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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone think the firing of Paula Deen was over the top by the food network? [View all]cynatnite
(31,011 posts)25. I got the impression that it went far deeper than using the N word...
She has a history of racism that cannot be ignored. It's all coming out now.
She needed to go.
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Does anyone think the firing of Paula Deen was over the top by the food network? [View all]
newmember
Jun 2013
OP
Hiring that most annoying, horrendous "cook" (narcissist) in the first place was a mistake...
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2013
#8
Why does it matter who uses it , it's okay for blacks ? Is that what you are trying to say?
newmember
Jun 2013
#21
If they fired her, that's the first I've heard of it. And that's not the reason why. Nice try. n/t
Ian David
Jun 2013
#26
I think between this latest drama, and the whole marshmallows, sugar, fat, and her concealed
MADem
Jun 2013
#32
seems appropriate to me (and I don't think it was for simply using the word once 20 years ago)
fishwax
Jun 2013
#36
Or maybe it has to do with the fact she was in a suit for discrimination and harassment?
Scootaloo
Jun 2013
#39
I am referring to her as a public person. I'm sure her family loves her in spite of her
kestrel91316
Jun 2013
#49
if that was the only reason-admitting that she said something terrible in private 20 years ago -
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#57