$6.50 an hour is disgusting. I was making 21 an hour and I was fresh and new in the hospitality market, she should be at least making 30 an hour if she is the head cook there.

@IH8COMERCIALRNB

7 жыл бұрын

***** I don't have white guilt, I don't even believe in the concept of it and I totally believe her.

@LittleboyWearingglasses-lz4xd

6 жыл бұрын

IH8COMMERCIALRNB she’s lying.

@annacoats2988

6 жыл бұрын

30 years ago. Food svc workers don't make a lot of cash. That was her starting wage. What was her wage at the time of interview. How many times did she give her cash money that she did not report on her tax forms? Why didn't she quit? In the partnership she speaks of, how much money did she put in upfront? Why would her co-workers think she lives in a mansion? Not a fan of PD,,,,,,I am from the South. I don't know anyone that talks like that. I grew up around old ladies that talked like that back in the 1960's.

@misterunderstood1709

6 жыл бұрын

We need your voice! Please advocate a living wage for all hardworking people. Please.

@gerarobinson172

6 жыл бұрын

IH8COMMERCIALRNB 6.50 is bad. But no restaurant cooks get 21.00 a hr

She made the mistake of sharing her recipes. You never do that. She stayed too long. Should have left long ago.

@finishingwellthroughchrist5493

6 жыл бұрын

gayle2020 she has a cook book with sum bomb recipes

@masuganut2082

6 жыл бұрын

Jimese Jones really!? I just commented that she should put out a cookbook! I’ll have to check it out!! Thank you

@dreyddog19

5 жыл бұрын

She thought Paula was gonna make her rich.

@bdavis8397

5 жыл бұрын

@@dreyddog19 You are paid according to what you contribute. If this woman thought she was worth more you have to ask. If you don't ask; you don't get.

@lucindacoleman646

5 жыл бұрын

But she can still make it better than Paula Deen

$6.50 an hour?! She allowed herself to be used, but I guess her loyalty and kind heart is what kept her there. God is going to bless her though.

@paulj.thaddaios

2 жыл бұрын

Where are the paystubs to prove this? This woman has 0 evidence. Her lawsuit was dismissed if that says anything. She is also lying. Watch some KZread videos and learn how to tell if someone is lying.

@LonnellRich

2 ай бұрын

she didn't allow anything she wanted to work and get paid ... she was supposed to help the lady who helped her and Paula didnt

She was not lying. Did you notice that the interviewer said at the time of this interview she was still working for Paula Deen. She was trying to be careful of what she said, plus she was weighing out her words as to not incur a lawsuit for slander. Really, people as much as I use to like Paula, it's clear she stole this woman's recipes and did not compensate her for them and tried to pass it off like she created them. But what do you expect? Need I say more...

@gailgrooms997

6 жыл бұрын

bet she isn't working there anymore

@OneWayDesigns

6 жыл бұрын

People hear only what they want to hear and pull things from the clouds to try justifying something that is wrong. She was being careful of her words as not to get herself into trouble. Some ask the question"why would you stay so long if it was that bad"? Sometimes a person feels like that's all they have. I feel as if she was still holding on to the dream that Paula sold her. $6.50 an HR, I believe she paid her that. People get to the top and can forget everyone else. It is what it is.

@iamblessed513

6 жыл бұрын

First, when this interview was conducted she was still working for Paula Deen. How would you have answered if you were still working for your boss and was still on payroll? Again, she was being careful with her words because I am sure she had bills to pay. Second, I never said Paula was racist...you did! However, I feel Paula has put herself in a category where she feels entitled over other people. This woman was supposedly Paula's friend for over 20 years, helped Paula to become successful using a majority of her family recipes, helped Paula grow her empire and she ended up living in a trailer and at the end was given a settlement of $70,000! Oh please Paula cheated this woman who believed Paula was her friend however Paula had ulterior motives. She knew this woman could cook and Paula was determined to create a career for herself. Remember the old saying " keep you friend close, but your enemies closer" well Paula kept her close enough to get what she needed. Smiling and grinning all the way to the bank. Oh Dora, you such a good friend cuz you stupid to the fact that I am using your recipes to build security and wealth for me and my family generation to generation. Paula Deen knew exactly what she was doing and Dora didn't know the wiser. She truly believed Paula was her friend. Harriet Tubman said it best " I would have freed a lot more slaves if only they knew they were slaves".

@iamblessed513

6 жыл бұрын

I can't speak in her being racist. Maybe she is maybe she isn't. But I know an opportunist when I see one and she is definitely one. Only Dora and other staff can account for her being a racist. Like I mentioned earlier I liked Paula Deen's show and actually made a trip to Savannah specifically to go to her restaurant because I am a foodie. I will tell you everybody and I mean everyone working there was black and we had to wait across the street until a lady came out and rang a big bell announcing the restaurant was open and we could come in. Does that make her racist? No. But being from the deep south I am sure she inherited personality characteristics of her upbringing.

