Paula Dean,(and don't get me wrong, what she did was racist as shit) is not a Storm front, proud, shout it from the mountaintops, racist. She does not see herself as racist, and may have black friends, but she does not realize how offensive what she is saying is. I live in the South and I see that a lot, white people who have black friends, but don't understand why they get offended by certain things. I hear a lot of Southern women, who I know are not racist, say things like, "Whats the big deal?" about Paula Deens bullshit. To tie it to OPL, its kind of like how he doesn't realize how offensive it sounds, when he says he does not want a black sweetheart. At least that's what I think.