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In reply to the discussion: I'm not particularly a fan of Paula Deen, but I think this is all much ado about nothing. [View all]Judi Lynn
(160,516 posts)75. Oh, please. Get a hobby. n/t
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I'm not particularly a fan of Paula Deen, but I think this is all much ado about nothing. [View all]
politicaljunkie41910
Jun 2013
OP
YYYYAAAAAYYYYYY!!!! I hadn't heard about that. Huey, Riley and Grandpa. YES!
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#82
my mom grew up in the north in the 40s and 50s. although they didn't toss around the n-bomb,
dionysus
Jun 2013
#7
*nodding* I have a friend who's about 10 years older then I am and he has used the term
a kennedy
Jun 2013
#9
See "Misogyny, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc. and unconscious internalization"
FarCenter
Jun 2013
#29
omg. i haven't heard anyone talk about 'sensitivity training' since the 70s. straight out of
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#41
employees of what, because it wasn't for me. in fact i never heard of it until far-right wingers
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#62
BS. I went through HS and college in the 70s and also had some F/T jobs during that time.
kestrel91316
Jun 2013
#129
she was 20 in 1967, height of civil rights movement. she spent all her adulthood post-jim crow.
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#13
I was raised to think that's it's intolerably hurtful and wrong. quite a difference.
cali
Jun 2013
#141
How to spot a closet racist in one easy step: they whine about not being allowed to use the n-word
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#23
For those of you who still don't believe me when I say that I've witnessed racism right here on DU
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#44
She seems to have brought a whole new meaning to the nickname "Mouth of the South."
calimary
Jun 2013
#152
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but this quote kinda sums it up for me
justiceischeap
Jun 2013
#70
I'm Deen's age, born & raised in segregation in the deep south. It's NOT normal to speak like that.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#88
I think she's an aggressive racist and racialist who imposed that hateful thinking into
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#95
speak for yourself. I've never even thought of another human being in the terms that racist piece
cali
Jun 2013
#100
Me. I am 63, and have NEVER said it. I've cursed a few times (not my thing, usually), but NOT
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#107
I vehemently disagree this can't be swept up as where she grew up and her age
Arcanetrance
Jun 2013
#112
I'm 62, raised in the South by a racist granny but taught by my mom NOT to say that word, ever.
txwhitedove
Jun 2013
#114
I suppose it's possible to say that the event is racist but events can't be racists. Only people
cali
Jun 2013
#132
This will be my one and only reply because as the OP for this thread, you offered one of the few
politicaljunkie41910
Jun 2013
#154
The language used by people my age who grew up in the south frequently shocks the hell out of me.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
#131