Discussion: Paula Deen In Hot Water Again For Tweeting Brownface Photo

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In the words of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (and Madame Vastra)
“Well, here we go again
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Time for Bobby to lose his current FoodNetwork shows too


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What I find even more disturbing is that her son is playing the role of her husband. I would be willing to bet that there are some seriously creepy family dynamics going on there.

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I thought that was the bowl of petunias


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In the episode “Robot” (28 December 1974), the Brigadier utters those words as the Doctor regenerates. It marks the second time the Brigadier had to go through a ‘changing of the guard’. In 2014’s “Deep Breath”, Vastra utters the same words, which has made me wonder if she, too, has met more than two Doctors.

Oh, and the bowl of petunias says “Oh no. Not again.”

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He should of done his hands too. Is makeup not allowed anymore? Seems to me to be a big to do about basically nothing. Shows poor judgment on her part, but who thought she had good judgment?

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Um, just an FYI: Desi Arnaz was very white despite his being Cuban. He was NOT Afro-Cuban and so the picture is both absurd and racist.

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Black/Brown face was done to mock and demean racial minorities. Most acts that relied upon it did so in order to jape and denigrate to get laughs.

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Geez
when it rains, it pours.

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Haha
oh yeah
I stand corrected. Close though.

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You are asking people to remember that people from Latin America come in all colors?

I’m lucky if people realize that Martin Sheen is Hispanic
and that Ricardo Mantalban was European Hispanic. He was born to Spanish parents.

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I’m actually a bit sensitive to it since I’m second generation West Indian and my boyfriend is Puerto Rican. The social and political dynamics of “el caribe”, Central and South America as well as Spain are real complicated. The superficial racism of Deen and her ilk just make it more difficult.

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It might jog people’s memory if and when they remember he has a son named Emilio Estevez and a daughter named Renee Estevez, and he is RamĂłn Antonio Gerardo EstĂ©vez. He’s one of my favorite actors

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Like a leopard that can’t hide it’s spots, ol’ Deen bat and her clueless clan’s racism just keeps busting out.

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If and when you’re ever asked “What are you?”, I hope you reply, “What do you think I am?” Maybe the dolts will think twice.

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Yes, I know. But that means that dark makeup can never be used again? Seems like an overreaction to me.

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Exactly
The go-to quick Desi impression would be hair, accent and conga drum. Who would ever think dark skin?

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Lucy Ricardo, Archie Bunker, and Fez?

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Yeah, WTF stupid racist blah blah blah.

But for Christ’s sake, this is the third fucking misuse of “begs the question” I’ve had seen today, and I’m at the point of being more meta-outraged by the borderline Orwellian erasure of all awareness of the informal logical fallacy “begs the question” actually refers to than the underlying outrage of stupid racist food celebrities being racist.

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