Paula Deen Defends Use of N-Word: I 'Was Born 60 Years Ago'

Not really surprised at all. I would be surprised if she didn't have any support.

 

I want to know if any prominent chefs or cooks from Food Network have come out in support for her, especially any of the black ones?

 

Why on earth would they? Apart from them not wanting to, that would be career suicide. They'd be canned so fast by the head execs.

 

bethaney frankel and bill maher. so she has the female giuliani and the jackass supporters.

 

But everyone should forgive & forget her little bouts of racial ignorance. It's no big deal or so her supporters are basically saying.........

 

She will be kicked out of QVC too meaning those supporters would be her only meal ticket. Those fools are bombarding the Food Network Facebook page.

 

I didn't check out the foodie channel's site yet, other than reading the few blurbs of 'outrage' in AP articles.

Ok, here's the thing...on her saying she no longer says it, etc, we do know people can change, or become enlightened, or deeply regret their way of racist thinking...So if that is so in her case, instead of trying to whitewash it (pun intended), she missed an opportunity to look deeper into her soul as to why she harbored those feelings, she should have spoken for herself and not generalized it they way she did, which came off as her trying to justify or minimize it.

 

Looks inevitable....

Paula Deen relationship with QVC is under review

June 23, 2013

 

Which is why I said the statement that she released can't be look at in any way as any true apology because she doesn't see herself as doing anything wrong. From her viewpoint (and I would say those who support her) that's just how a segment of folks roll down south. Like I said in my first post in this thread, if she had true regret the first thing she would have done is acknowledge her bouts of ignorance for what they were.

 

It's still wildly odd hearing her, and digesting her using the word. I was introduced to her through Oprah, so I am betting her decreasing bank that OPRAH will do her exclusive sit-down interview.

I do get a feel though from seeing her since it all blew up, that she understands more now how wrong it was and is. I wish the word would just die, to be honest.

 

That's the big problem with people like her though. They don't know its wrong until they have something to lose. I don't begrudge her for saying it to be honest because lets face it judging by her supporters so many people harbor the same feelings and don't see anything wrong with it till they get caught.

 

True indeed. In fact some on that FB page said it was "No Biggie" on saying the n-word. Those people don't had to belong to a hate group to feel that way. Deen's hand was in the cookie jar and got canned for it. Now QVC will do the same.

 

That's not going to happen anytime soon...and it's not limited to racism, but also utilizing the actual word in a variety of ways by people who glorify such a word as a term of endearment.

 

Don't be surprised if Oprah or Robin Roberts have a interview with her.

 

Honestly, I couldn't care less about what someone said back in 1986 in private behind closed doors to her husband about a black man that held a gun to her head.
But, this is really more about her gleefully unapologetic “of course” than anything else.

And this. She's pissed off a lot of people... the wrong people. We didn't really have the power or the organization to hit her in the pockets. The network owners, on the other hand...

And BET, maybe Oprah.

 

i agree with you 100%. hands down agree with you BUT there is a law suit saying she and her brother or a relative made a racists environmwent for her workers and have been hit with a sexual harrassment lawsuit if Im not mistaken. with that in mind i have trepidations about giving her a pass

 

I included that in my thoughts. It's hard to escape hearing it in modern day culture. Wasn't raised on the word, or heard it ever growing up except in Roots, some books and rap, and some movies, so moving to the U.S was somewhat of a culture shock.

 

Here ya go..as of 2 hrs ago...

 

It shouldn't be much of a surprise if you hear it in the media, chances are, you're bound to hear it in common day language. It's a bit shitty, but we have ourselves to blame for keeping it strong. :smt033

 

A lot of people use unflattering words to describe people in their own group, but get upset when outsiders use them.

Snookie et al use guido and guidette. There was a show on discovery recently called "rocket city rednecks". environmentalists have a site (in tangent with discovery channel i think) called treehugger.com. Yet if I were to use those words in the wrong company, I definitely would expect people to take offense.

Hell, you can refer to people using innocuous terms such as "boy" or "chief" that in the wrong context becomes offensive. It's all about the context, who's saying it, why, etc., as well it should be. Using your mind is part of being human.

However if I'm understanding this story correctly, I don't see why people are taking this lady to task. I mean - they asked her if she had ever used the word, and she told the truth. I think the rest of her life history outweighs her use of that word, for better or worse.

I bet a whole lot of otherwise nice people have used racial epithets in anger in private. She gets props from me for telling the truth. ..So what else is she about?