Paula Deen: I’m like ‘that black football player who recently came out’

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Source: Raw Story

Former Food Network star Paula Deen compared herself to gay pro football prospect Michael Sam in an interview with People Magazine, the E! Network reported on Wednesday.

“I feel like ‘embattled’ or ‘disgraced’ will always follow my name,” Deen reportedly told People. “It’s like that black football player who recently came out. He said, ‘I just want to be known as a football player. I don’t want to be known as a gay football player.’ I know exactly what he’s saying.”

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In the interview, scheduled for publication on Friday, Deen also issued another public apology for her behavior, while suggesting she got less of a fair shake than another media personality, Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson, who was briefly suspended after anti-LGBT and racially-inflammatory remarks of his were published by GQ Magazine.

“It’s amazing that some people are given passes and some people are crucified,” Deen was quoted as saying. “I have new empathy for these situations, though. My dad always told me, ‘Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.’”





Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/26/paula-deen-im-like-that-black-football-player-who-recently-came-out/

[JI7]

1. she is right about that duck dynasty asshole, but she seems kind of stupid

she does not realize how or why certain things are offensive or just not on the same level.

so even if it's true that the duck dynasty asshole was given a pass and she wasn't, she is still not on the same level as the gay football player.

[Skittles]

2. love how these racist assholes always play the victim

[TBF]

23. ^^ this ^^ nt

[eShirl]

3. she says that like being gay is a bad thing. n/t

[Major Nikon]

29. Either that or she thinks being a racist is a good thing

[cosmicone]

4. The gay football player is who he is

he didn't say bigoted things about other groups. He just courageously and proudly showed his own acceptance of himself.

Paula was "crucified" due to her bigotry. Epic fail in analogy.

[yeoman6987]

10. I just wonder

I believe as a gay man, the following is going to happen in the future because I have heard a ton of straight people using the word: what is going to happen in 30 years when people ask "have you ever said the word "faggot" in your life? We may have thousands of Paul Deans in the future. People are so stupid for using the word "faggot" but decide today that it is not right to say it but still have it in their history. Paula used the word over 30 years ago and had this wrath. I think a lot of straight people will have that too later on. I have heard the word "faggot" so many times that politicians will be asked and perhaps disqualified to run later on.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. You make a very good point. I'd be willing to bet that most

people have said things in the past that they would not like to have made public.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Sorry, most people don't use bigoted slurs like the one your pal tosses about

and if they do, fuck them. But it is not what 'most people' do. Maybe in the South, I would not know. The Southern States all allow discrimination against gay people, so there probably are more slurs down there, don't you think?
Excuses for such venom are not acceptable.

[Arkansas Granny]

25. I'm not defending or excusing Paula Deen. I am stating that very few, if any, of us have gone

through life without using a word, term or gesture that would be considered offensive by a racial, ethnic or socio-economic group. Can you say that everything you have ever uttered in your lifetime is something that could stand up to public scrutiny?

[CreekDog]

35. Oh, few of us have tried to plan a party with only black servers in stereotypical uniforms.

you act like it's just what she said and like what she said and did was comparable to what most people say.

[Arkansas Granny]

41. Please read the post I first responded to. It was not about Paula Deen as much as it

was about things that we've done in the past that are not acceptable now.

[cosmicone]

19. So are you sympathetic to Paula Deen?

And that was not the point I was making.

[Gormy Cuss]

44. But that's not the standard used to judge Deen's usage.

It wasn't because she said it once, it was when she said it ---well after the Civil Rights movement won so much ground. She was an adult and knew better.

[MADem]

5. WTF? "I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name...?"

I'm quite sure "that black gay football player" doesn't feel either embattled or disgraced. He's just living his life. With class and grace and honesty.

And people are telling him "right on."

How she could even TRY that comparison on for size is beyond me. No shame!

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Bigots often play the "I'm being oppressed too" card to deflect from their egregious behavior. nt

[MADem]

7. She's got no damn shame! nt

[2pooped2pop]

18. she jumped from one pot into the next didn't she?

lol, but she does show how many people really are just ignorant sometimes. She thinks that if she doesn't say the N word, that she has not said something racist. That if she doesn't say homo or fag that she has not been offensive. It will take some of us longer than others to get it the full picture. But it is a start.

