pressure.

She's not going to prison, she's not going to be poor, she's just not going to be as famous anymore (maybe). Yeah . . . no pity.
 
Fine Ham Abounds said:
Why is it whenever someone from the South does something stupid, bullshit ignorant generalizations like this start flying around here? Does it honestly need to be said in every similar thread that the South wasn't even a hive mind during the Civil War? Do we really have to be serenaded about how every white Southerner is George W. Bush barefoot in a straw hat on an episode of Hee Haw with a shotgun under one arm and a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin under the other?

Gawwwly sarge, sliiide me some grits, I gotta get me some edjamacashun, cuz I hears some things are changin! I hurrd there's now even some Southern folks who lernt how ta read, think one was named Twain er some such! Can you imagine? That's like a pig lernin ta talk.
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How old are you? Were you around in the South in the 1960's? History really happened.
 
speculawyer said:
It seems a bit petty and arbitrary for her to lose her show & whatnot based on some bad things she said long ago and only exposed in a deposition.

But on the other hand, she's made millions so I'm not going to pity her. Let some new chefs in to play in the sandbox. It is nice for everyone to see racism punished with social pressure.

She's not going to prison, she's not going to be poor, she's just not going to be as famous anymore (maybe). Yeah . . . no pity.
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She will be back. Probably not at her current level, because racism is one of those things some people can't forgive, even if she somehow becomes a reformed former racist.

I am shocked, shocked, at the number of people i am seeing on my social network feeds that are saying enough is enough in going after her. A lot of people seem to be forgiving, and a large number of people, just don't see what the problem is.. I guess because they are racists themselves.

Here's what America loves to do to celebrities....they like to bring them down. Its the modern day equivalent of the Roman Gladiator arena where they want to feed you to the lions if you fuck up..and IF you survive it, you can find some redemption at some point down the line because Americans also love comeback stories.

So while she may never get back to the height she was at before this happened, she will still find an audience out there somewhere. In probably less than 2-3 years, she will be back with another cooking show on another network, and she will still be selling cook books by the truckload and continue swimming in pools of money.
 
Simulating oral sex on a chocolate eclair?

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speculawyer said:
How old are you? Were you around in the South in the 1960's? History really happened.
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Do you seriously think that's what I'm suggesting? I'm replying to a post where someone is suggesting white women from the South probably all use racist language. This is demonstrably false, ignorant nonsense, even for older folks. It's like saying you'd be surprised if everyone in the US didn't own a gun.

I'm not arguing about the shameful bullshit in the South's history, but does the fact that a majority of people were racist pigs simply negate the existence of people who weren't?

I'm usually one of the first in line when it comes time to bitch about the South, but I get real tired when people start talking out of their ass labeling all of us and our families something we aren't because the history of the place we live has made us a cheap, easy target.
 
Fine Ham Abounds said:
Do you seriously think that's what I'm suggesting? I'm replying to a post where someone is suggesting white women from the South probably all use racist language. This is demonstrably false, ignorant nonsense, even for older folks. It's like saying you'd be surprised if everyone in the US didn't own a gun.

I'm not arguing about the shameful bullshit in the South's history, but does the fact that a majority of people were racist pigs simply negate the existence of people who weren't?

I'm usually one of the first in line when it comes time to bitch about the South, but I get real tired when people start talking out of their ass labeling all of us and our families something we aren't because the history of the place we live has made us a cheap, easy target.
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"This is NeoGAF, dude"

This place overwhelmingly swings left.
The South generally swings right.

You do the math.

And as a Savannah native, let me just say to the person who "would be surprised if you could even find a Southern woman who hasn't used the N-word (repeatedly)", you'd only be surprised because you're ignorant. Kind of like Paula Deen.
 
Fine Ham Abounds said:
Do you seriously think that's what I'm suggesting? I'm replying to a post where someone is suggesting white women from the South probably all use racist language. This is demonstrably false, ignorant nonsense, even for older folks. It's like saying you'd be surprised if everyone in the US didn't own a gun.

I'm not arguing about the shameful bullshit in the South's history, but does the fact that a majority of people were racist pigs simply negate the existence of people who weren't?

I'm usually one of the first in line when it comes time to bitch about the South, but I get real tired when people start talking out of their ass labeling all of us and our families something we aren't because the history of the place we live has made us a cheap, easy target.
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Actually, people around here are surprised that I don't have a gun, and I'm surprised anytime I meet someone around here that doesn't have one. And I live in Central Indiana in a city where there is no hunting to be had. Even the girls I know have guns around here.
 
