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Originally Posted by justjim
Paula Deen has made a "mess" of her apology. The last thing you want to do is get on the tube when you are emotional and distraught and make matters worse. To be honest, I don't follow her on her cooking program----never seen it. If she had consulted with a professional in crisis management, things might have turned out a bit different.
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Yes, I did see several versions of her "apology". I thought it was pitiful.
She must have been desperate. I am such a stickler for freedom of speech. I know not to hurt people's feelings and always taught my own brood to be kind to everyone........however, she was a product of a different "south" than it is today........maybe she said more than I have heard about....but still.
A p.s. to my earlier post about the riots of the 60's in Newark, N.J. and then the riots in Cincinnati, Ohio........
Hubby, who had been brought up in a somewhat racist type background, totally changed his perspective when he was stationed in Fort Knox Kentucky in the 1960's.....he developed friendships he might not have had in his old neighborhood.....or Polish Catholic School........or hearing his uncles, etc. on the block.
He also was shocked to find out that NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD loved J.F.K.......surely not at Fort Knox Kentucky........whereas in our little isolated Catholic neighborhood......."Camelot" and all it stood for was definitely on a pedestal. He was a "drill sergeant in tanks.....and then went back summer after summer.....with Army Reserves.
But prior to him going into the Army, they were all "packing guns" for protection in Newark, enroute to work each day......."downtown".
I had an incident while parked outside waiting after work for him....a man with his hand in a brown paper bag came up to my open window as the car idled......to me it looked like a gun in the bag.......to me it seemed like an attempted robbery.......I pulled out of that parking space so fast....I never even looked to see if a car was coming.......kept driving around the corner until he came out of work. Those were different times.
I can understand Paula Deen's different times.
We all mature as we experience other facets of life and other areas ......
But, truthfully, I was never ever racist..........and that said, I still feel that Paula Deen's apology was too drastic. My best friend in first grade was a little black girl.......my daughter's best friend in first grade, ditto....and now our grand daughter's , etc........we have Indian and Asian friends whom we love dearly as well...........nuff said.
I still feel sorry for Paula Deen.............bad enough she had to take all the yummy calories and carbs out of her southern cooking (when she was diagnosed as diabetic)........(said tongue in cheek)........