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Your source does not back up your claim. The founder said he didn't use the slur.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4mo ago
He doesn't. I think you misread this passage (it's the only thing that comes close): > When discussing how he would distance himself from racist groups, Mr Schnatter said that Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, had never faced criticism for using the N-word, Forbes reported.
- autoexec 4mo ago
  It's worth pointing out that there's no evidence that Colonel Sanders ever did that. It's not as if he was directly quoting someone. Even if he really wanted to bitch about how unfair it is that someone else was able to be racist without being called out for it, he could have phrased that in any number of other ways. Schnatter was just spewing bullshit and threw out that slur without any reason for doing so.
  - benj111 4mo ago
    He was born in 1890. Wasn't it/ negro basically accepted terminology back then? As such, we can't really complain when people use acceptable words of the time.
    - autoexec 4mo ago
      Negro would have been the acceptable term.
autoexec 4mo ago
He admitted that he said it (https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-apologizes-for-using-the-n-word-in-call-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-apologize...) and years later he said that not saying it anymore was one the goals he'd been working on (https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-ceo-2-years-remove-n-word-from-vocabulary-2021-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-ceo-2-years-remov...)
- charcircuit 4mo ago
  The claim trying to be argued here was the he hated black people and your additional sources still do not back that up. The second article seems to instead provide evidence against that claim. In reality this event happened during peak wokenness where saying a slur no matter the context made you a bad person deserving of being cancelled.
  - sail0rm00n 4mo ago
    In which context is it okay to say the n word?
    - thx67 4mo ago
      When you are racist pos and want everyone to know.
    - Ylpertnodi 4mo ago
      [dead]
    - charcircuit 4mo ago
      Anytime it is not being used as an insult or used to degrade a person or group of people.
    - anamax 4mo ago
      The n word is a staple of activities by members of a protected class. Feel free to tell them that they're wrong.
      - sail0rm00n 4mo ago
        Well, OK, but the original post was trying to justify Papa John saying it.
c22 4mo ago
Did we read the same source? The closest thing I saw in there to anything he said was: > When discussing how he would distance himself from racist groups, Mr Schnatter said that Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, had never faced criticism for using the N-word, Forbes reported.
- IAmBroom 4mo ago
  Which, for the record, has never been documented at all. Conversely, his black chauffeur insisted (post-mortem) that his former employer was always respectful, and the only time he even mentioned race was to ask what 'you people want to be called.' The conversation was pretty non-exciting: 'What people?' 'Um, colored folk.' 'We prefer to be called black.' 'Oh, okay...' End of chat. Someone seeking out the most respectful language to use - the opposite of bigotry.

He doesn't. I think you misread this passage (it's the only thing that comes close): > When discussing how he would distance himself from racist groups, Mr Schnatter said that Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, had never faced criticism for using the N-word, Forbes reported.

autoexec 4mo ago
It's worth pointing out that there's no evidence that Colonel Sanders ever did that. It's not as if he was directly quoting someone. Even if he really wanted to bitch about how unfair it is that someone else was able to be racist without being called out for it, he could have phrased that in any number of other ways. Schnatter was just spewing bullshit and threw out that slur without any reason for doing so.
- benj111 4mo ago
  He was born in 1890. Wasn't it/ negro basically accepted terminology back then? As such, we can't really complain when people use acceptable words of the time.
  - autoexec 4mo ago
    Negro would have been the acceptable term.

autoexec 4mo ago

He admitted that he said it (https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-apologizes-for-using-the-n-word-in-call-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-apologize...) and years later he said that not saying it anymore was one the goals he'd been working on (https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-ceo-2-years-remove-n-word-from-vocabulary-2021-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-ceo-2-years-remov...)

charcircuit 4mo ago
The claim trying to be argued here was the he hated black people and your additional sources still do not back that up. The second article seems to instead provide evidence against that claim. In reality this event happened during peak wokenness where saying a slur no matter the context made you a bad person deserving of being cancelled.
- sail0rm00n 4mo ago
  In which context is it okay to say the n word?
  - thx67 4mo ago
    When you are racist pos and want everyone to know.
  - Ylpertnodi 4mo ago
    [dead]
  - charcircuit 4mo ago
    Anytime it is not being used as an insult or used to degrade a person or group of people.
  - anamax 4mo ago
    The n word is a staple of activities by members of a protected class. Feel free to tell them that they're wrong.
    - sail0rm00n 4mo ago
      Well, OK, but the original post was trying to justify Papa John saying it.

c22 4mo ago

Did we read the same source? The closest thing I saw in there to anything he said was: > When discussing how he would distance himself from racist groups, Mr Schnatter said that Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, had never faced criticism for using the N-word, Forbes reported.

IAmBroom 4mo ago
Which, for the record, has never been documented at all. Conversely, his black chauffeur insisted (post-mortem) that his former employer was always respectful, and the only time he even mentioned race was to ask what 'you people want to be called.' The conversation was pretty non-exciting: 'What people?' 'Um, colored folk.' 'We prefer to be called black.' 'Oh, okay...' End of chat. Someone seeking out the most respectful language to use - the opposite of bigotry.