Official: Food Network will not renew Paula Deen's contract - CNN.com:
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Her company issued a statement Thursday saying Deen used the epithet, but in a "quite different time" in American history. "She was born 60 years ago when America's South had schools that were segregated, different bathrooms, different restaurants and Americans rode in different parts of the bus. This is not today." What does her time in space have to do with racial slurs and statements? This is what I am talking about when I say America does not want to have a discussion about racism. America wants to excuse it, as it continues. This woman should have been fired. There is no excuse for racism or racial attacks.
