Lisa Jackson, the woman who filed the lawsuit that spurred the Paula Deen media circus surrounding the former Food Network star admitting to use the ‘n-word,’ says her motivation to take legal action was never about that word.
Her new statements are the first we’re hearing from her since the scandal broke out last month, when the deposition was made public.
Through her attorney, Jackson told CNN, “This lawsuit has never been about the N-word. It is to address Ms. Deen’s patterns of disrespect and degradation of people that she deems to be inferior.”
Jackson is suing both Deen and her brother Bubba Heir, and she used to be a manager at their Savannah, Georgia restaurants Lady & Sons and Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House.
“I may be a white woman, but I could no longer tolerate her abuse of power as a business owner, nor her condonation of Mr. Hier’s despicable behavior on a day-to-day basis. I am what I am, and I am a human being that cares about all races, and that is why I feel it is important to be the voice for those who are too afraid to use theirs,” she continued in the statement.
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