@rd4469

6 жыл бұрын

Michele Talley Exactly.

The reporter changed her accent when she interviewed the cook..🤔

@Blenduu

4 жыл бұрын

As always....

@jakealden2517

4 жыл бұрын

White liberals do this all the time.

@judyannkiwi

4 жыл бұрын

Like she is a fake this reporter

@Shutupb1tch420

4 жыл бұрын

Like I’m Mexican and I developed an American accent, it was pretty easy and even easier perfecting it (so whenever someone asked what’s with the accent, I wouldn’t have to tell a story)and whenever I’m around someone who isn’t that good at English and it isn’t their native language, i go into Spanish mode and start talking in an accent to make them feel more comfortable lol

@HerselfTheElph

3 жыл бұрын

This is a subconscious adaptation skill some people have. They adapt an accent to "fit in". Its not her being racist or condescending its her subconscious.

That moment when she hesitated to say yes for so long, it made me so sad. I hope she's doing well.

Chile, I live in the south. This is the typical story of the south: whites' own the southern (aka soul food) restaurants and rib joints, but go look in the kitchen and see who's cooking.

@therealflamelit

5 жыл бұрын

we have a lot of black owned ones around my way, but the white ones seem to get more publicity

@brenandemossita1000

4 жыл бұрын

Child it's the truth!

@corrine4976

4 жыл бұрын

Trueeee af

@Tragic.Kingdom

4 жыл бұрын

Labor work don't pay

@akken2112

4 жыл бұрын

That's oh so true Shawn Preston. Paula Deen did what whites in this country have historically done, that is exploit African-Americans. Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, the list is endless. Until we realize that we are at war with white supremacy, we will continue to lose to white supremacists.

My heart breaks for this hard working and faithful woman. I hope the Lord compensates all of her good work one day.

@CHEEKY_MONKEY

3 жыл бұрын

There is no Lord. We gotta do it ourselves.

@dani61742

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@veenessa2540

2 жыл бұрын

@@CHEEKY_MONKEY and there is a lord

@Jonathan-cx6jl

Жыл бұрын

@@veenessa2540 yes

@My_Lacrimosa

7 ай бұрын

He ain't done it yet so no use waiting

Reminds me of a place my dad used to work. They were small and they'd always tell my dad, one day we are going to make it big time. And they did. But they never gave my dad a raise.

@dominicbrogsdale3348

Жыл бұрын

How they be , tell you they love you and everything and leave you in the mud!

Paula Deen used this woman's ancestral recipes to enrich herself?!?

@vaughangarrick

6 жыл бұрын

Peggy Scott ancestral recipes. Lol

@ryanamari2233

6 жыл бұрын

+Vaughan Hamilton have you read books on the history and migration of various foods, crops, growth patterns, exportation etc?

@ryanamari2233

6 жыл бұрын

+T ESL when you study the history of food you see that different recipes have bits and pieces of different cultures...nothing is purely one thing...it’s just that in the food business which is purely white...claim is laid to discovers of recipes or cooking styles that have been around for centuries...plus southern cooking was a lot healthier than what it is today...

@pollysshore2539

6 жыл бұрын

T ESL Southern cookin, to me, is a beautiful blend of fresh picked ingredients and impoverished necessities. Cornbread... Native American staple in multiple cultures (I live between 2 former Cherokee reservations), though you will find the seasoning differs. I personally hate sweet Georgia cornbread. It’s unnatural and an affront to... tongues. 😁 I get it because the sugar was a pick me up (especially for the babies) added to other dishes here. You saw it more commonly with grits. My mom loved to crumble it in buttermilk and eat it with a spoon. Yourne?

@ianhedge604

6 жыл бұрын

they all do that Marta too

They need to give this lady her own cooking show.

@mustangsally5051

4 жыл бұрын

Give her her own restaurant!!!

@kevcarlisle1906

3 жыл бұрын

Hi I’m Quin Jonas and this is “What would you do?” Lmfaoo 😭

Pay the lady please

@kinkybartender6709

6 жыл бұрын

She did pay her. If she didn't like her salary she should have switched jobs.

@doriscollins6396

5 жыл бұрын

yea it all about money

@kinkybartender6709

5 жыл бұрын

@Joyce Woodruff that's how employment works. You fill out applications saying that you want to help somebody. If they want to use you then they hire you, where they use you. You are paid a commission/salary/hourly wage. Again, this is how employment works. She was an employee. What exactly is it that you are confused about? Because Deen blew up, all of a sudden she's supposed to give one of her employees a little something extra? That's ludicrous.

@kinkybartender6709

5 жыл бұрын

@Joyce Woodruff the lady was paid to work in the restaurant. Please tell me where in that video that it specifies that Paula learned from that lady. The lady herself never even says that. Are you making things up as you go along? lol.

