To Bill Maher, Here’s Why Words Still Matter

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African Americans, Bill Maher, chef, employee, ethicsdaily.com, Food Network, grace ji-sun kim, lawsuit, Paula Deen, racism, stereotype, words

Bill Maher’s career is, by comparison, based on his words, persona and reputation for advocating free speech. Actions taken against any form of “free speech” are … an attack on his turf, Kim says. (Photo: Angela George)

This is my latest for EthicsDaily.com.  Click here for the original post.

It is common knowledge that the perennial Food Network star, Paula Deen, has used a condescending and derogatory term toward African Americans and spoken warmly of the world of the genteel antebellum (pre-Civil War) South.

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