I have been so surprised to hear about this in the media. Not only as a person of color, but a fan I am shocked and hurt. Please everyone do not forget, this comes after 5 years of her worker being verbally abused and sexually harassed by not only Ms. Deen, but the same family that she mentions in the video above. I agree that we all make mistakes, but truthfully, a mistake is something that happens once and once corrected, not again. This was no mistake, this is her as a person. The mistake, was thinking that it wasnt going to get out. Calling blacks the slurs of our ancestors is not cool in anyway. I do agree also, with those who believe that blacks should not call other blacks the n word be it ended with an er or an a. I do though, have to say, if its what we were given as a name, shouldnt we be able to use it as we please? I mean its the only thing that we could take from slavery, and maybe it is used among us so much because theres a comfort in being able to use it, and not have to worry about the slash of a whip across our backs. I can not express my disgust with the topic enough. Ms Deen has not only been extremely distasteful and discriminatory in her manner of behavior, but has done one of the worst things by reintroducing this act into an already corrupt world. "Little ni**ers in white shirts with bow ties," then goes on to say, "back in the time of Shirley Temple, they used to tap dance in these outfits." There is no other way for the media to portray it... blatant racism. But ni**ers were not tap dancing around the prices of her spirial hams and other grocery items she produced, we paid the price. Isnt it time for us to not have to keep paying for being a different color?