@crystalperry2163

4 жыл бұрын

@@doriscollins6396 that's what all WORK is about. If she was the genius behind everything that made Paula who she WAS, she should be compensated.

Interviewer speaks with standard white American accent in the intro. Then she talks to a black person and starts talking like her. That’s beyond racist. That’s just patronizing.

@JB-lm5xt

3 жыл бұрын

Right?

@poda7273

3 жыл бұрын

Severson is from the south, so there’s a chance she has a natural southern accent but ditched it for the intro (lots of folks with Southern accents don’t like that they have one).

@kgfes

3 жыл бұрын

From Manhattan to Savannah

@sl1393

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was on purpose, because whenever I go down south to visit my relatives, I end up speaking like them; you just pick up on it.

It's so important to have a plan B in this life, I worked in a kitchen for 27yrs. And I can tell you that it's a hard way to make a living. There usually no 401k ,no vacation time and raises are hard to come by. So I started a business part time and in a few yrs the income from this was more than what I was making as kitchen manager for almost two decades.

@susanspencer9538

5 жыл бұрын

What kind of business did you start & how? Reason I ask is because my Husband has no job, we live in Lewisburg, Ky & if he dont get a good paying job soon we will loose our home, please tell me how you started your business from the beginning to the end step 1,2,3,4,5 were despret.

@xotlt7999

4 жыл бұрын

bro never have a Plan B or you’re just gonna give up on Plan A super duper easily lol you just need something that will support Plan A and yourself while you’re on the journey to achieve it

Never give your family history away. Remember you are an employee

I believe her. What does she have to gain from lying? For all of you who doubt her, would you still believe her if she showed her check stubs? There is nothing about her that says liar. I would be suspect of anything Paula Dean's team says. Paula Dean is done!

@gigismith1362

6 жыл бұрын

coolreem ok Paula is not done. And 6 dollars an hour is a shame I agree. BUT we have no way of proving the other accusations

@kinkybartender6709

6 жыл бұрын

She's mad because Paula got rich and she's still making what she makes.

@bdavis8397

5 жыл бұрын

She hasn't offered any proof. If you do not ask for what you're worth then move on.

@TheChickenRiceBowl

4 жыл бұрын

@@kinkybartender6709 Yes, that's the point.

@jonathanxavier2026

4 жыл бұрын

@@kinkybartender6709 Obviously, you dimwit. That's the entire idea. Paula expected loyalty and sharing of the recipes and rewarded this woman who she not only promised but benefitted off of riches. Instead Paula stole and kept this woman down. You dense little sod.

I feel bad for her! You work 18years with someone and have nothing good to say at the end of it all! Not even enough money to provide for your family or medication! I use to a big Paula Deen fan! But now no way in hell now would I respect her the same way I did!

@gailgrooms997

6 жыл бұрын

just like a pancake, this story has TWO sides

@karenbougher1219

4 жыл бұрын

welcome to this life people

@dracunculusmedinensis8210

3 жыл бұрын

Same! Paula won't get a red cent of mine. I'm sure there are plenty of racists out there who will continue to support her though.

@michaelpitts4215

3 жыл бұрын

That's how they are generations after generations

@jinosfitnessjourney6593

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelpitts4215 as people of color I can't stress this enough west start coming together to help are own and take in these type of people and build are communities with passion for something.

This was really sad to hear and watch. I feel so bad for Dora. No body should ever ever be treated that way.

@stardustgirl2904

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree! However my question is, if it was that bad ,I wonder why she didn't quit? She could of worked somewhere else. I would of left

@rudysims7386

3 жыл бұрын

You know l didn't get mad at Paula for using the N.word because we all use it specifically Rappers , l got mad because she didn't keep her promise to someone that helped her, and that is shameful.

@paulj.thaddaios

2 жыл бұрын

She is lying

@christymaxwelt934

Жыл бұрын

@@paulj.thaddaios How “Do” You Know? We’re you…….THERE?…….EXACTLY 😡😡😡

@speakthetruth6139

Жыл бұрын

Christy Maxwelt just what I was thinking.

When me and my family used to joke about Paula Deen cooking like a black woman,and now I see why!!🤭😂😂😂

@conniekreese7165

4 жыл бұрын

I feel is how colonel Sanders did it

@elaineteut6508

4 жыл бұрын

Kara Davis Cooking like a black woman or do you mean cooking like a southerner?

@xotlt7999

4 жыл бұрын

Elaine Teut nah a blk woman lmaoooo she said it right

@sl1393

2 жыл бұрын

@@elaineteut6508 A BLACK WOMAN!! Because Southern White women always relied on The Help! Remember!

@Etta319

Жыл бұрын

@@elaineteut6508southern food came slaves. That’s just the truth .

