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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]dawg
(10,610 posts)17. No. It is a big deal.
I will agree with you that what she said was pretty typical for a white person in Georgia of her age group, but it is still terrible and needs to be held up to public scorn and ridicule.
People need to recognize how hurtful crap like this is. And they need to be called out whenever they say this stuff. The days of just shaking our heads and mumbling "crazy old racist" under our breath need to be over. We need to verbally slap them down.
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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