If Paula Deen Is Out, Please Explain Maher

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Investors Business Daily:

If Paula Deen is out because of her decades-old private use of the "n" word, what about its public and private use by MSNBC's Al Sharpton? What about HBO host Bill Maher's use of the "c" word?

The crisis Deen must deal with confirms the observation of John O'Sullivan, a former editor of National Review: "White racism exists, but its social power is weak; the social power against it, overwhelming."

Deen has — so far — lost her show on the Food Network and her spokesperson gig for Smithfield Foods. QVC, Sears, Wal-Mart and others are deciding whether to continue their relationship with the embattled chef.

What did the 66-year-old native of Georgia do that now threatens their enterprises? In a deposition given in a harassment lawsuit filed by a white ex-employee at a Deen family-owned restaurant, Deen admitted using the "n-word" in the past, during a private conversation.