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"&lt;img alt=\"0620_paula_deen_article_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/06/20/0620-paula-deen-article-tmz-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paula Deen&lt;/strong&gt; is using the \"I'm from the South\" excuse to justify her use of the N-word ... saying that when she grew up, dropping an N-bomb was no big deal because everyone was racist. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paula Deen Enterprises just issued the following statement to TMZ ... \"During a deposition where she swore to tell the truth, Ms. Deen recounted having used a racial epithet in the past, speaking largely about a time in American history which was quite different than today.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FYI -- the \"time\" Paula admitted to using the N-word was 1986!!!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the statement continues ... \"[Paula] was born 60 years ago when America's South had schools that were segregated, different bathrooms, different restaurants and Americans rode in different parts of the bus. This is not today.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=\"float: right;\"&gt;&lt;!-- relatedpoll --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\"To be clear Ms. Deen does not find acceptable the use of this term under any circumstance by anyone nor condone any form of racism or discrimination. \" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we previously reported, &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/paula-deen-n-word-racist-deposition-sexual-harassment-oyster-house/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deen admitted using the N-word&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; during a sworn deposition stemming from a lawsuit ... in which the chef and her brother are accused of using offensive language at Paula's restaurant in Georgia."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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