Eleven years ago, when talk of “getting canceled” applied to TV shows more than TV stars, Paula Deen lost her long-running employment with Food Network. On June 21, 2013, the cable channel announced it would not renew Deen’s contract, following the news that the chef and restauranteur admitted to using racial epithets in the past. In a court deposition, Deen said she had used the N-word before. In a Today appearance after the deposition went public, Deen claimed she wasn’t racist. But the damage was done: Within days, Deen had lost deals, contracts, and partnerships with Walmart, Target, Home Depot, QVC, Sears, JCPenney, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Smithfield Foods, and Ballantine books. In the years since, Deen has continued working, though not on Food Network, as her official website attests. The year after that scandal, for instance, she embarked on a national tour, titled Paula Deen Live! She also launched ...