GillianSeed79 said:
Why would you feel bad for her though? She's got enough money to go swimming in a Scrooge McDuck's money vault. Ignorance is not a defense. She's said racist shit. Let her cry on her mountain of money. I don't feel sorry for her at all. Also, how could she not realize what she said wasn't racist as fucking all hell?
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If she didn't know it was racist she wouldn't have limited it to her inner circle or indoor private conversations only caught by subordinates. How can people say she didn't know? A better argument would be that it's so deeply a part of her psyche that she couldn't help it, and that she'll try to do better. Does she harbor actual racist thoughts today? Even subtly? Only she knows. But she's being assailed and she doesn't like that, so I would expect her to be emotional and upset.

It doesn't spur me to making excuses. But how many people see her and relate? Or see their own mother or grandmother? What does that mean? Food for extrapolation.
 
speculawyer said:
How old are you? Were you around in the South in the 1960's? History really happened.
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They's elevated now. Bootstraps 'n such.


She should have lost her show, because when you skate the balance of public opinion and you run counter to the generally accepted values, you face consequences. This soured enough people that it put a stink on her that corporate bodies who bank on that public opinion saw as a risk. It would have happened to so many other people, and she wasn't different.

edit: shameful "bullshit" ya'll. keep minimizing, pretty soon it'll fit in the cellar or attic, whichever is more convenient.
 
This whole thing is so blown out of proportion. And her PR ppl need to be fired because she's just making everything worse.
 
commish said:
This whole thing is so blown out of proportion. And her PR ppl need to be fired because she's just making everything worse.
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It depends, all this media coverage is blowing the situation out of proportion tbh. However, her losing her show and most of her endorsements is well deserved because of the hostile, and discriminating environment she created toward black people. I really don't care about the word at all it's the constant discrimination and prejudice her workers felt that she should pay for.
 
IGSaint said:
It depends, all this media coverage is blowing the situation out of proportion tbh. However, her losing her show and most of her endorsements is well deserved because of the hostile, and discriminating environment she created toward black people. I really don't care about the word at all it's the constant discrimination and prejudice her workers felt that she should pay for.
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No problem with that either.
 
Fuck, I just saw my sister "liking" some Paula Deen statements on facebook. How am I related to this person? We grew up in the same house, from the same culture, yet she turned into some hillbilly.
 
Just to let you guys know, it seems like the authorities at her restaurants are simply changing the hands of the restaurant. Hopefully noone loses their jobs. Except Paula and those of her company of course.
 
The list of dropped sponsors is now 8.

The Food Network
Smithfield Foods
Caesars Entertainment
Target
Home Depot
QVC
Novo Nordisk
Wal Mart
 
Escape Goat said:
The list of dropped sponsors is now 8.

The Food Network
Smithfield Foods
Caesars Entertainment
Target
Home Depot
QVC
Novo Nordisk
Wal Mart
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Has Sears said anything yet? Rich or not, she isn't going to be making that much money anymore. Nobody will stock her cookware or cookbooks. Do river captains make that much money?(I think that is what her husband does.)
 
RPGCrazied said:
Has Sears said anything yet? Rich or not, she isn't going to be making that much money anymore. Nobody will stock her cookware or cookbooks. Do river captains make that much money?(I think that is what her husband does.)
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I heard her cookbooks are selling like crazy now. She will still make plenty of money. And rightfully so, her recipes have this tendency of being amazing.
 
Someone on my facebook wrote "You guys need to leave Paula Deen alone, she's from a different time and she didn't know."

So I rebuttaled "Different time? Uh unless she was cryogenically frozen or hopped in a time machine and missed the last 40 years. She really has no excuse, and please don't give me the "many older people in the south have used that word before." because that argument starts to lose it's value once you start bringing in elderly people of other ethnic groups."

And then it became a painful argument about how bad black people can be some times and why can't they say the N word, and then devulged further and started talking about stereotypes, black people wanting free stuff, crime rates, etc.

So I just ended the entire thing with "And you don't see the irony in any of what you're posting while defending Paula?"

No response yet.
 
Angelus Errare said:
Someone on my facebook wrote "You guys need to leave Paula Deen alone, she's from a different time and she didn't know."

So I rebuttaled "Different time? Uh unless she was cryogenically frozen or hopped in a time machine and missed the last 40 years. She really has no excuse, and please don't give me the "many older people in the south have used that word before." because that argument starts to lose it's value once you start bringing in elderly people of other ethnic groups."