The reporter adopted a southern accent when she interviewed the lady lol

@ts121084

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who noticed that...

@JP-lw3bt

3 жыл бұрын

She probably is southern but when shes described the issue she prolly changed up to speak clearly. That's my theory

@ts121084

3 жыл бұрын

J P Your theory is wrong. So is Tubman Twenty’s. She grew up in Wisconsin and her family has deep roots there. End of story. She faked a Southern accent here in a cringeworthy attempt to “relate” to this woman...

This woman is not lyin!

@tessaharris865

7 жыл бұрын

I believe her BUT she lied when she said that Paula came out and SAID the N word. I can tell when someone is lying. She lied about that part!

@dianemoonstone4715

6 жыл бұрын

+Mandy Harris : Paula Deen admitted in a deposition that she had used the "n" word.

@gigismith1362

6 жыл бұрын

You sure?

@dianemoonstone4715

6 жыл бұрын

+gigi smith : Yes. Not to being a racist but to having used the 'n' word. As maybe part of the colloquialism? I don't know if Paula Deen's racist or not. I don't have personal knowledge of her or done any in-depth research on her so can't attest to anything about her except for the deposition.

@scribe712

6 жыл бұрын

She hesitated before answering the question and saying Ms. Deen used the N-word which makes me think she's lying also.

I learned how to cook soul food by watching Paula, now it was actually these ladies I was learning from.

It's really ashame that people don't look out for one another anymore. But paula will get exactly what she deserves. She stood on this womans shoulder, her skills ... People came to that restaurant for Dora Charles cooking! PERIOD!

@rhondagatlin6909

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!!! God's going to deal with PD... Big time!!! PD FAKE!!!! Miss Dora hold tight to your Faith in God cause you're a BEAUTIFUL woman with GREAT talents!!! God's going to bless you greater than you expect!!! Love ya🙏💜🤗🥰

@dayemassey1132

Жыл бұрын

But when she opened a restaurant . Her own black people won't patronize it. That's the problem we don't need nobody we just need to have our own business and our own people patronize. They telling us and telling the world that we are broke every person come here from another country open up a restaurant or a business and our neighborhood in five years they'd be rich and prosperous.

In the end all you people sticking up for Paula Deen have no real way of know what went on in the restaurant. And a lot of people stay at jobs they don't like that's nothing new with all these body language and vocal experts in here you should open an agency It's cool to defend who you want but sit and make judgement on the people who actually work there and I don't see any body making comments about the woman who brought actual charges against her

" They are not your friends...You can't trust them. " momma said

say what you want but I totally believe her story. Paula is a total racist and I'm speaking on what I know and seen while visiting the restaurant in Oct. 2015

@gailgrooms997

6 жыл бұрын

you sir, are full of crap.

@gregwomack5237

6 жыл бұрын

Christopher Burnett dude I have only seen 2 episodes with this lady and Paula Deen... And I saw the undertone things she did and said to those lady in the video.... I knew it would be a matter of time before they pulled the plug..... And this lady should be sueing for mental damages and lost wages

@birdchoyce1268

6 жыл бұрын

Sir Mixr and many were taught to distrust each other and have self-hate during slavery and remain loyal to slave owners for survival. Unfortunately, this dysfunction continues today!!

@jolly14579

6 жыл бұрын

Sir Mixr who just shot up a school

@mrsaye499

6 жыл бұрын

why is everyone saying I believe her? Is there anything question??

JUST CAUSE you work in the kitchen dont mean you aint gonna be treated like a outdoor slave...

In another news video it was reported dora was making 70k a year, that's 1300 a week. She was just fine.

@anjiharrell6175

3 жыл бұрын

“Another” news report. Can you specify exactly which one?

@PromosMakeCents

3 жыл бұрын

@@anjiharrell6175 nope lol

@baconbap

3 жыл бұрын

I read that, too. Jamie Deen agreed to the $70,000 salary and put her in management or quality control or something.

Us as black people, we need to look at all these examples and become stronger from it. Let's stop repeating history. Don't accept or put yourself through what our elders have. Don't let their stories be in vain.

@masuganut2082

6 жыл бұрын

LIVEFRMNYC eloquently said ❤️ I’m “white “ and it just makes my heart so sad that any of this still goes on I’ve never used the N word in my life nor will I ever. ❤️

@io5512

5 жыл бұрын

@@masuganut2082 I'm glad we have people like you in this world :) ^^

@masuganut2082

5 жыл бұрын

Io55 aww you’re gonna make me cry, that was so sweet of you to say. Thank you. Happy holidays ❤️ I wish peace and love to you and yours

@io5512

5 жыл бұрын

@@masuganut2082 you too

Wow 6.50 is like robbery. Wtf

I just can't believe this she should have left took her recipes with her. 20 years of service and you leave feeling like Paul owes you something no ma'am you owe it to yourself not to be mistreated and the next generation of follows you you have children that watching you be abused you should have left any relationship that does not work leave it. Any Hotel would have paid you more I work for a hotel too 20yrs of service none of the cooks get $6.00 and some change an hour. plus she helped her chauffeur far I get a chauffeur business why didn't she help you? my ex is best friends with him and his business is doing well.

