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Paula Deen Allegedly Asked Black Staffers to Dress Like Aunt Jemima
Yahoo ^
| 07/25/2013
| Brent Lang
Posted on 07/25/2013 10:09:17 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The Paula Deen racism scandal just got reignited thanks to a blockbuster New York Times story Thursday that claims the former Food Network star asked black employees to dress like Aunt Jemima.
The profile of Deen's cook Dora Charles overflows with allegations of racist behavior. Deen allegedly paid black employees less than white ones and used racial slurs.
~snip~
Deen finally found an African-American employee willing to perform this throwback to plantation life in Charles' friend and colleague Ineata Jones, who the Times reports is nicknamed Jellyroll. The paper says that postcards of Jones ringing a dinner bell are for sale at her stores (pictured left).
Jones drew the line at dressing like Aunt Jemima, the Quaker Oats spokeswoman with origins in minstrel shows.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pauladeen
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To: Responsibility2nd
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:24:46 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
She ain’t in no ways tarred!
:p
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:25:27 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: b4its2late
Aunt Jemima pancakes, without her syrup, is like the spring without the fall! Like Cornflake without the milk.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:26:04 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Gumdrop
A couple years ago they went after a politician for dressing in a nazi SS uniform. Never mind the fact that he was a WWII reenactor.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:26:46 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Responsibility2nd
At this point, I sooo don’t give a sh#%.
To: Responsibility2nd
any pictures of the Detroit City Council ?
To: Responsibility2nd
"I said, 'I'm not ringing no bell,'" Charles told the paper. "That's a symbol to me of what we used to do back in the day." Interestingly enough, I recall many family meal times at grandma's house where there was a dinner bell run and words almost identical to the claim in this article - no slaves were involved....
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:32:32 AM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
To: Irenic; Partisan Hack
To: Responsibility2nd
IF she really did this, then I no longer have any sympathy for her. But its a big if.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:32:53 AM PDT
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I never knew that Aunt Jemima worked for the Quaker Oats guy. How much does he pay her?
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:33:27 AM PDT
by
fruser1
To: Kickass Conservative
Shhhh. It’s a secret already. They use code words to talk about it. Words like “lean” and “drank”. Shhhh. Don’t let on.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:33:46 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
To: Responsibility2nd
What’s the point? Wasn’t there just a clothing store owner who made his private jet crew dress rather, differently?
To: Responsibility2nd
“And Okra played ‘Yo’ baldheaded Mammy’!”
Red Dawn Chongzilla
Call someone a “field n****r”..... feel the love.
Let it wash over you Luke.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:37:30 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:38:33 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
To: PLD
Yep. I also believe the Wicked Witch of the White House sent her flying monkeys out to do dmage to Paula.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:38:44 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Is that a problem?
Are blacks ashamed of the highly esteemed colored lady?
She was what 90% of black people will never be
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:39:23 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
To: Kickass Conservative
It wasn't iced tea but watermelon fruit juice cocktail. The scheme team formed the false narrative early on.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:39:25 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: cripplecreek
I think this one is FAR more appropriate.... we need an encore of this one!
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:40:41 AM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
To: maggief
I have an Idea, Menthol Iced Tea.
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:41:26 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(They can follow the Communist, I'll follow the Constitution...)
To: Responsibility2nd
“Paula Deen Allegedly Asked Black Staffers to Dress Like Aunt Jemima”
Hell, if Paula wrote me big enough of a check I’d dress up like Aunt Jemima, Col. Sanders, or Cap’n Crunch!
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posted on
07/25/2013 10:42:07 AM PDT
by
Made In The USA
(I'm not yelling, just... just talking enthusiastically..)
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