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calimary

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1. Actually, Ms. Jackson, the manager who sued, IS Caucasian.

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 01:27 PM

Jun 2013

And it really doesn't matter because everybody yowling about this and excoriating the Food Network has the whole thing WRONG!!!!!!

It's NOT about what word Paula Deen said back in the day, whenever it was, how long ago it was.

It's about all the federal EEOC violations in her brother's restaurant, sexism and racism, and assault, and abuse, and more, the many attempts to bring those violations to her attention and the requests that she and others up the corporate ladder correct the situation and do something about the damn brother, and NOTHING was done. Hence the suit.

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Does it matter if white people forgive or think Paula Deen should be forgiven for her actions? [View all] CreekDog Jun 2013 OP

Actually, Ms. Jackson, the manager who sued, IS Caucasian. calimary Jun 2013 #1

I take it you've read the complaint? Quite a read, eh?? nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #8

Yep. Read it all. Slowly making my way through the deposition, too. calimary Jun 2013 #14

Preach it, calimary!! Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #16

That sums it up nicely. Jamastiene Jun 2013 #18

$$$. Damned straight! Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #2

Not particularly treestar Jun 2013 #3

not really. at least not to me. they were not the recipients of her intolerance. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #4

Matters to whom? nt ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #5

the victims or targets of Deen's comments CreekDog Jun 2013 #6

So you are saying that those targeted by hateful speech are the ones who forgive or do not Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #7

it's a matter of being presumptuous. forgiveness can be offered by anyone to anyone. CreekDog Jun 2013 #11

I agree with you. However I do not expect much from people in that regard. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #12

That's a fair point, and when prejudice is a tenet of a religion, it's still prejudice CreekDog Jun 2013 #13

I try not to assume too much on DU, because I have assumed wrong so many times. ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #15

I think the only individuals who can forgive her... LanternWaste Jun 2013 #9

what she said conflicts KT2000 Jun 2013 #10

Top of the Ziggurat NoPasaran Jun 2013 #17