Tag: Paula Deen

NFL player’s racist comment sparks debate

By HR Hero Line Aug 5, 2013 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by John Phillips Here we go again. First, cooking queen Paula Deen. Now, NFL player Riley Cooper. The two situations are different, but both involve use of the N-word. For Deen, the question was whether, at some point in the past, her use of the N-word and her consideration of having black employees dress up […]

Deen’s downfall doesn’t atone for injustices of the past

By HR Hero Line Jul 1, 2013 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by John Phillips In the movie 42 when the Dodgers played the Redlegs in Cincinnati for the first time after Jackie Robinson had become a Dodger, the Reds’ fans greeted the Dodgers with considerable vitriol—like they were greeted at every ballpark where they played during Robinson’s rookie year. The Dodgers took the field, and the […]