This is based on the
first article I read about Paula Deen (I've since read two others). I
haven't seen any of the YouTube videos. Mine is arguably a rather uninformed
perspective.
Paula. Honey. You do you realize some of your fans are/were
Black? Others may have not been fans, but they respected you. There were those
who were inspired by you. You, as a single mom, did all of that? Well, then,
maybe so could I. Nobody talks when eating my cooking.
Did you really want black employees to dress as slaves when
catering a wedding? Was it an antebellum theme? Gone with the Wind and you
needed Mammy, Prissy, Pork, and Big Sam? Mistake indeed.
Now. Those comments were made as part of an explanation of
the present work environment at one of your restaurants. The concern, of
course, is whether those distant past comments reflect a current state of
heart.
Please don't go on Oprah to prove you're not a closet
racist.
The way you address the situation at the restaurant is the
proof most people are looking for.
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