And then it became a painful argument about how bad black people can be some times and why can't they say the N word, and then devulged further and started talking about stereotypes, black people wanting free stuff, crime rates, etc.

So I just ended the entire thing with "And you don't see the irony in any of what you're posting while defending Paula?"

No response yet.
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In short: burn.
 
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!! said:
This one cracked me up:

http://imgur.com/gallery/GokBF4q

On a more serious note, she always seemed like a nice motherly figure. Kinda shitty she turned out to be a closet racist like this :(
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Really? I've heard a lot of people saying this lately and I just don't get it. She comes across as completely phony to me. Like Mom from Futurama. She's got such an exaggerated accent and mannerisms that seem nothing but insincere. She's like a cartoon. I've lived in a part of Florida that has lots people from Georgia, Alabama, and the rest of the south for 15+ years and spent a fair amount of time in Kentucky but I've never come across anyone who behaved like that unless they where playing it up for laughs.
 
GillianSeed79 said:
I now live in West Virginia, the "free state," (which coincidentally also wasn't covered by the emanciapation proclomation) but you'd be surprised how much bitterness there is towards Lincoln even today and the amount of sympathy for the Confederates.
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I'm West Virginia.

When WV was first seceding from Virginia, the original state constitution said that there were to be no blacks, slave or free, within its borders. They couldn't keep that and be accepted as a Union state, so it was abandoned.

Harper's Ferry has a unique history in the Civil War, but I rarely saw any overt racism growing up in Morgantown. Never saw a Confederate flag in my life until college. Even amongst family members who were racist, it was probably a moot point. There weren't a whole lot of black people in the state, and anyone they did know were "the good kind." Just fear of the "other," I guess.

I think one of the worst things about this is Deen calling her great-grandfather's slaves "workers." That such amazing cognitive dissonance. Southerners need to stop pretending that their family were the nice masters. Nobody who owned another human being was ever nice.
 
I personally think all of this is being overblown. Truthfully. Had this discussion with my parents too. Two black people who grew up during the civil rights movement and they surprisingly agreed with me.

Carry on. Just my two cents.
 
I'm from Savannah, and while I don't know all the details of this stuff going on (I've been working too much to pay attention to everything) but I've always thought this woman was an embarrassment to people from the south area, especially Savannah, and I'm happy she's being brought down. Everything she does is so overbearing and "put on". So, I've pretty much read various posts in this thread, but yeah...good riddance.
 
J.W.Crazy said:
Really? I've heard a lot of people saying this lately and I just don't get it. She comes across as completely phony to me. Like Mom from Futurama. She's got such an exaggerated accent and mannerisms that seem nothing but insincere. She's like a cartoon. I've lived in a part of Florida that has lots people from Georgia, Alabama, and the rest of the south for 15+ years and spent a fair amount of time in Kentucky but I've never come across anyone who behaved like that unless they where playing it up for laughs.
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Agreed she doesn't feel real to me. She always felt phony whenever I watched her. It was like who acts like that in real life. Just very hokey and playing up the southern bit.
 
IGSaint said:
Your first day here since you emerged from your 2 week slumber? Yes, she her show has been cancelled and most of her endorsements have dropped her.
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Haha. Between sacrificing chickens to delay Lebrons 2nd ring(ran out of chickens) and the Last of Us I have been out of it.

I'm glad she is getting some serious backlash from this
 
MThanded said:
I personally think all of this is being overblown. Truthfully. Had this discussion with my parents too. Two black people who grew up during the civil rights movement and they surprisingly agreed with me.

Carry on. Just my two cents.
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should have stopped at her losing endorsements, apologizing, bowing out, and disappearing for 5 or so years. What this is, is static and resistance, not really and overblown reaction. This is pushback.
 
No sympathy, glad that she is getting punished as she deserves. She has always come off as a hick to me, so no surprises either.

That racist themed wedding is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard of.
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57591487/paula-deen-fallout-qvc-to-take-a-pause/

George explained, "For now, we have decided to take a pause. Paula won't be appearing on any upcoming broadcasts and we will phase out her product assortment on our online sales channels over the next few months. We all think it's important, at this moment, for Paula to concentrate on responding to the allegations against her and on her path forward."

George did leave the door open, though, pointing out, "Some of you may wonder whether this is a 'forever' decision -- whether we are simply ending our association with Paula. We don't think that's how relationships work. People deserve second chances. And we always strive to do the right thing."
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I like he was being nice in dropping the hammer.
 
So I'm guessing the media is just going to focus on what she said and not on how she and Bubba treated her employees, which is far more damning, right?
 
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