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The racial discrimination lawsuit against Paula Deen has been dismissed by a federal judge in Savannah, Georgia.
Lisa Jackson, who had worked for Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House Inc. on Whitemarsh Island as a general manager for five years filed the lawsuit against Deen, her brother, Earl “Bubba” Hiers Jr. and Paula Deen Enterprises, claiming numerous acts of sexual and racial harassment.
U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. ruled against Jackson today in the racial discrimination phase of the trial. According to TMZ, the ruling was handed down because Jackson, who is white, is not the color of the people being discriminated against.
“Her difficulties do not fall within the zone of interests sought to be protected by Title VII and cannot support a claim of racial discrimination under the statute,” Moore ruled.
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