06/22/2013
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In this day and age…
Paula Deen, the self-proclaimed queen of Southern cooking and a sugary mainstay of the Food Network, was dropped by the network on Friday, after a bewildering day in which she failed to show up for an interview on the “Today” show and then in two online videos begged her family and audience to forgive her for using racist language.
A network spokeswoman said it would not renew Ms. Deen’s contract when it expired at the end of June. Ms. Deen has faced a volley of criticism this week over her remarks in a deposition for a discrimination lawsuit by a former employee. In the document, she admitted she had used racial epithets, tolerated racist jokes and condoned pornography in the workplace.
…Yup, she’s a Democrat – a word that, inexplicably enough, does not appear in the New York Times piece. Neither does the word “supporter,” or the names “Barack” or “Michelle Obama.” Guess that the Old Grey Lady was pressed for space, huh?
Moe Lane
PS: Ms. Deen’s language* was… pretty bad, sorry. Redacted language or no, I would recommend against clicking against some of those links from a work computer.
*Normally I would say ‘alleged,’ except that she’s comprehensively groveling at this point.
source: Moe Lane
NAME!
THAT!
PARTY!!!!!
In this day and age…
Paula Deen, the self-proclaimed queen of Southern cooking and a sugary mainstay of the Food Network, was dropped by the network on Friday, after a bewildering day in which she failed to show up for an interview on the “Today” show and then in two online videos begged her family and audience to forgive her for using racist language.
A network spokeswoman said it would not renew Ms. Deen’s contract when it expired at the end of June. Ms. Deen has faced a volley of criticism this week over her remarks in a deposition for a discrimination lawsuit by a former employee. In the document, she admitted she had used racial epithets, tolerated racist jokes and condoned pornography in the workplace.
…Yup, she’s a Democrat – a word that, inexplicably enough, does not appear in the New York Times piece. Neither does the word “supporter,” or the names “Barack” or “Michelle Obama.” Guess that the Old Grey Lady was pressed for space, huh?
Moe Lane
PS: Ms. Deen’s language* was… pretty bad, sorry. Redacted language or no, I would recommend against clicking against some of those links from a work computer.
*Normally I would say ‘alleged,’ except that she’s comprehensively groveling at this point.
source: Moe Lane
Racism expresses itself in a variety of ways.
ReplyDeleteSome knuckle-walkers are blatant and unabashed racists, as has been observed on numerous occasions throughout American history.
Other folks indignantly proclaim that "some of my best friends are (fill in the blank)." One may behave in an extremely civil manner -- or even be friendly -- toward someone of a different ethnicity ... so long as that person does not offend one's sensibilities or disagree with one's political ideology.
It is often when confronting someone with whom one has a conflict that race suddenly becomes an issue and ethnic bigotry rises to the surface, such as when a person of color is the butt of a racially-insensitive joke delivered at a political event …. or even when someone fantasizes about blacks role-playing as slaves of the old South while waiting upon white folks.