So sad :( she deserved so much more!!

I have learned over the years you need to value yourself. Why did you stay you could have gone anywhere to work. You should have demanded more if you felt that way.

@juanvaladez5703

4 жыл бұрын

Shirley Murphy it’s really strange when someone’s instinct is to criticize the victim, while completely ignoring the perpetrator. It’s an indirect way of absolving the perpetrators, and a subconscious way of justifying one’s own predatory inclinations.

@karenbougher1219

4 жыл бұрын

thats right you dont like it find another job.

@NightCalls001

4 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to ask, I’ve seen people fired on the spot for asking.

@bnanaaasbrown9529

4 жыл бұрын

Juan Valadez Agreed. Anyone who shares that sentiment must surely be as willing to exploit others as Deen and her team.

@shirleymurphy1958

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanvaladez5703 omgoodness If you knew me you would not be saying that . I was not downing her for staying their . I just ment she was worth so much more she needed too see that and speak up. But of course I know people can be very over barring and hard too stand against. She was a sweet humble women for sure. Sorry you took me so wrong .

Dora Charles forgot that IRS records exist the prove the information below. She's a very sorry person to have made these claims. Shame on you, Dora! "Ms. Charles' 'issue' is about money, not race. She receives a salary of more than $70,000 per year, plus profit sharing and benefits. For 20 years she has been paid a fair wage for her work, but she feels she deserves even more money. She claimed to be a friend of Paula Deen's but is now trying to cash in on the current situation."

@marlangreer6382

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this reply. I watched this video once and I instantly knew it was more than enough BS involved and that Dora Charles is to blame. She is a spineless, pitiful example of all that is bad in Americans everywhere (Black, White, whatever).

At first I was skeptical about her honesty but after seeing her house! No top chef working for someone who has an empire would ever live like that! Not that her home isn't suitable to live in but it would definitely not look like that! Shame on Paula D

@nancyjanepaige200

6 жыл бұрын

We know what you were saying. 18 years and 6.50 and hour. What a disgrace. Darkness always comes to light. People are starting to see the truth now.

@scribe712

6 жыл бұрын

There's a difference between being a cook and a chef. I'd say she's the former and not the latter. Hence, the low wages.

@marquitasozio4459

6 жыл бұрын

Bpforyou123 : you really DON'T know that she was in her home. Could have been anybody's.

@crystalperry2163

4 жыл бұрын

@@marquitasozio4459 you're dumb.

@stardustgirl2904

4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why you would stay working for someone that long if it was that bad,she could of left at any time! No one kept her there!

I'm not here to point fingers but can we please have a dialogue without the name-calling please. Thank you.

She was not the "cook" SHE was the Chef, don't get it twisted.

It's not a "southern dish" it's called soul food.

This is so messed up how Paula did that poor Lady like that

may be a case of stolen recipes and trade secrets if this lady was the head cook and was the "originator" of some of the recipes.

Paula Deen= Hilly Holbrook

@OneWayDesigns

6 жыл бұрын

angylgyrl that's it!!!! 😂😂😂😂

@petricedobson7836

6 жыл бұрын

angylgyrl exactly

@strawberryc2558

6 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@MimiKeel

6 жыл бұрын

Lmbo.

@patrickmason6972

6 жыл бұрын

“2-Slice Hilly”

Wow..... this woman deserves much more. This is ridiculous

$6.50 an hour? 20 years of generosity? That's generosity?

Paula Deen is a horrible woman and I just don't understand why she still has the loyal following she does

@jeanemlicar

5 жыл бұрын

Cause most of her followers are racist themselves and share her racists beliefs.

@denise2618

4 жыл бұрын

Because of her skin color, look at trump if President Obama had done an ounce, of what trump has done he would have been impeached.

This is so TMZish and contrived

I’m mad that this Sistah would just give this woman her recipes and talk down to her and use her. Paula is wrong but she is wrong for allowing this woman to use her. She worked for this woman for 20 years and was still working there at the time of this interview 🤦🏿‍♀️

So, even after this interview was done she is still working for her and has not been looking for another job? That’s downright ridiculous. I definitely don’t think she’s lying but it’s clear that she doesn’t have any self motivation or self-preservation skills. That’s a problem.

@jayniekinser7029

Жыл бұрын

She should move on! I think she’s unkind.

God bless you.you will be ok and keep cooking

That dude doing the interview really laid up some softballs, but if ol' Dora is as she says I would love to support her!

