A Liberal In The Midst

I have found myself being well behaved on Twitter and FB after the Paula Deen story broke.   I did not give into the #PaulaDeenTVshows or #PaualDeenbestDishes.   In part, I had hopes that she was not like other older White Southerners.   I had hopes that although she is from Savannah, the only place that comes to mind as being more oppressive for Blacks than the entire state of Mississippi, she was the exception.   I loved me some Paula Deen.   She was honest about how one got Southern flavor in cooking, butter and mayonnaise.   She, unlike many Southerners, did something real about here health when she learned she had diabetes.    However, my admiration dwindled when I learned it was not just her brother, Bubba, holding on to the bygone era of the plantation system in the South but she also had such fantasies.   “Nigga please”, was my initial reaction when I learned of her desired hopes for a plantation style wedding.   Warning this...