What Constitutes a Racist Remark?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Point is, there is no difference.

I'm not sure there was really any racist intent, the guy probably should have kept his mouth shut though.

Yeah, not all stupid remarks are necessarily racist

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Yeah, not all stupid remarks are necessarily racist

I know that.

[CultBrennan59]

"Some people wake up in the morning looking to be offended"

-Dr. Wayne Dyer

[SirLK26]

This is America, though. I'm just wondering why the f*** it's a law that we have to have documents signed in Spanish.

What did Sweet Daddy D say? Oh, never mind.

[SirLK26]

If Gwosdz was really trying to be funny, he is the WORLD'S...WORST...COMEDIAN. When you try to make a joke and your audience just goes, "Huh?", I think comedian is out as a career path for you.

And Hog1, your comment was so true.

[SirLK26]

So the attorney has apologized.

In an effort to mend bridges, Victoria City attorney Thomas Gwosdz apologized Tuesday for a comment some saw as offensive...

"It didn't come out the way I expected it to," Gwosdz said. "I regret what I said. It was certainly not meant to give offense, but apparently, I did by accident."

Benny Martinez, director of the area League of United Latin American Citizens chapter, said he accepts the apology. "We have good reason to be sensitive because for years we have been criticized in a derogatory manner, and it really hurts our feelings when people do that," Martinez said. We do accept your apology. I know we can work together."

The bold. LOL. Get a life.

[DynamiteRave]

I didn't find it insensitive or racist, oddly enough.

But to be fair, that area belonged to Mexico first and many Hispanics have been in the southwest long before the Europeans settlers came around.

[CultBrennan59]

Paula Deen Dumped by Food Network After N-Word Admission - chicagotribune.com

I would LOVE to hear peoples opinions on this. So I guess we no longer can have freedom of speech or express our opinions in our homes? Thoughts?

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Paula Deen Dumped by Food Network After N-Word Admission - chicagotribune.com

I would LOVE to hear peoples opinions on this. So I guess we no longer can have freedom of speech or express our opinions in our homes? Thoughts?

"She accused Deen of using the N word as recently as in 2007, while discussing an idea for a 'plantation'-style wedding."

Is it just me or are we focusing on the lesser thing here... a what style wedding??

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

"She accused Deen of using the N word as recently as in 2007, while discussing an idea for a 'plantation'-style wedding."

Is it just me or are we focusing on the lesser thing here... a what style wedding??

The news tonight has kept bringing up how in court they asked her if she used the N word before. And her response was along the lines of "oh sure, of course I have. In my own home...like the time I had a black man put a gun to my head and I told that story to my husband"

I'm surprised the news outlets I saw tonight (NBC local, NBC nightly news, Access Hollywood) didn't bring up her plantation style wedding comment. That was public, so that makes more sense to fire her than what she said in her own home.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Paula Deen Dumped by Food Network After N-Word Admission - chicagotribune.com

I would LOVE to hear peoples opinions on this. So I guess we no longer can have freedom of speech or express our opinions in our homes? Thoughts?

Are you kidding me? It wasn't a personal conversation between her and someone else in her home, this was an idea she openly expressed, obviously around co-workers which is why an employee was the one who pressed charges.

Freedom of speech in your own home is your own business, but from the accounts I've read she made no qualms about openly using the N-word. Hell, the woman admitted that she used it.



And when asked if she wanted black men to play the role of slaves at a wedding she explained she got the idea from a restaurant her husband and her had dined at saying, “The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie.
“I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America … after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women … I would say they were slaves.”

This sounds like a woman who is unabashedly, unapologetically racist and hides behind her Southern roots as the cause.

You Southern a-holes lost the war. Time to move on.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Are you kidding me? It wasn't a personal conversation between her and someone else in her home, this was an idea she openly expressed, obviously around co-workers which is why an employee was the one who pressed charges.

Freedom of speech in your own home is your own business, but from the accounts I've read she made no qualms about openly using the N-word. Hell, the woman admitted that she used it.



And when asked if she wanted black men to play the role of slaves at a wedding she explained she got the idea from a restaurant her husband and her had dined at saying, “The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie.
“I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America … after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women … I would say they were slaves.”

This sounds like a woman who is unabashedly, unapologetically racist and hides behind her Southern roots as the cause.

You Southern a-holes lost the war. Time to move on.

3 News outlets I watched yesterday (NBC local, Nightly, and Access Hollywood) were all set on the whole she used the N-Word and it came across when she was asked in court if she used the N-Word. She was being honest in court and said that she has in her own home. NOW I've seen other outlets and internet sources saying what you said above. Thats different, and you are right, therefore this argument is over.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Are you kidding me? It wasn't a personal conversation between her and someone else in her home, this was an idea she openly expressed, obviously around co-workers which is why an employee was the one who pressed charges.

Freedom of speech in your own home is your own business, but from the accounts I've read she made no qualms about openly using the N-word. Hell, the woman admitted that she used it.



And when asked if she wanted black men to play the role of slaves at a wedding she explained she got the idea from a restaurant her husband and her had dined at saying, “The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie.
“I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America … after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women … I would say they were slaves.”

This sounds like a woman who is unabashedly, unapologetically racist and hides behind her Southern roots as the cause.

You Southern a-holes lost the war. Time to move on.

The n word of course is horrible in itself, but this type of thinking of just seeing a black waiter is just so disgusting and offensive she should never be on tv again. This type of thinking is why most young, open-minded southerners cant wait for the greatest generation and their children to die off. The thought of a that being a great idea is hurtful to my community, co workers and friends.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

The n word of course is horrible in itself, but this type of thinking of just seeing a black waiter is just so disgusting and offensive she should never be on tv again. This type of thinking is why most young, open-minded southerners cant wait for the greatest generation and their children to die off. The thought of a that being a great idea is hurtful to my community, co workers and friends.

I agree with this 100%.

And D-Rave, I'm assuming your comment about Southern a-holes is directed at Paula Deen and other outspoken racists, not the South in general. In Chico's words:

This type of thinking is why most young, open-minded southerners cant wait for the greatest generation and their children to die off. The thought of a that being a great idea is hurtful to my community, co workers and friends.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

I agree with this 100%.

And D-Rave, I'm assuming your comment about Southern a-holes is directed at Paula Deen and other outspoken racists, not the South in general. In Chico's words:

Yeah. I've spent time in the south (hell, my entire family is Southern, I'm only the second generation not having been born and raised there) and it's a beautiful place with some wonderful people.

Then there are people like this...