Paula Deen’s Accuser Speaks Out “This Has Never Been About the N Word”

The former manager, Lisa Jackson, who filed a harassment lawsuit against Paula Deen, told CNN Monday that her suit “has never been about the N-word.”

“This lawsuit has never been about the N-word,” Jackson says in the statement, provided to CNN’s Don Lemon by her lawyer, Matthew Billips. “It is to address Ms. Deen’s patterns of disrespect and degradation of people that she deems to be inferior.

“I may be a white woman, but I could no longer tolerate her abuse of power as a business owner, nor her condonation of Mr. Hier’s despicable behavior on a day-to-day basis. I am what I am, and I am a human being that cares about all races, and that is why I feel it is important to be the voice for those who are too afraid to use theirs.”

Jackson is a former manager at Deen’s restaurants in Savannah, Georgia.  In her suit, she is alleging that Deen and her brother, Bubba Hier, committed many acts of violence, discrimination and racism that resulted in the end of 5 years of employment at Deen’s Lady & Sons and Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House eateries in Savannah, GA.

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This addresses specifically the attempt by Deen’s lawyers to dismiss the suit, on grounds that Jackson, as a white woman, has no legal standing. They specifically cite the Supreme Court decision to dismiss the Prop8 suit based on the plaintiffs’ “lack of standing” (not being harmed by gay marriage).  Deen’s lawyers reason, that since the racism was not directed at Jackson specifically, she was not harmed, and therefore has no standing.

Have ya ever heard of a toxic workplace Paula Deen? I mean seriously? If I worked for racists, and was constantly exposed to assholes hurling racial insults at employees, I would find that soul killing, and would want to do something about it, even if the abuse wasn’t directed specifically at me.  But you wanna bet a racist asshole is going to also be misogynist and homophobic. Indeed, Bubba has been accused of asking out employees and exposing them to porn. Jerks like that usually spread hate around pretty evenly.

 

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