Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Deen Dong!

The celebrity is distraught about the situation. But the remorse is a little too late when they're pulling the money out of her cookie pots.

Celebrity agitators are still in shock over chef Paula Deen's awkward and yes tearful apologies for uttering NIGGER to her Black patrons. But so far the damage is done and she's paying for it by the lost of major sponsors.

Just like our friend on talk radio, King Hippo, Deen made herself famous on the theme of reality television and the day to day activities being monitored by the camera. Her mouth got her in trouble and the boycotts towards her business and trademarks are suffering.

It took a White whistleblower to expose the celebrity and her brother for downright sexist, racist and outright ignorant comments towards the president, Blacks, and Hispanics.

The agitators are seeing the free fall of the Southern gourmet chef.

Over 30 sponsors have severed ties with her. The Food Network has fired her and put an abrupt end to her longtime programs.

Some of her most loyal fans are demanding retribution by boycotting the network and attending her restaurants.
Celebrity meets a Black chef.
Is that enough?

I think not.

You start to notice that there's pictures circulating the internet with the celebrity being in the presence of Black entertainers and athletes.

Yeah, many Americans including myself loved Paula Deen. She was the charming and yet outspoken advocate for heavy calorie food. Her key to successful dishes was a stick of margarine (butter).

She had to cut back on that stuff after she was revealed she had Type II diabetes.

She had to make drastic health changes and lost over 50 pounds.

Now Lisa Jackson, a former employee of restaurants owned by Deen and her brother, Earl "Bubba" Hiers, filed a lawsuit alleging racial and sexual discrimination. In a story initially reported by the National Enquirer, Deen stated in her deposition that she has used the "N-word" at times, saying "Yes, of course. But that's just not a word that we use as time has gone on. Things have changed since the '60s in the south."

Deen said she employed the term when telling her husband about an incident “when a black man burst into the bank that I was working at and put a gun to my head. I didn’t feel real favorable towards him,” Deen said of the bank robber."
Pictures circulate with celebrity embracing Black people.
Deen also admitted she was sure that she’d used the word since that incident. Jackson’s attorney responded by asking Deen to explain how the N-word might be used in a “non-mean way.” Specifically, Deen said she probably used the word while repeating a conversation between blacks. She also said that her family, including Hiers, do not discriminate against any race and object to the N word “being used in any cruel or mean behavior.” Deen also described wedding plans for her brother with a "true Southern plantation-style theme". She planned to employ black male servers to represent slaves in the antebellum era, although she denied having used the word "nigger" when discussing the wedding waitstaff.

As a result of the controversy, Food Network announced that it would not renew her contract when it expires at the end of June 2013.

For the same reason, in June 2013, Caesars Casinos, Walmart, Smithfield Foods dropped her as a spokeswoman.

Again, are you forgiving of Paula Deen?

Will you be willing to give her a second chance?

In the age of President Barack Obama, should any White celebrity get a pass if they utters some negative theme to piss off women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and the LGBT community?

Or should they be scrutinized for it?

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