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Skwmom

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10. From the complaint filed in March of 2011

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:21 PM

Jul 2013

Paula Deen stated, “Well what I would really like is a bunch of little niggers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties.....but the media would be on me about that”

African-American staff persons are required to use the back door entrance ... They were prohibited from using the front entrance..... They are required to use the restroom that is in the back of the restaurant... White staff was allowed to use the customer bathroom.

Comments by Bubba Hiers (Paula Deen’s brother) “ I wish I could put all those niggers [in the kitchen] on a boat back to Africa. He said to a vendor who traps wildlife...”you also got a bunch of coons in the kitchen you can trap.” He said to his African-American security guard and driver, “don’t you wish you could rub all the black off you and be like me?” The security guard responded, “I’m fine the way I am,” whereupon Mr. Hiers replied that “you just look dirty, I bet you wish you could.”

Regarding the sexual harassment of an African-American kitchen staff by a white staff person Hiers physically and violently shook him (the witness) and stated, “fuck your civil rights...you work for me and my sister Paul Deen.”

http://www.atlawblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jackson-v.-Deen-et-al.-Complaint.pdf

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Paula Deen I Did NOT Dress Up Black Chef Like Aunt Jemima [View all] The Straight Story Jul 2013 OP

I call BS on it, too Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #1

It took 22 years to come public with all this abuse? I'm snappyturtle Jul 2013 #3

Unless the other employee, Jones, makes the same claim, I call BS... joeybee12 Jul 2013 #22

while flipping hoecakes! bunnies Jul 2013 #2

They're corn pone, made with cornmeal. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #4

Really? bunnies Jul 2013 #5

Cornbread of a sort, baked on a hot hoe blade out in the fields traditionally. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #6

we call it "hot water cornbread" in this part of world. nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #13

How the Hoe Cake (Most Likely) Got Its Name1 TexasProgresive Jul 2013 #7

That was so interesting and well written. A joy to read. THANK YOU KittyWampus Jul 2013 #11

1 part hoe, 2 parts cake? DonRedwood Jul 2013 #8

:) bunnies Jul 2013 #9

It's a regional thing. Igel Jul 2013 #12

I probably never would have linked farming tools to cooking... bunnies Jul 2013 #16

I live so far in the Deep South Aerows Jul 2013 #14

ewww. Grits. bunnies Jul 2013 #15

With cheese and Tabasco Aerows Jul 2013 #17

Cheese! bunnies Jul 2013 #18

Cheese and Tabasco Aerows Jul 2013 #19

I'll definitely try them again with your advice. bunnies Jul 2013 #20

You might find that you like them :) Aerows Jul 2013 #21

mmmm. red beans & rice. bunnies Jul 2013 #23

If you like red beans and rice Aerows Jul 2013 #27

lol. I'd weigh 500 lbs if I lived down there. bunnies Jul 2013 #28

It's actually very good for you Aerows Jul 2013 #30

lol. bunnies Jul 2013 #31

And shrimp. Cheese grits with shrimp is amazing. NOT instant grits though. nolabear Jul 2013 #24

Oh Lord Aerows Jul 2013 #25

From the complaint filed in March of 2011 Skwmom Jul 2013 #10

Boy, they very liberally switch from "made" to "tried to make." nolabear Jul 2013 #26

Back in the day.... AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #29