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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Why are black standup comics and rap singers allowed to use the word while Paula Deen cannot[/b]? The word's not illegal. I cannot believe the Food Network caved. I'm white, from the north, have never used the word myself. But I think this is outrageous, that her contract was not renewed.[/quote]

Who says that they are "allowed?"  There are a lot of educated AA's who openly criticize use of the word and the overall personnas of a lot of the "entertainers and some of us try not to allow our kids to listen to that type of stuff.  Truth be told, many of us think of those rappers as uneducated and ignorant and perptuating every negative sterotype about AA men.    Two rappers recently lost major endorsements because of stupid things they said about Emmet Till and date rape. You know what? Most AA's were not upset that they lost those endorsements because waht they said was THAT dumb.

So...please don't try to defend Paula Deen by saying that it is no beig deal because the "rappers' use it.  They are getting hit in the wallet just like she is....and I support it in both cases.

Her contract was not renewed because no company wants the negative PR that comes with it that MAY cost them viewers.  The Food Network can spin it anyway it wants, it is about the money and PR, not principle.  
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