This makes me so sad I mean I can’t say I was a Paula seen fan but I didn’t dislike her It turns my stomach anytime anyone is mistreated regardless of what it is, skin color or otherwise I hope this lady gets her own restaurant soon Perhaps she can put out a cookbook 🙂I would buy it Recipes and food are history, sometimes for a country and sometimes for a family. Recipes are meant to be shared but certainly never stolen Poor lady❤️🍀

I honestly idk if paula was racist but it wouldnt surprise me if she did as of her age and when she was raised

OH my I hope you have much success Dora.

I hope you do your own thing, you helped her make millions off of your recipes. God will definitely make it happen for you! People already love your food. You can do it! May the Lord bless you with everything you need. In Jesus name I pray, amen

This woman is finally telling the truth. I heard this and much much worse from another women that worked for Deen. I also heard her main cooks could not read or write. And that was how she took advantage of them . Shame on her.by the way . That trailer she lives in has a whole in the roof she asked for help Deen said NO. How can you live with yourself ? Knowing someone else is suffering. My gosh

All that good food was from her, I'm sure fat Paula stole all her recipes too. Smh

I will never eat in Paula Deen's restaurant again

@tomarasmith4459

6 жыл бұрын

Helena B it's closed

@amaagyare2740

6 жыл бұрын

Tomara Smith no it not there’s one open in Savannah

Just because you worked with someone before they were famous doesn't mean you should share in their success. Unless you formed a legal partnership, no one owes you anything beyond your contracted pay.

Cooks at Restaurants in California, a line cook make's 20k a year and real chef's olny make 46k, and we are the most expensive state! Everyone l know uses other people's RECIPES to cook with ,including restaurants! Because there are so many recipes to use! I think if it was so HORRIBLE to work for Paula deen, she could of QUIT at any time nothing was keeping her from finding another JOB! I would of left if it was that bad!

It hadn't quite sounded that way yet, but since you say so, that's all I need to see. Thanks

Wow, you're rich, you're famous and your 'soul sister' who's in charge of YOUR kitchen, helping to make you even richer, doesn't even deserve a decent wage? Any charges of racism aside, she ought to be ashamed for being a shitty friend.

THANK YOU so much for sharing this info. Puhleeze ma'am, go into business for yourself!!! Do your research, start with a food truck or whatever you can afford. Consult with a lawyer. Market/advertise yourself as Paula Deen's former cook & write a book! Especially here in the South, most white people are in denial about them being racist. They think because we're allowed to enter into the front doors, use the same water fountain, restrooms, vote, etc., that we should be satisfied. They still don't really see us as equal. They prefer to oppress by tossing us a fish, (just like she tossed you that $100 bill) rather than teach/show us how to fish. You deserve better. Stay up, glow up...LEVEL UP!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👀👂🏼✌🏼💖👑💯✔

@sl1393

2 жыл бұрын

Love this post! I hope she saw/sees it! She just needs some guidance on how to build her own wealth. She's got the goods!

I want nothing to do with Paula Deen anymore. She knew what she did. You can't undo what you did you can't take back what you said. Her actions will come back to bite her. Hopefully hard and emotionally draws blood.

I'm an Australian and don't pretend to know anything about the race relations in your country but Dora has an honesty and a quiet dignity about her that i trust. I have also watched lots of Paula's stuff, mostly here on KZread and i get the feeling that what Dora says is the truth. I can see Dora not wanting to keep reminding Paula of her promise to a fair share of the wealth created, largely from her toil. i mean as Dora said, lots of the other employee's think/thought that she is/was wealthy, due to working for Paula. If others thought that, then Dora obviously wasn't making a big deal about it. Nor she should have had to. All that poor woman wanted was due her. I get the impression Dora would never dare to expect great wealth, just something approaching what was fair. I can imagine Paula getting irate when Dora tried to explain that she was struggling to make ends meet on the amount of money she was being paid. Then Paula throwing that money at her, for her medications, to me shows the height of disrespect for another human being. It seems to me that sums up Paula's character, more than any name she could have called any one. I can't help but feel that Dora didn't really want to fully spill the beans on her dealings with Paula, she was still employed by her, at the time of the interview, for goodness sake. If Paula's reaction to the medication scenario is any indication of how she reacted to some one explaining their hardship (over some thing Paula herself did)then imagine the back lash over something like this. Dora might have thought she would just talk about 1 thing in the interview, however as journalists tend to do, the world over, they push and push to get that story, no matter who it hurts. i think Dora was pushed way past her comfort zone in this interview, just for the sake of the story. i just can't help but think this story didn't end that well for Dora. Just a very sad scenario all together. I just hope that some decent Restauranteur contacted Dora and snapped her right up. Just to give her a job where she is well respected and paid what she deserves.I'm not familiar with the laws on this kind of thing, in your country, (and, It may not be in Dora's character) but if it was me being treated like that, i would be seeking legal advice on it ASAP. I just hope that Paula learned something from all of the hardship springing from this. I wish Dora all the very best going forward.

