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by Josh Feldman | 11:38 pm, June 20th, 2013
John Oliver opened tonights Daily Show targeting celebrity chef Paula Deen for allegedly using the n-word, and for her incredibly unhelpful explanations for it. Oliver also used the opportunity to remind viewers that Deen recently revealed she suffers from type-two diabetes, and found its possible Deen was not intentionally trying to hurt anyones feelings, she just also suffers from type-two racism.
Oliver first took a swipe at Deens cooking by saying the n-word she used couldnt have possibly been non-fat. When Deen was asked about ever using the n-word, she said that of course she did, to which Oliver said in her voice, Thats just a given, come on!
Oliver tried to defend Deen, suggesting maybe the word just slipped out when she was rapping along to the Wu-Tang Clan. And Oliver did admit that the idea of a plantation-themed wedding might appeal to Deens particular sensibilities, where the bride and groom exchange slaves and the Union army comes through and burns everything to the ground.
He took a dig at Deens diabetes diagnosis, suggesting they should just rename it the Paula Deen syndrome, before turning it over to correspondent Jessica Williams, who said that Deen suffers from either type-one racism (inherited) or type-two (adult onset racism). She said the second is what happens after years and years of indulging in too much Dixie nostalgia, and ended with a firing shot: Paula Deens words arent hurting black people anywhere near as much as her recipes are.
video at link
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-oliver-savages-paula-deen-over-n-word-controversy-she-might-just-be-suffering-from-type-two-racism/
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)I was laughing so hard.
malaise
(268,933 posts)hilarious
JustAnotherGen
(31,811 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Also the comment as to what people care about was on point.
Bernacke's term is almost over.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)A worthy substitute for Stewart
spooky3
(34,439 posts)Initech
(100,063 posts)Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)the 2nd part of John Oliver/Paula Deen video
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-20-2013/fried---prejudice---paula-deen
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)What is it with the word of "savages", "destroys", "annihilates", "explodes", and so on, in headlines of articles which describe one media figure criticizing or commenting on another one.
If you read just the headlines, you'd think Celebrity Deathmatch had been turned into a live action reality show.
Next up... "Lawrence O'Donnell Genocides 'Fox and Friends' And Feeds Their Entrails To Birds" while "Jon Stewart Disembowels And Cannibalizes Bill O'Reilly"
VWolf
(3,944 posts)or cnn.com