I just saw this show where she mentioned that people in the south eat nothing but fried chicken, and being an African American i took offense to this. Does anyone else think so is a racist?
2007-12-11 15:29:25 · 7 answers · asked by csnowman00 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
im sure i heard her say other comments about my people while i was watchin the food network. If she is not racist, why are there not black people on here show. she lives in the south doesn't she?
2007-12-11 15:44:29 · update #1
well i understand where you are coming from but i would really have to say she is not because she lives in the south..if anything she was just useing that as an indirect excuse for why shes overweight...
2007-12-11 15:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by manda panda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she said "all black people from the south eat nothing but fried chicken or "all black people eat nothing but fried chicken", than maybe. But she just said people in the south in general. It's not like she said "yo, got any hot wings around here?" If anything you should be pissed that she made such a stereotypical generalization about the south. And if you're not from the south who cares? I think you took what she said out of context. I'm sure she didn't mean to offend anyone by it.
2007-12-11 23:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Randy C 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't really think that was a racist comment so much as a self-deprecating one, considering the way Paula Deen eats. She's white, and I don't think she's ever eaten anything that wasn't deep-fried, judging from the food on her show. She seems to see that behavior that as more of a geographical thing than a racial thing.
2007-12-11 23:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by oh.no.not.her 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO.......... i'm from the south and have eaten alot of fried chicken because it's the easist and fastest thing to do with chicken that everyone....including my huge family...everyone brings fried chicken to every get together down here......and being that paula dean is a southern girl she's eaten and cooked alot herself......
2007-12-11 23:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by geekieintx 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well your a Racist! because you associate Fried chicken with blacks I don't!!! and most people associate Fried Chicken as cheap food to feed a whole family instead of just one person like say Filet mingon? or a salmon steak...
2007-12-11 23:39:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yeah it does sound racist, but i have family in the south and the majority do eat fried food, black and white!
2007-12-11 23:39:39 · answer #6 · answered by girliebutstrong 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, she's from alabama so she has a first hand accout. She isn't a racist at all
2007-12-11 23:40:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