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Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:33 pm
by Leisher
Thought we had a thread on this somewhere...
Anyway, Paula Deen has been permanently labeled a racist and her brand is tarnished forever because of a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination.
Funny side note to all that: [url=http://tv.yahoo.com/news/paula-deen-cle ... A2UxN2YzYT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:06 pm
by Malcolm
She's white, southern, and upper/middle class. That's three strikes right there. She's just lucky she's not a man.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:25 pm
by Malcolm
Something of an overreaction.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:22 pm
by TPRJones
Nah, I see about the right level of reaction. A few snide comments about the marginally racist old lady seem to be a reasonable response. At least there was nothing in what I read there to indicate people were pulling out the pitchforks.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:28 pm
by Leisher
I assume it's going to cost Bobby Deen his job with Food Network.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:52 pm
by TPRJones
That I would consider an overreaction.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:35 pm
by Alhazad
Wouldn't that be a case for wrongful termination?
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:47 pm
by Leisher
They fired her for saying she said a racist word decades earlier. It was never proven that she was discriminatory in her hiring practices, and in fact, the black woman that had sued her was one of her closest friends, still is, and said in court she loved her like a sister or whatever.
So why'd they fire her? If they'll fire her, they'll fire him.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:09 pm
by Malcolm
Alhazad wrote:Wouldn't that be a case for wrongful termination?
No. When your family posts a photo online and the network in question is worried about advertising dollars, they generally have the ability to kick your ass to the curb as soon as you're not profitable. Unless you had the best agent in the world and the TV execs were stupid enough to sign the deal, his job is up for grabs.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:20 pm
by TPRJones
Leisher wrote:So why'd they fire her?
Because there was a category three PR shitstorm and they decided to toss her over the side.
If they'll fire her, they'll fire him.
Why? There is barely a hint of a PR low pressure system yet. I don't expect any shitstorm to develop at all on this one, not unless someone gets busy stoking the fires of public outrage.
EDIT: Well, a new search does show the storm has intensified. Projections of a category one would not be untoward. Maybe you are right. Time will tell.
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