More Paula Deen

[Content Note: Racism.]

The fallout continues for Paula Deen, after the disclosure of her practiced racism as part of a discrimination suit filed by employees. She has now lost two more major deals, from Caesars Entertainment Corporation and Walmart. And Walmart is pretty much an expert on racism, so.

Anyway.

In an attempt to manage the crisis, which was apparently organized by the PR firm of Yikes & Whoops, Deen went on The Today Show to do the interview with Matt Lauer she canceled last week due to exhaustion. And she had some pretty amazing things to say, like how she definitely wouldn't have fired herself for using racial slurs and engaging in employment discrimination, and how "every one of God's creatures was created equal. I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life," sure, okay, and also this:

The Today host then questioned Deen on whether she can understand why some African-Americans could find her racially insensitive language offensive.

"I don't know, I have asked myself that so many times," Deen answered. "It's very distressing for me to go into my kitchens and hear what these young people are calling each other...it's very distressing for me."

"I think for this problem to be worked on, that these young people are gonna have to take control and start showing respect for each other."

*record scratch*
HA HA PAULA DEEN SAYS HER YOUNG BLACK EMPLOYEES LACK CONTROL AND RESPECT. THEY DO. THE LADY WHO IS ALLEGED TO HAVE WANTED TO THROW A PLANTATION WEDDING AND TO HAVE PAID HER BLACK EMPLOYEES WITH BEER AND WHO ADMITS USING RACIAL SLURS SAYS HER YOUNG BLACK EMPLOYEES LACK CONTROL AND RESPECT.

Listen, Paula Deen, you need to stop talking at this point. And it's not because I give a fuck how deep a hole you dig yourself into; it's because racism harms people, and going on a national chat show to defend yourself by blaming your young black employees for racism is itself racism. And it is harmful. And it is deeply fucking wrong. I can't say it any more plainly than that.