i sometimes wonder why a person like paula deen couldnt say something more credible. like, how about this:
"as I stated under oath, I used the word. but, I didnt mean to hurt anybody's feelings. I said it in private and thought it was not going to be going out over millions of tv sets in a few years later. I guess that I was wrong. I'm sorry about that.
I have the urge to say that I'm not racist, but, the truth is I prefer my own kind. I hope I don't lose my millions of dolllars of endorsements over that, because, well, is that so wrong to prefer your own kind? If that's racist then maybe I'm racist. if so, I'm sorry that I'm racist, and I want black people to know that in spite of beign racist or whatever they want to call me, I don't really dislike anybody jsut for being black, I dont want to make them feel bad for it, and I wont use that word anymore.
While we are at it, I have gone through my enterprises and found out that I employ X number of black people. When my endorsements are all dried up, and I start shutting down my operations, I am wondering, who will give these folks jobs? Will some of my critics be offering year long salaries to the people who now will suffer because my ill considered private remarks were splayed all over the airwaves? I have a hard time seeing how my downfall will really help black folks.
So, if that is apology enough, just to show my goodwill, I am going to give X (insert big number) dollars to endow a professorship at a traditionally black university like Tuskegee or somewhere, to study public health... or -- but if they dont want to take money from a person that is supposedly such an awful evil racist then I'll keep it and just retire from public view altogether. "
"as I stated under oath, I used the word. but, I didnt mean to hurt anybody's feelings. I said it in private and thought it was not going to be going out over millions of tv sets in a few years later. I guess that I was wrong. I'm sorry about that.
I have the urge to say that I'm not racist, but, the truth is I prefer my own kind. I hope I don't lose my millions of dolllars of endorsements over that, because, well, is that so wrong to prefer your own kind? If that's racist then maybe I'm racist. if so, I'm sorry that I'm racist, and I want black people to know that in spite of beign racist or whatever they want to call me, I don't really dislike anybody jsut for being black, I dont want to make them feel bad for it, and I wont use that word anymore.
While we are at it, I have gone through my enterprises and found out that I employ X number of black people. When my endorsements are all dried up, and I start shutting down my operations, I am wondering, who will give these folks jobs? Will some of my critics be offering year long salaries to the people who now will suffer because my ill considered private remarks were splayed all over the airwaves? I have a hard time seeing how my downfall will really help black folks.
So, if that is apology enough, just to show my goodwill, I am going to give X (insert big number) dollars to endow a professorship at a traditionally black university like Tuskegee or somewhere, to study public health... or -- but if they dont want to take money from a person that is supposedly such an awful evil racist then I'll keep it and just retire from public view altogether. "