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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None of this would surprise me. Of course she and her brother used the n-word; they grew up in Georgia in the 40s and 50s. My family is from Georgia and older uncles and such still use those terms on occasion.  I don't condone it, but for people who grew up in the rural South in that time period, it was totally, totally normal. So no, if the Deen family used that word, I would not be the least bit surprised. The real question is does this woman suing them deserve to be compensated for hearing the Hierses/Deens use the n-word on occasion. [/quote]

This, and for this reason and as someone raised in the south in the 60's who heard the word a lot, I don't think any less of Paula. [/quote]
Because it was "normal" behaviour it is acceptable to use it?
This is how ignorance and racism are perpetuated...
Awww..it's ok...she grew up hearing the denigration and degredation of people...so if she uses the word...it was just the "normal" thing for her...
By the way I don't necessarily think any "less" of her...but I do think differently.[/quote]

I'm the OP of the first comment and I did not say it was still acceptable. In fact, Paula doesn't even say that- she says she doesn't use the word anymore because things have changed. I only said of course she has used the word before due to the time and place she grew up in. Same with my family members who use it. I'm not excusing it, but these are largely uneducated farm workers from the rural south- it's how they grew up, it's what they know. I'm not lecturing them on their language. Whether Paula still does use this word or not, I do not know, and I also don't know if this former employee is actually owed any money for "pain and suffering" from allegedly hearing the word used. I do know IF Paula or Bubba said it, it wasn't the first time a woman who lives in Georgia has heard that word used. Frankly, she just sounds like a litigious person to me. "I'm a white woman who heard other white people say the n-word, give me some money." Please. No wonder black people are rolling their eyes at all of this. It's a white woman playing the victim card on behalf of black people who actually HAVE been victimized in the past. [/quote]
You have got to be joking....
The woman is suing for racial and sexual discrimination in the work place...that is not just because she heard the word Nigger.
Is that what you got from reading about the lawsuit?
And if that word was used in the workplace...it CANNOT BE TOLERATED...no more than kike, fag, or any other epithet that is demeaning and degrading...
and if u use those words are used on a regular basis...i would bet there is other demeaning, degrading, and discriminatory behaviour that goes along with it...
All told -- it creates A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT...which is grounds for  a discrimination lawsuit.
And most importantly...since when is the woman suing white?[/quote]

I presume she's been white since birth. This article clearly states she is white: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/03/07/paula-deen-denies-claims-by-employee-who-says-was-sexually-harassed/[/quote]
Ok-- never saw that reference in any other article...
As far as the proverbial eye-rolling -- in the context of the conversation on this board...eyes have been rolled at people's so-called "shock" that paula would use the word or that anyone would...not at the woman who sued[/quote]

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