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Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR
Are you Black?
Only Black people are allowed to decide how offensive Paula's remarks were and whether she should be forgiven.
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I don't agree with you.
And I don't think Paula totally deserved to be ruined, but she doesn't deserve easy forgiveness, either. She was ignorant and insensitive towards her remarks.
However, because I genuinely believe she was not malicious in her intent, she should be forgiven. That said, I hope this whole media fiasco finally teaches Paula a lesson. That's the more important thing. I couldn't care less about her TV show.
This whole situation reminds me of a teacher. She made some off-hand remark that went something like "I don't get why black people get tattoos. You can't see them anyways."
First of all, that's completely false. Second of all, my black friend was partially offended, but she didn't really get mad at the teacher because she knew the difference between being racist and being insensitive. The teacher is an older white lady, just like Paula.