Give Paula Deen a Break

I'm not into politically-correct speak. At this point in time, she should be judged on what she does now instead of in the past. As a rather famous preacher once said, Let him who is without sin cast the first stone and we know the crowd walked away. The whole problem now is that the crowd will all deny they have ever done anything wrong or similar. I have to call BS on that. It seems like an angry mob mentality and need to fit in with the crowd.

If you remember, she was also tried and convicted in the court of public opinion just recently for her cooking and apparently hiding her diabetic condition. I didn't pay a lot of attention to that, either. She has surely got more than enough money now to just run her restaurant and promote her cookbook(s) for the fans who do like her and I would bet there are a lot, albeit not very vocal online or in the news.

Actually, I'd like to see more real, non-slanted news about important events going on and less about her past diverting attention from things we do need to know.

She is something else, I love her cooking though

Well, she has been advertising in the US for DECADES. Many may not remember her because she doesn't stand out. Admittedly, I don't know if she does ANYTHING in canada.

I never used the N word either, but she is from an earlier time and an area where many used it. If she used it only a couple times, it would be tantamount to not using it AT ALL. Did you ever see the color of friendship? BTW it is based on REAL events. They didn't even change names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Col...ip_(2000_film) It shows how the society can color opinion, words, and even treatment.

A US family decides to get an exchange student from south africa. THEY assume the person will be black. After all, THEY just think ***AFRICA***! The family/country in south africa assumes the person in the US will be white. After all, they have seen NO blacks socializing with whites, and the father is a US representative!

THEY figure the girl from S.A. is a racist monster of sorts. The girl from S.A. is just SCARED. The girl turns out to be nice, and the family fights the S.A. government to KEEP HER! The S.A. government, because she is a citizen, they are scared too, and there is so much racial strife, fights to get her back.

ANYWAY, the girl might even have been forgiven for calling her host sister(for want of another term) a kaffir! After all, it was once considered NEUTRAL! SHE tries to explain this to the host sister, saying that kaffir isn't really good NOW, so SHE would call the host sister bantu. Bantu is an AFRICAN word that basically means PEOPLE, so it has NOTHING to do with whites at all. Whites didn't even create the word. When the host sister, in the movie at least, makes a mistake and says they would be called kaffir, the father acts as if the girl were some rabid monster out to destroy his family.

BTW the movie ALSO shows how the media differ! In the US a person is considered a freedom fighter that is just, and was murdered. In S.A. the SAME person is called a rebel trouble maker criminal that ended up dying.

Steve

Well, I'm sure she will pick up some new ones sooner or later also. Those girls probably deserve to be arrested Thom. Edit: They were arrested and are being charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Plus they should lose any sponsors they might have. Not sure how bringing up other examples makes things any better for Deen. The Deen story is a big one because she is fairly well known.

That's true. The rock under which I live has internet service, but no cable cooking shows

I guess nowadays people all have access to different information. I was surprised on another thread that many people don't know who Kim Kardashian is. I'm certainly not a fan, but I wonder how anyone could avoid seeing her name.

I'm sure one can be perfectly happy and successful without being familiar with either Kim Kardashian or Paula Deen. From what I've heard of the latter, you might be healthier if you don't follow her recipes!