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After her rant went viral and Party City condemned her behavior, DeLuca posted an apology on her Facebook.
"This is NOT who iam," she wrote in the apology. "Im sorry again if this affected you and to those who dont know me im sorry x 100000000 because this is not someone I wished ppl to know me by but someone who is about change and equality and with everything going on."
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/502528-party-city-fires-new-jersey-woman-after-viral-racist-rant
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Skittles
(153,169 posts)um, actually, it is EXACTLY who you are
rpannier
(24,329 posts)It is exactly who they are... agreed
She left out rededicating her life to Jesus
47of74
(18,470 posts)Even though they just posted something that says completely otherwise.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)I could be tired, distressed, upset, drunk, or whatever and I know I would never go on a racist rant BECAUSE I AM NOT A RACIST. To be racist you have to believe you are superior to other people which floors me because these folk constantly prove themselves to be incredibly STUPID.
malaise
(269,048 posts)My first thought
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)Racist hobgoblins are the worst - taking possession of their victims at the worst possible times, like whe a camera and microphone are nearby.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Much like the brainwashed right-wing, it will take much more than one job firing to root that extreme racism out of her heart.
One reply to the article was appropriate: Social Suicide By Phone.
KY.........
sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Smh.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)Florida Bull
(103 posts)This is not just another racist video even! This is beyond most exposed racists. She even says Kill them all. This is advocating literal genocide, and unforgivable. Contrary to her opinion, Black Lives Matter!
I read the Twitter thread, and somebody shared a post by her, where I think it looks like she supports the idea of the elimination of all Chinese people. She is a disgusting person.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)That is beyond harsh.
TristanIsolde
(272 posts)Don't they understand whatever they post on the internet is there forever and leads to real life consequences. I am not complaining, its good for the scum to self identify due to their stupidity.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It appears that we are not dealing with the brightest crayons in the box from my observations.
oasis
(49,389 posts)Excuse me for going off topic but, did you choose your screen name for the opera "Tristan und Isolde"?. I ask because it has a very special meaning for me also.
TristanIsolde
(272 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)in the memory of an old acquaintance, Friedelind Wagner, grand daughter of the composer. She was a sponsor of my step sister who had a career in opera. I met Friedlind way back in the late '60s. Both she and my step sis passed away many years ago.
Btw, although the Wagner family was quite friendly with Hitler, Friedlind opposed the policies of the Third Riech and moved away from Germany for the duration of Hitler's regime. Her book, "Heritage of Fire" explains her politics.
Welcome to DU
TristanIsolde
(272 posts)Talk about the theory that everyone is separated from everyone else by "six degrees", fascinating.
Thanks you for the reminiscence.
Aristus
(66,382 posts)It was the first time I saw the Ring in performance since becoming interested in Wagner's music the year before.
I'm glad to know that she was anti-Nazi. She seemed like a sweet old lady. I would have been dismayed if she had been pro-Nazi.
oasis
(49,389 posts)hosted by Wagner's son Siegfried and wife Winifred. They were as friendly with Hitler as anyone could be after he rose to power.
Friedelind's association with my step sister, Soprano, Ella Lee caused her to be our house guest occasionally when she visited the U.S. in the late '60s-early 70s. I didnt discuss politics with her because we were always passing each other, she always was in and out with her briefcase.
I never suspected Friedelind of being a racist-nazi because she helped Ella get her career in opera started AND, we're an African American family.
It wasn't until a few years ago that I discovered her family's history with Hitler.
Aristus
(66,382 posts)You know how we all despise bigots who say "Some of my best friends are..."? Wagner was one of them, only he actually lived it. Despite his anti-Semitic writings, he knew, respected, and advocated for, several Jewish conductors. His wife Cosima (daughter of Franz Lizt), however, was a truly nasty piece of anti-Semitic work. She must have been a real harridan to be around.
Anyway, as backward as his thinking was on people of the Jewish faith, he was actually fairly forward-thinking when it came to women's rights. Former Seattle Opera General Director Speight Jenkins makes a pretty good case for Richard Wagner being a staunch supporter of women's rights even in the hidebound, conservative Victorian era. How one chooses to square this with his incessant womanizing is another story.
oasis
(49,389 posts)Thanks for cluing me in on R. Wagner's stance on women's rights. I throughly enjoy his music just as much as I do the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
During these times of being a shut in, I have renewed my appreciation for the arts.
Have a lovely day and take care
JI7
(89,251 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Instead, they now look for applause as they broadcast their shit to the world.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)... for New Jersey road rage.
I'm sure she'll be nicer at her next job interview.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)Another fucking Trump idiot identified herself
And this:
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)madville
(7,412 posts)Because she appears to be at least part Black herself.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)especially in the south
madville
(7,412 posts)Particularly Sicily. She should take a DNA test and get her genetic make up lol.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Doremus
(7,261 posts)concrete steps to make sure it doesn't happen again.
"Today I enrolled in anger management classes...."
"I will be speaking with a psychologist to help identify the reasons I have hate issues...."
Now those apologies I could get behind.
KentuckyWoman
(6,685 posts)In the words of the great Forrest Gump.