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| Looks like Paula Deen is off the hook - at least on the racist claims; But her brother is not | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 13 2013, 05:27 AM (106 Views) | |
| Tybee | Aug 13 2013, 05:27 AM Post #1 |
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I always thought the woman who brought the suit was on shaky ground. It's a bit of a stretch for a white person to sue for racial discrimination against black people. Judge Throws Out Racial Discrimination Claims Against Paula Deen A federal judge in Georgia has just thrown out the claims of racial discrimination filed as part of a $1.2 million lawsuit against gooey butter cake Paula Deen by former employee Lisa Jackson. Good thing they nipped that one in the bud before it exploded into the sky like a magnificent fireball, melting the sugar-windows, liquifying the gumdrop roads, and incinerating the gingerbread infrastructure of Paula Deen's candy kingdom. In her initial filing, which alleged that Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, had created an environment of sexual and racial discrimination in the workplace, Jackson (a white woman) said that "derogatory remarks regarding African-Americans are even more personally offensive to [her] than they would be to another white citizen," because she had two part-African American biracial nieces. (In addition to the much-publicized accusations of racially-charged language, Jackson alleged that African American employees were not permitted to use the same entrances and bathrooms as white employees.) In June of this year, lawyers for Deen argued that Jackson had only one niece (through her partner) who was part Hispanic, and argued that Jackson lacked "standing pursue race-based claims of discrimination." Now, one infamous slur-peppered deposition, an obliterated TV career, a cancelled book deal, and two Paula-themed cruises that, by God, are going to happen come hell or high water later, a judge has dismissed the race-based claims from the lawsuit. The claims of sexual discrimination (Jackson says Hiers occasionally viewed and distributed pornographic materials in the workplace, and that Paula Deen once said, "If you think I have worked this hard to lose everything because of a piece of pussy, you better think again"), as well as violence and harassment still stand. http://gawker.com/judge-throws-out-racial-discrimination-claims-against-p-1112916357 |
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| Deleted User | Aug 13 2013, 06:30 AM Post #2 |
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Whether the claims are true or not...I'm not going to miss her. She was over-exposed, there is nothing she wouldn't plaster her name/face on for a buck, and people were sick of her. And her food wasn't anything you wouldn't find at a standard church potluck in the South. Buh-bye! |
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| Guest | Aug 13 2013, 12:02 PM Post #3 |
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I agree Tybee I didn't see that suit going far, it has ruined Paula. The FN seems to be in disarray without her though. |
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| Guest | Aug 13 2013, 01:28 PM Post #4 |
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She's the creation of her gay entrepeneurial son Bobby. She would have never been a public figure on her own- extremely irritating. Everything happens for a reason.. |
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