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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]White mom here.  Well, I'm shocked she would have such poor judgment.  We NEVER use the "N" word - ever - nor have our kids.  Nor our parents.  Period.  It's hate language.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm with you.

I'm sorry that the poster above isn't shocked -- I wish this behavior was SO uncommon that hearing about it was like seeing a unicorn in the wild. That said, I think this info is "news" to people like me -- white, middle-class mom who has never once used that word and is still stunned to hear it. [/quote]

I am the OP who is not surprised...
Not to be funny -- but you are a white middle class woman...not surprised that you ARE surprised
I have been black all my life..yea
NOT SURPRISED[/quote]

I'm not quite sure what PP's comment means except to perhaps say that her life experiences are different than my belief system and values.  But for what it's worth I'm upper class white, very well-educated and I have not a bigoted bone in my body and find this kind of language reprehensible and I'm surprised that Paula Deen would use such language.  But then I was shocked by Michael Richard's comments.  And Alice Walker's in her new book.  And Mel Gibson's.  I guess there are a--holes everywhere but the "N word" is simply not used by my family, my friends, my children, the schools I have been affiliated with or anyone else in my life and I would turn on the person and confront them if I heard it used by anyone.
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Lady -- take a step back.
I am the PP you are speaking to...
Yes, my life experience is very different than yours..Which is why I am not surprised that you are surprised that this happened.
Yes, as a black woman I have been called "Nigger" plenty of times in my life, don't know any black american person who has not (tho i bet this rare being does exist).
I bet you have never been called that -- and you say would never say...so that is why YOU are surprised
And if you think every person you know has never used that word...that some kid in your kid's school has said it to some other kid...then lady you are not only surprised...but you are also DELUSIONAL.
I most certainly do not think that all white people are racist or use that type of language...but the content of your response shows that you must be living under a rock or truly in denial about the pervasiveness of racism in this country.
And I am also not surprised about that![/quote]

Exactly.
-signed a whitey
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