Paula Dean Fired By Food Network Over Racial Slur

You are nothing more then a sadist that are not able to be honest about your desires to see suffering so you look for excuses/reasons to help cause and support that suffering.

Human jackals and little else going crazy over the smell of blood of an old white southern woman.

PUSH/Rainbow went down there recently, for a day or two, and after speaking with workers or ex-workers that's what they found.

hey were reluctant to complain because they were afraid they wouldn't be able to get employment elsewhere if they did.

She's the one who allowed slander and sexual harassment of workers in her restaurant. That's not only immoral but illegal in this country.

You don't even understand the definition of "bigot."

That kind of anti group thinking is indeed a fine example of bigotry thinking.

I think Deen did pay her workers well--somewhat more than the other restaurants in the area. That provided some incentive for them to put up with verbal abuse. Also, Deen has such clout in the area, they were reluctant to complain because they were afraid they wouldn't be able to get employment elsewhere if they did.

PUSH/Rainbow went down there recently, for a day or two, and after speaking with workers or ex-workers that's what they found. They plan on doing a fuller investigation, to look for possible civil rights violations in Deen's restaurants, based on what they've already heard.

Paula Deen Scandal Continues As Employees Tell Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Of Alleged Discrimination

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Fran Jeffries and Wayne Washington
06/24/2013
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An attorney for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition said current and former Paula Deen employees told him the famous cook and her brother discriminated against black employees, one of whom was consistently referred to as "my little monkey."

After Deen acknowledged using a racial slur, the story went viral and the Food Network announced on Friday that it would not renew her contract when it expires at the end of June.

Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, are being sued by Lisa T. Jackson, a former employee who claims she endured a hostile work environment replete with racial slurs.

Robert Patillo, an attorney for Rainbow/PUSH, a civil rights group founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr., said one current and two former employees told him white employees are routinely paid more than black employees and are promoted more quickly. A black man who had threatened to go to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Deen's brother told him "you don't have any civil rights here," Rainbow/PUSH said in a press release.

Rainbow/PUSH said it has "found evidence of systemic racial discimination and harassment" by Deen and that "a family member consistently referred to a black cook as 'my little monkey.'"

Patillo, who conducted interviews in Savannah where Deen's restaurant is located, said current and former employees told him that Deen "preferred white and light-skinned blacks to work with customers" and that darker-skinned blacks were relegated to "back-of-the-house operations."

Patillo said employees have been reluctant to talk to him about their experience with Deen because they fear retaliation...

Patillo said there are strong indications that Deen's operation mistreats and limits opportunities for black employees.

"What we've found is that there has been disparate treatment," Patillo said. "What we'd like is to have her remedy the situation."

Those remedies, Patillo said, should include giving blacks a fair chance for employment and promotion, sensitivity training and providing an avenue of recourse for those who have been mistreated.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/23/paula-deen-scandal-continues-employees-tell-rainbow-push-alleged-discrimination_n_3484607.html

Jackson group: Deen's grades mixed
June 29, 2013
By Jan Skutch

Attorneys for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on Saturday said a two-week probe of working conditions at Paula Deen’s restaurants found positive response regarding conditions and the family-orientated environment.

But that same investigation found complaints of racial discrimination and gender bias, they said.

“We still haven’t gotten her side of it,” Atlanta attorney Robert Patillo said before a news conference outside of First African Baptist Church on Franklin Square. “We hope to help Ms. Deen moving forward.”

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s group came here after requests from current and former Deen employees, and Patillo said he spoke with about 20 people since coming here.

Fellow Atlanta attorney Janice Mathis said a number of large corporations have sought the assistance of the group but few make the news as Deen has. She said they had no desire to be consultants to Deen.

Mathis said some of Deen’s problems stem from what the study found was a business that had grown too fast to put in proper human resources safeguards, a situation in which she hoped to see improvement.

Referring to Deen’s appearance Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show, Mathis said she found Deen’s comment, “I is what I is and I‘m not changing” was “inconsistent with continuous improvement and that is why we’re here today.”

She said the group’s work in Savannah was aimed at improving Deen’s structure and correcting the weaknesses they found.

“She shouldn’t be put in purgatory forever,” Mathis said.

She said the investigation did not focus on the “N” word, but on more systemic patterns of how people were treated.

Deen has come under constant criticism for admitting in a deposition that she used the “N” word some 30 years ago. Most of her corporate “partners” have dropped or distanced themselves from her in the almost two weeks since that surfaced.

Mathis said Deen has had conversations with Jackson and that she expects to see a plan in place “within the next few days” on how they will address the issues.

Afterward, Patillo said his groups did not “want to demonize anybody,” but wanted to help improve conditions at Deen’s restaurants, The Lady & Sons and Uncle Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House Inc.

Patillo said he heard complaints that front-end staff — waiters and waitresses — tended to be white, Latino or light-skinned blacks, while the back-end staff in the kitchen tended to be mostly black.

He heard complaints from one black employee who had worked there for 20 years and never been promoted, while a white employee may be promoted shortly after starting.

He also heard complaints of a white employee using disparaging remarks against a black co-worker and only being penalized a half-day for it.

A preliminary report that was distributed Saturday found more than half of the employees surveyed reported a “good, great or exceptional” experience with Deen, including a family environment, high pay, staff continuity and career advancement.

But, the report said, “several employees expressed a negative experience working for Deen.”

Those included low pay which made housing unaffordable and a white employee using the “N” word toward at least one employee.

“There is limited evidence of direct racism or racial discrimination on the part of Mrs. Paula Deen,” the report said.

“However, it does appear that Mrs. Deen has failed to fully and adequately address the issue of endemic and systematic racial disparity and discrimination within her company.”

http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-06-29/rainbowpush-coaltion-deen-will-improve#.Uc-X2SrD8lY

The other good thing, if we can call it that, is that others in the same situation might make improvements by "learning" from PD's experience.

mind your relationships and seek good advise" is the take-away here, which most successful business people do