Dora did all the good cooking while Paula racked in the dough. Trust and believe Dora, Karma is real! Paula will get her's, and Dora you will get you just desserts. Your cooking is delicious! Something and someone will put you on a show, video, something.

@kinkybartender6709

6 жыл бұрын

That's how the relationship between employer and employee works. Do you really think that most restaurant owners toil over the stove..... or do you think that they hire somebody to do it for them?

Pause. This chick was working for Paula still and was making these claims? Girl BYE! I’m not trying to hear it ! I call BS

This is sad but more common than people think, or maybe people don't want to think about it until it happens to them.

She too passionate about what she do.. to not have her own.. she is amazing and need her own show.. I didn't believe that Paula was like that.. smh till now..

she sounds like shes being lead by the interviewer. She keeps repeating what the interviewer is saying. I'm sure she worked hard but you teach people how to treat you. If you will work for pennies people will pay for pennies. Why didn't she open her own?

I'm proud of you ma'am ❤️

It doesn't matter if Paula Deen is racist. People do what they do. This woman, however, was cheated and lied to and deserves compensation. It doesn't matter what color shoes. Paula Deen needs to be held accountable. This woman should take her to court. I hope she does. I'm also sorry I didn't know someone like her. This girl would have made an amazing business partner. On a side note, Paula Deen and her mouth is nasty. What comes around goes around.

You stay 20 years and complain your unhappy but don't do anything to change it except defame your current employer with this interview? This makes no sense at all. If your unhappy, leave! And when she gave you $100 for your medicine, did you put that down on your taxes as income?

When you rich and famous people come out if the wall to get something they think they deserve.

Dora Charles needs to be compensated for all her hard work for 20 years. She shouldn't be living in a mobile home. Home it's happened prior to me posting this.

@kinkybartender6709

6 жыл бұрын

She was compensated. If she didn't like the compensation, i.e. the wages that she was being paid, she should have found herself another job. Seems to me like she's trying to get some xtra outta Paula.

@therealflamelit

5 жыл бұрын

@@kinkybartender6709 paula Deen likely used recipes she learned from women like this to further her career ...Deen got the extra outta her it seems

@kinkybartender6709

5 жыл бұрын

@@therealflamelit Isn't that life? Don't you think that Amazon walks away with most of the reward at the end of the day, or do their employees? That's just business.

That dude doing the interview needs to take a shower. But Dora needs her own show!

You can see the honesty in her eyes 👀 robbed her for her recipes this shxt is heartbreaking 💔

so you put up with it for twenty years making her famous, sounds like your fault you didn't get paid right, by all means start your own restaurant and put the effort into that, you wont get rich quick but you can keep working and have something, sounds to me like you have enough visibility by being Paula's chef that you could make a go of it

Such a shame. I know this is older but just ran across it. It’s so sad that this fine woman and wonderful cook was not moved up along side Paula D. She owed it to her!!!!!

would have been nice if the cancel culture would have given this woman a show after pulling paula dean off the air. That would be actually doing something

That's why you can hold your head up and be proud Miss Charles, go for your dreams ,,trust God and 🙏🏼😘💘you will make it

In 1996 minimum wage was $3.25 an hour. This is when Paula opened her first restaurant.In 2001 minimum wage went up to $5.15. Paula didn’t start Food net work till 2002. So she started out at $6.50 an hour when minimum wage was $3.25 back then. I’m sure she had raises since then.

@okashlin

2 жыл бұрын

You sound like you’re trying to make excuses for a racist. Is there a logical reason Mrs.Charles heard her boss referring to her racial group in a negative manner at work?

@MamaWands

Жыл бұрын

if you watched this and felt the need to defend Paula Deen you may want to do some self reflection.

@yasminemarie7992

Жыл бұрын

Do you think that you could survive on that?

Standing on the shoulders of he best chefs and stealing it and making it hers, Sounds too familiar!

How does a 14 yr old kid that works for minimum wage which is 7.50 make more than this lady

Thug life. She did that interview while still employed by Paula??!!?? Girrrrrrllll...

She hesitated alot and that made me wonder BUT I wasnt there and so I dont know...

@meecygriffin4365

9 жыл бұрын

I agree. I do believe Paula used or uses racial epithets, but I believe it is SADLY due to her NOT understanding how wrong this is, but just a way of life for her and old Southerners. Don't misunderstand me. There are a lot of OVERT, nasty bigots out there, I just believe she's so stuck in her "Gone with the Wind" world, until she's pitiful when it comes to how to treat PEOPLE period.

