CNN CNN Newsroom June 22, 2013 23:28:00
I mean, look. most of the research says we've all internalized a certain degree of racial bias. that just becomes a boring argument and a boring discussion. what i think we want to be clear about is that the use of that word, especially in the context where she admits using it, which was in an angry, hateful way -- those who want to say rappers use it. okay. paula deen ain't a rapper. she is not using that word to say hey, my n word let's go down to mickey d's and get a coke. that wouldn't even be appropriate. she used it in anger after a black man held her up. when you say it's not hateful if...