Alright Paula Deen

Let me take my proverbial sigh, *sigh* because it's been three days and you all are running the "Racism According Paula Deen" into the ground. The media and the gossip hounds have taken off with this story. If you have been under rock, let me explain. Paula Deen and he brother Bubba is being sued by a former worker for harassment. Well in the lawsuit deposition Deen admitted to saying the N-word earlier in life and wanting to plan a "Plantation Style" wedding.

I am not taking up for Paula Deen at all. I am not saying Paula Deen is racist. I am also not shocked.  Okay I got "my nots" out the way. I live in the South. Anyone born and raised before 1960 in the South, no matter race, gender, creed, religion and sexuality, I Automatically expect to say or do anything Racist, Sexist, Elitist, or Derogatory in public and private. As wrong as it is, it happens. There is a lady that works at the Walmart I shop at and she rolls the word Colored off her tongue like it is water. She has to be 80-plus in age. And her co-workers of all races just look at her like and roll their eyes. My grandmother can't understand why we are still not called Colored. She refuses to say Black or African-American. I have worked with quite a few 50 year old black women who call white people "Crackers" when they get mad. Oh and you know it's not Mexican, it's Mexcan. Oh and them Mexcans can't drive.  I know many elderly men that refer to women as gals and have to get told off religiously for some sly and vulgar remark that was made.

It's not right but it happens. Paula Deen exists all over the South. I would give my last dollar away and say she lives all over the country. Paula Deen's comments were blown up because she is Famous. Yes, I understand Food Network severing ties with her. On top of the Diabetes controversy, it has become too much for the network to deal it. Its sad how something said in a lawsuit deposition could make news like this. Who even knew that she was being sued, until now? Well we all know now. There is no telling what else will come out before the end of it. At the end of it all, bet Your last Dollar, OutSpoken_Diva will be sick of it all.

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms