Lisa Jackson, former General Manager of Paula's Oyster House restaurant. filed a $1.2 million lawsuit against Paula Deen and her brother, Earl “Bubba” Hiers. The charges? Discrimination of sexual and racial remarks in the workplace. On May 17, Paula admitted in a videotaped deposition that she has the N-word in jokes and in normal conversation. When they questioned her about telling racist jokes, Paula said, “It’s just what they are — they’re jokes…most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks…I can’t determine what offends another person.” In another instance of being a racist involved the planning of a wedding party. Paula was putting it together, when she mentioned that she...
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