@RebeccaAndFamily

6 жыл бұрын

She had to evaluate what she was saying so she wouldn’t get fired! 🤦‍♂️

my left ear enjoyed this

@feitraspace4801

7 жыл бұрын

AwesomeThunder16 o yes thought it was my earphones 😂😂

@nicolejohnson2636

6 жыл бұрын

AwesomeThunder16 wow

She is the one who knew how to make southern food..not Paula that's why she said it I get rictch you get rictch..

@Princessd-3709

2 жыл бұрын

Paula got rich but forgot about the one that got her to the top…. I Seen this happened so many times shame on her….. The black lady was still working faithfully to make her (Paula) successful…. Now she’s living the dream this woman living in a trailer “ All that hard work” for someone else’s success story 🙄 God doesn’t like ugliest …Paula is wrong!

nobody held a gun to her head and made her stay there. all those years, she could've been putting money away instead of having children and saved up sone capital to branch off. could've sold Paula or her sons a share. it's nobody's fault but hers. one-sided-interview

Education is important. That lady chose to work for a racist that treated her like a slave.

well she's a WHITE WOMEN FROM THE SOUTH...Its NOT hard to believe she said those words

@gigismith1362

6 жыл бұрын

I see you are a person that stereotypes others without even really knowing the REAL truth. Here in the south we have learned in over 160 years that blacks are excellent actress and good liars. This you don't know about them I can tell

@francesowens1985

6 жыл бұрын

Latasha Dooley I’m a white woman from the south and I have NEVER said those words and I’m not racist. You know nothing, racists are all over the world AND in every color

@millerjoan

5 жыл бұрын

gigi smith, Amen!

If Dora had issues with Paula why didn't she quit working for the restaurant or fight for her fair share when supposedly Paula became famous and rich? Why say something when Paula is facing all these downfalls? Also, if Dora Charles says, 'Paula passed her $100 (instead of handing it politely like Paula should have) for her medicine then why didn't Dora say no thanks and quit'? Why continue to be treatrd that way? No one deserves to be treated that way. Her story does not add up sorry. I'm a huge fan of Paula Deen. Though she did say racial slurs does not make her a bad individual because everyone is racist one way or another. No one's perfect. I truly hope this issue with her and Dora is resolved and there is no bad blood.

@LoisyVoicy

9 жыл бұрын

wwediva831 not everyone is racist in one way or another. Some people are not racist at all. Don't assume anyone's choice if you don't know it. I am 100% not racist. I never use racial slurs on my friends even as a friendly joke.

@wwediva831

9 жыл бұрын

LoisyVoicy I agree with what you are saying. But being racist doesn't just have to with an individual's skin color it also, can be other things such as lying and stealing.

@LoisyVoicy

9 жыл бұрын

how does lying and stealing come into play with racist ? Do you mean stereotyping?

@allaalshetwi2345

7 жыл бұрын

She got nothing else when your pushed to a corner and have no guarantees u would do anything

@juanratliff9000

7 жыл бұрын

wwediva831 another Aunt Jane out there better put it in a polite way house n**** you should keep your comments to yourself you don't know what's going on so please shut your mouth

So she's telling us she wasn't making much more than minimum wage the whole time working with Paula and was called the N-word and had been mistreated....yet she stayed working with her for about 22 years total.

6.50 am hour. They dont even pay that at McDonald's

Absolutely brought me to tears, I know life's tough but you can't keep climbing stepping on people's backs to get yours and not give back. Paula Deen has exploited black people for years and hopefully she's getting what she deserves. Not wishing violence on Deen but she definitely should lose all tolerance anyone has given her and should suffer greatly.

Isn't it interesting how she was content and even proud to be working with Paula Deen. Then, she began to feel entitled to more. The pay she was making was the going rate at that time. She sees dollar signs.

Where are the facts. She could say anything. Not that I don’t believe her but I’d keep paperwork and receipts and if she didn’t sign any contracts etc. She is owed nothing. No one ever deserves anything. Paula got rich off her show and the food network deals.

@ 2:39 , . . . it seems she took too long to answer . . . kind of skeptical about this claim. If it was that bad, I would have said something then.

I have your book Ms Charles! I hope you make enough sales, your cook book is amazing!

This is How (a lot of )the rich remain rich.And the logic is someone has to do the dirty work and We can't all be equal ..smh! And she should be happy she can work at all this reminds me of Jim Crow ! Sad!

Sounds like she spent an awful lot of years not making any plans. The New York Times are such professional axe grinders that this whole interview might be staged.

Something about her story has always bothered me. I don’t know that it’s totally believable, and she wasn’t just trying to capitalize on Paula’s downfall. Also, she stated to be only making $6.50/ hour when Paula started her food network show. That would have been in 1999, and was a pretty comparable wage for that time.

@tujuanasimmons3889

Жыл бұрын

That’s not a comparable wage when the one using her family’s recipes was making millions! Smh