Do you know if she has lost anymore sponsors or business deals since Walmart was announced?
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I guess you haven't been keeping up. http://gma.yahoo.com/12-companies-cu...opstories.html
For a couple of days, several more companies dropped her in rapid succession. Even the book that is out now will stop being pressed, and the book that was supposed to come out in October, and has advance orders for, has been cancelled by the publisher who severed ties with her.
Even I gotta say this has been excessive. But, these companies do't want to be associated with someone as caustic as Deen right now. She may have supporters, but what does it say about those supporters? Are they racist? And, do their numbers compare to the numbers of offended people who would boycott them if they stayed with her? These days, being associated with people who obviously hold and announce racist attitudes is bad for business. We may have finally arrived at that point in history where some big business is finally rejecting racism. But, as long as we still have business that have institutionalized racism, the fight isn't over. Why, in 2013, are there still business that build on themes of slavery, like the one that impressed and inspired Deen so much? Why do we have businesses that won't let you in the door if you voted for Obama? Why do we have large companies that won't hire you unless you are a christian?
I didn't realize she was that popular or that successful. WOW! This a very dramatic fall from grace some what.
Yes there are still a lot of companies that have institutionalized racism in them. I, at one time worked for a Fortune 100 corporation that had offices in Detroit. I was the only African American there. I was eventually told informally that the reason they had not ever hired any black professionals is that they could not find any qualified........IN ALL OF DETROIT METRO!!!!
I've heard this from other large corporations over the years. It is the official cop out when pressed for an answer!!!
Yeah, unless they get caught red-handed, it's hard to fix that one. They have found companies that had the person collecting applications put code words on the back of those that were submitted by black people, though. Just so they would know who not to call back.
Companies care only when it affects, or has the potential to affect their bottom line.
I am so sorry you were subjected to a Fortune 100 corporation's ignorant racism. I deplore racism and homophobia. I also have little time for organized religion. Most religions, to varying degrees,are corrupt and self-serving, and tend to discriminate against the GLBT community.
People are born into a race, they have no choice about the matter.People are born Gay or Lesbian, they also have no choice about the matter. You can't choose to abandon your race nor can you choose to be heterosexual. I will argue for as long as it takes against any and all racism, sexism, homophobia and anti-Semitism, and I do so in the name of equality for all. I will confront bigots face to face and I will call out the more cowardly ones that hide behind anonymity by way of a computer screen.
The person with the loudest, most inflammatory opinion gets the most attention. That's how the Internet works. For example on YouTube, when people say racist, sexist, anti-Semitic or homophobic things in the comments section, they start a whole firestorm that brings them the attention they desperately crave and don't get in their everyday lives. Social media also gives permission to be hateful and bigoted because usually no one knows who you are. Online, you can usually say whatever you want in a public forum without consequences. In real life, you can't do that.
In my humble opinion I have found the obsessive abuse of minorities, women and gays seems overwhelmingly to fall at the feet of the narrow-mined, self loathing and ill-educated.
That depend on what church you go to my dear so while I agreee with you on a lot of what you wrote I have to respectfully disagree with you about church and religions. My church welcome lesbian ladies and homosexual gentlemen in fact my pastor preaches that everyone regardkless of what color they are or who they sleep with is welcome in the house of the Lord and welcome to eat and drink at God's table during communion. Not all religions are predjuced.
Yours with every good wish.
Roberta