tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post1935294501214151098..comments2023-09-19T11:55:33.528-04:00Comments on Food Network Gossip: The Paula Deen Racism Scandal Timeline and UpdatesMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917581663732710258noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-55973976989157121772014-01-02T11:17:37.737-05:002014-01-02T11:17:37.737-05:00Steve I think you are purposely missing the point....Steve I think you are purposely missing the point. It is not ok for anyone to call anyone else a Nigger, Nigga, or any other spelling of the word. I am Black and i am completely offended by the word. It does not matter who says it. So to answer your question; No. Nigger is not and never was socially acceptable. You have a valid point. You may hear a few blacks calling themselves and their friends niggers. But the majority of Blacks that understand what this word represents do not call anyone Nigger and will not tolerate anyone else whatever color they are calling them Nigger. And yes, I get it...PitBullFan01noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-25844212957360867902013-08-26T07:11:53.462-04:002013-08-26T07:11:53.462-04:00Did nobody ever hear of Smithfields illegal dumpin...Did nobody ever hear of Smithfields illegal dumping of facility waste in a nearby stream? They got caught and had to pay thousands of dollars for clean up! They talk a "holy game" but are just polluting our fresh water creeks and streams! Their thick cut bacon is so fatty there was nothing left to it after baking it! Will not be buying anymore of their products due to poor ethic/environmental standards...We supporters of Paula need to rally together and stop buying their wastful products at a high end price!Scott Kutznernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-3732297808529111462013-07-31T20:51:19.194-04:002013-07-31T20:51:19.194-04:00I believe they did know about the diabetes and tol...I believe they did know about the diabetes and told her to keep it quiet for now.Connie Lydonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-9698183907852563142013-07-31T20:50:14.172-04:002013-07-31T20:50:14.172-04:00They got rid of the Neelys, Aaron McCargo,..Sunni ...They got rid of the Neelys, Aaron McCargo,..Sunni Anderson is coming back with a new show. Also Emeril, Mario gone.Connie Lydonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-81856716417412395182013-07-07T13:22:27.760-04:002013-07-07T13:22:27.760-04:00I agree!!!! If her employees didn't like her,...I agree!!!! If her employees didn't like her, just quit and find a nicer boss, period.<br />She isn't a role model, she's a cook. I am not 'all' white, I am a Swiss-Mexican.<br />I am not racist and hate bullies. If my boss was an asshole, I'd let him or her know how I feel and either they correct how they treat me, or I'd quit. And yes, I have been in that position. Sometimes I moved oncathy lylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-48980172217294681972013-07-04T16:45:32.087-04:002013-07-04T16:45:32.087-04:00Yep. I get it. And double-standards based on rac...Yep. I get it. And double-standards based on race IS racism. Get it?steve_2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-88927954710283169502013-07-04T02:54:20.649-04:002013-07-04T02:54:20.649-04:00Well Steve.. consider it this way... A fat person ...Well Steve.. consider it this way... A fat person is perfectly within their right to make light of their own situation and joke about it.. Does that make it right for someone else to make jokes at that persons expense without any consideration for their feelings?..<br /><br /><br />Another example.. I might say something derogatory about my mother when she pisses me off.. But I DARE you too.. It is NOT the same. Get it?Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-32025491009241361322013-07-03T18:24:45.155-04:002013-07-03T18:24:45.155-04:00I think it's a disgrace that people can lose e...I think it's a disgrace that people can lose everything they have worked so hard for because of something they said. I'm sure most people say something "inappropriate" at some time or another. This kind of thing makes it legal for people to harass others and cause them great pain, much more pain than words can cause. This country is a complete mess and only getting worse.Chris16noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-18150071652928853022013-07-01T18:04:52.557-04:002013-07-01T18:04:52.557-04:00I feel she should have been fired a long time ago ...I feel she should have been fired a long time ago for the outrageous fat and sugar recipes she's cooked over the years. Then she didn't admit to being a diabetic for three years and signed up to "help" diabetics that she helped create! What a hypocrite. <br /><br /><br /><br />Now could you please replace her with a show touting wholesome, healthy food to help train an obese nation how to change their diets???Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-67838116374434908782013-06-30T08:17:16.058-04:002013-06-30T08:17:16.058-04:00If you are perfect and have never used any form of...If you are perfect and have never used any form of racial slur the you are certainly in the smallest minority of this planet. I will never watch any program on you're channel again and many of the people I have talked with feel the same. I guess it only matters when you admit that you have and everyday you will hear some form of slur to many different nationalities and no one ever goes to the depth that you have stooped to. SHAME ON FOOD NETWORK !!!!!Marie sandmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-67245476672574112572013-06-28T18:30:23.540-04:002013-06-28T18:30:23.540-04:00Yeah, and the person who should be getting all of ...Yeah, and the person who should be getting all of the bad press should be Paula's brother. If it wasn't for him, I doubt Paula would be in this mess.MattFNGEGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-64955631168447236242013-06-28T18:26:00.087-04:002013-06-28T18:26:00.087-04:00I read alot of that deposition and the woman filin...I read alot of that deposition and the woman filing the claim should realize there's a big difference between being offended by something and being discriminated against...MorganBlackwandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-86145586241303807242013-06-27T19:01:14.874-04:002013-06-27T19:01:14.874-04:00Yeah...'Not My Racist Mama's Meals'. T...Yeah...'Not My Racist Mama's Meals'. That would appeal to all the intolerant posters around here.W-Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-12973987807194824732013-06-27T15:00:48.392-04:002013-06-27T15:00:48.392-04:00I'm not condoning the use of the word she said...I'm not condoning the use of the word she said, but <br />that was a long time ago. As to her wedding, that was also a long time <br />ago and that never came to fruition.<br /><br />Of the people accusing Deen, I want them to look in the mirror and tell <br />me 100% honestly that they NEVER put anyone down or called them a name <br />that was offensive. Names that are offensive can also <br />include "fat" or "slow" depended on the person in question. <br /><br />Of <br />the Food Network; because of their actions, which I believe to be a <br />little harsh, I now have a strict eye on them. There are a lot of shows I<br /> enjoy watching, and right now they are about this close | | to losing a<br /> viewer.Buck Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-6955260627950748772013-06-27T13:59:00.865-04:002013-06-27T13:59:00.865-04:00It is a bunch of whiny ass BS in my opinion. So sh...It is a bunch of whiny ass BS in my opinion. So she said something she shouldn't have. Well whoopity shit ! Get over it you bunch of lazy living off the govt deadbeats. I'm done with Food Network too ! They seem to support every off the wall group they can find , but let one southern lady who was honest and apologetic make a mistake and they threw her to the dogs. How bout all the money that Paula Deen has made for them ? Does she get a refund ? I doubt she even gets a Christmas card, it would be politically incorrect, somebody might be offended. I've watched the Food Network for years because sometimes it's the only decent programming on. They are like everyone else they are just in it for the dollar and I hope the network loses lots of their precious dollars for cutting her shows. I realize I'm just one person and the network really doesn't give a rats ass about my opinion but just to get my own two cents in.....I'M DONE WITH FOOD NETWORK !Done with Food Networknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-68320155478403220102013-06-24T13:04:18.029-04:002013-06-24T13:04:18.029-04:00I have no argument with anything you said and I...I have no argument with anything you said and I'm not surprised that your family rejects making it socially acceptable. But that doesn't change the facts I pointed out.<br /><br />I personally agree that it shouldn't be socially acceptable but... the most common response I've gotten when I've called out black folks on it was that it's OK because they're black (double standards based on race). The second most frequent reply is that they use it nonchalantly to desensitize the meaning of the word.<br /><br />I agree with you but my point remains - it's either OK or not OK regardless of who's saying it.steve_2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-63933302817040479582013-06-24T08:10:48.959-04:002013-06-24T08:10:48.959-04:00I'm not a Paula Deen fan, I think that her foo...I'm not a Paula Deen fan, I think that her food is obscene (and not in a good way). However, as much as I like the Food Network, I think this was a bit of a set up.