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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]Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)My mother is 63. Neither of them used that slur or any other language like it back then and do not now. They both raised me to not say it or think like that either. It is not "typical" to use racial slurs in the south. That is something that even most of us in the south frown on strongly nowadays. And not everyone in the south thought it was ok back then either. Granted, way too many did, but it is not the norm nowadays and most of us are trying to do better.
I won't be buying any more Paula Deen stuff. That much is for sure. I see nothing at all "nostalgic" about a civil war era style wedding. I've been to plenty of southern weddings and none of them involved black people dressed like slaves. That is ridiculous that she would like something like that. I am deeply offended and disgusted since finding this out about her.
You must have an strongly forgiving heart to be able to overlook something like this.