She is gonna be worse than getting an older man to stop calling women honey. Racism and bigotry is part of her makeup. It will take some scrubbing to remove it.

Yes, she is just like "that black gay football player"

[Richardo]

8. I'm sure he'd also rather be known as a 'football player' instead of a 'black football player'

She hasn't really gotten it yet, has she?

[Bluenorthwest]

21. You don't get it either, Mr Sam came out with the truth, he wants to be know

as himself. He is gay. He did not have to tell the world but he did tell the world. To say 'he does not want to be known as' gay is bigoted bullshit.

[Sheldon Cooper]

27. WTF?

Are you jumping all over Richardo for something?

21. You don't get it either, Mr Sam came out with the truth, he wants to be know

as himself. He is gay. He did not have to tell the world but he did tell the world. To say 'he does not want to be known as' gay is bigoted bullshit.

[cyberswede]

33. I think the point is...why did she say "the black football player" who came out...

instead of "the football player" who came out.

[thesquanderer]

22. +1 (n/t)

[Sheldon Cooper]

28. Nope, she still doesn't quite get it.

[cyberswede]

32. +1

My exact first thought.

[Scuba]

9. Paula, the difference is you CHOOSE to be racist.

[Sienna86]

13. Exactly, Scuba. nt

[Nanjing to Seoul]

12. Okay. I don't think of you as a racist cook. I just think of you as a racist. Problem solved!

[Android3.14]

14. Really? She's not as bad as Duck Dynasty

And that's why she deserves break?
What a profoundly clueless person.

[Enrique]

15. her people had to coach her

she originally wanted to say "i'm like that N**** f*****"

[LynneSin]

16. Are you fricking kidding me???!!!

[OKNancy]

17. here is the original eonline Mag article

http://www.eonline.com/news/514882/paula-deen-empathizes-with-phil-robertson-and-nigella-lawson-offers-another-apology

[Capt. Obvious]

24. "that black football player"

White people always have to identify the race of nonwhites even though it has nothing to do with the story.

[get the red out]

26. Keep it to cooking

She would be much better off if she kept her comments to cooking.

[jwirr]

30. Except he did nothing wrong and she did.

[tomm2thumbs]

42. b i n g o -- and continues to display her ignorance with comments

sad that she can't keep her mouth shut long enough to THINK ABOUT what she's about to say and put a skid chain on her tongue before it reaches her lips

[Jamastiene]

31. She hasn't learned a damn thing from all this.

Every time she opens her mouth, it gets more obvious that she hasn't learned a damn thing.

[erpowers]

34. The Advice She Needs

Someone needs to tell her to stop talking and just cook. Also, someone needs to tell her to stop trying to play the victim. Her problem is that that she has been treated differently than anyone else; it is that she did not just apologize and move on with her life. She gave her apology, but then she blamed everyone except herself.

I think her biggest mistake was going on the Today Show and claiming she used the n-word because a black man had robbed the bank at which she worked and black youth in her restaurant had used the word. She also made the claim that the only reason the issue had been brought up was because people wanted what she had. I think if she had just apologized, without blaming others, and asked to move on she would have whethered the scandal better. However, she is doing really well, at this point, considering the deal she recently signed.

[Laelth]

36. She's not even a good cook.

I have very little interest in what she has to say.

-Laelth

[heaven05]

37. like most of her crowd

she has no clue. Doesn't want one either.

[Bette Noir]

38. Boo hoo. My heart bleeds

for this rich Southern racist who didn't realize she's not exempt from the paying the consequences of her words.

What does she want, a medal?

[LannyDeVaney]

39. Can a person choke to death on their own ignorance? And by ignorance, I mean a stick of butter

F her

[Tom Ripley]

40. She is far too stupid to be giving interviews

[KittyWampus]

43. Took the words out of my mouth. Dumb as a box of rocks.

[uppityperson]

45. Locking, Paula Deen's opinion of herself is not LBN worthy.

Maybe GD or entertainment forum?? Thanks for understanding