<br /><br />A year and a half ago when she was called out for pushing keeping her diabetes a secret until she could make a payday from it, it came out that she and her brother were being sued and that their attitudes towards race were, um, less than enlightened. and then all of a sudden that part of the story just died only to come back just before her contract is up for renewal. <br /><br />I have to wonder with if someone at the Food Network dropped a dime to the media so they could get rid of her easily. I'm not sorry she's gone, but I still think this may have been a set up.MollyMacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-9595714829135996162013-06-24T08:10:46.943-04:002013-06-24T08:10:46.943-04:00I watch Food Network all the time. I will not wat...I watch Food Network all the time. I will not watch it anymore because of them getting rid of Paula Dean. I do feel she made a Mistake which was inappropriate but who hasn't. She was big enough to publicly appoligize. How many others are getting away with worse and no one has cancelled or shunned them for their mistakes. FN has made a BIG mistake and I hope all the best for Paula! I hope FN reverses its decision because of their Mistake, if not I hope FN wil fail big time. See ya its been really disappointing.Donnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-5296890134321844572013-06-24T08:10:44.944-04:002013-06-24T08:10:44.944-04:00The vast majority of the times I've heard the ...The vast majority of the times I've heard the n word in the last 20 or 30 years has been by black folks. Sometimes as a slur and sometimes simply addressing another black person as such. It has become very common.<br />Society needs to decide - either it's offensive or not and it's either OK or not OK but double-standards based on the race of the person saying it IS RACISM in and of itself.steve_2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-50599101952135305242013-06-24T08:10:43.977-04:002013-06-24T08:10:43.977-04:00No - her deposition was given to the national Enqu...No - her deposition was given to the national Enquirer and later to other news outlets that reported on it.steve_2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-3918393621199213172013-06-24T08:10:42.934-04:002013-06-24T08:10:42.934-04:00Yes, but the reports of her use language and attit...Yes, but the reports of her use language and attitudes came out a year and a half ago. While it didn't have the admissions in her month old deposition, that lawsuit was out there nd t was pretty easy to read between the lines. <br /><br />If you do a google news archive search you'll see a few pages of articles on the lawsuit.Molly Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-4126011008456864292013-06-24T08:10:41.959-04:002013-06-24T08:10:41.959-04:00I always chuckle when people who are not black tal...I always chuckle when people who are not black talk about how common the word is. I've been black my whole life. My family has been black their whole lives and *that* is not a word that is used in any of our homes. <br /><br />Several grubby, foul mouthed rappers and a bunch of rebellious white boys using it doesn't make it any less foul or any more acceptable. The kinds of blacks who used that word would *not* have been welcome to walk through my grandmother's front door. <br /><br />This is the word people spat as they tied a rope around James Byrd nd dragged him to death. It's the word they chanted as they strung black men and women up and hung them from trees. <br /><br /><br /><br />if you think anything can make that word socially acceptable, please let me know. <br /><br /><br />But to bring it back to Ms Deen, as I've stated elsewhere, she is a product of her time and I would not have believed her if she said that she never used that word in anger or that she never told a racist joke.MollyMacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-21647642934289372492013-06-22T18:28:49.120-04:002013-06-22T18:28:49.120-04:00Wonder if they'll be changing his show's n...Wonder if they'll be changing his show's name...?Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-77961853768145082962013-06-22T15:24:07.643-04:002013-06-22T15:24:07.643-04:00TMZ is reporting that her son's staying with t...TMZ is reporting that her son's staying with the Food Network: "Paula's son Bobby Deen will be spared ... his Food Network show 'Not My Mama's Meals' won't be affected by his mama getting the boot."Colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808060991534955915.post-24214017902576490942013-06-22T09:17:17.518-04:002013-06-22T09:17:17.518-04:00Looks like they have pulled her showLooks like they have pulled her showMattFNGEGnoreply@blogger.com