tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217892566352331822.post5434889529382518015..comments2024-01-25T10:10:17.008-08:00Comments on One Blog Now: Paula Deen and the 'N' wordKim Bradleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02697704600539418132noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217892566352331822.post-11766983161418313572013-07-10T06:34:13.235-07:002013-07-10T06:34:13.235-07:00I had a similar interaction waiting in the grocery...I had a similar interaction waiting in the grocery checkout line. A magazine in the rack had a headline about Deen, and the woman behind me said how unfair it was to "poor Paula". I said that I think the bad press and loss of sponsors was totally deserved. She said "all she did was use that word once, 30 years ago." I told the woman that she needed to review the deposition transcripts, because there was much more to it than simply using a racially offensive word, decades ago, many examples of which you have mentioned. But there was also the unrepentant attitude about using the word in the first place.<br /><br />Anyway, it appears I am preaching to the choir here, so I'll stop. Nice post, Kim.tikidochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773806903415788468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217892566352331822.post-56851880346426165432013-07-02T11:27:26.791-07:002013-07-02T11:27:26.791-07:00This is very thoughtful, Kimberley. And I apprecia...This is very thoughtful, Kimberley. And I appreciate the link to the Rage Against the Minivan essay. I'll read it in a minute. But this helps me to understand why I was uncomfortable with The Help. I was given it by a sweet relative and read it because she thought I would like it. But all the way through I kept thinking, "why is it only the black characters talk like this?" I had other problems with it, but that was the one I could articulate best when my sweet relative asked how I liked it. I will not try to take up the problem I had with the white woman "saving" the black woman; that's for another day. Thanks for this.kidlit43https://www.blogger.com/profile/14982426538549067292noreply@blogger.com