Could Paula Deen's words bring down her empire?

Mott the Hoople said:
Yea it sounds like he's an unapologetic bigot. That he openly calls black employees "nigger" and he makes them use different entrences and bathrooms than other employees. I'm not about to condemn her because her brother is an asshole.
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odd....when I read the deposition the only evidence that was discussed was him telling jokes with sexual or racist punchlines.....where are you digging this up from......I can't imagine any employer getting away with what you described for more than an hour......
 
PostmodernProphet said:
odd....when I read the deposition the only evidence that was discussed was him telling jokes with sexual or racist punchlines.....where are you digging this up from......I can't imagine any employer getting away with what you described for more than an hour......
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I can.....I've lived in South Carolina.....they're still fighting the civil war down there. Though I have to admit that this was an accusation and not a fact.
 
Paula Deen fans vent their outrage at Food Network?!!

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=814674

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Aoxomoxoa said:
You don't see him much on British TV any more, he must have pissed somebody off. Can you get rice and peas or jerk chicken in the US?
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Of course, ackee and sailfish with fry bake are more difficult to find!
Curry goat is common, but in MA it's often in the Haitian style, not Jamaican.
Always need an excuse to head back to blighty.
West Indian food in Huddersfield is world famous!
 
007 said:
Of course, ackee and sailfish with fry bake are more difficult to find!
Curry goat is common, but in MA it's often in the Haitian style, not Jamaican.
Always need an excuse to head back to blighty.
West Indian food in Huddersfield is world famous!
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I didn't even know that there were West Indians in Huddersfield, plenty of Indian restaurants though.
 
Racism is repugnant. This woman admitted to planning a plantation/slave themed party. Anyone that thought she was going to keep her job was smoking way more hydro than Top gets his hands on. That being said, someone says or types "the N-word", what do you think? Do you literally think, the n-word? When I hear it or read it I think "nigger". So do everyone of you. That word is now so heavily charged that you can't discuss the fact that SOMEONE ELSE said it with racist intent. I have typed it time in this post. It has not the slightest racist intent, yet there are those of you that are near stroke because I dare type the word out in its entirety. We have to start looking at the intent with which the word was spoken or written. Not JUST that it was spoken or written.
 
There was a group of about 6 young black woman in line to get into her restraunt interview.
They said they absolutely forgive her, and people should do the same.
Classy
 
Socrtease said:
Racism is repugnant. This woman admitted to planning a plantation/slave themed party. Anyone that thought she was going to keep her job was smoking way more hydro than Top gets his hands on. That being said, someone says or types "the N-word", what do you think? Do you literally think, the n-word? When I hear it or read it I think "nigger". So do everyone of you. That word is now so heavily charged that you can't discuss the fact that SOMEONE ELSE said it with racist intent. I have typed it time in this post. It has not the slightest racist intent, yet there are those of you that are near stroke because I dare type the word out in its entirety. We have to start looking at the intent with which the word was spoken or written. Not JUST that it was spoken or written.
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We don't have to do anything but pay taxes and die. You're correct on your assertion that the word couldn't be more radioactive now.. The word is so "charged" and repugnant, being said by any non-white ( for obvious reasons), that even "writing the word out", sets people off. I know it does me...and I don't need to be told to "chill" or adjust my thinking, or to "get a grip". Nobody can dictate what someone finds offensive or reprehensible. It is what it is, and one has to recalibrate and weigh if their freedom of speech need be pushed to that limit, to make a point or not. Then it becomes all about ego.
 
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