Dr. Laura = Racist? FIRE The Doctor Now For Saying N Word On Radio Show; Don’t NAACP Me!
Let’s look at Dr. Laura Schlessinger qualifications. She holds a PhD in Physiology from Columbia University, a post-doctoral certificate in Counseling from USC and yet she is on the airwaves giving out relationship advice for 30 years? After all, she only got a certificate from USC.
On August 10, 2010, a caller by the name of Jade calls in to complain about her marital problems and dealings with race. Her husband is white and she is black. She feels overwhelmed with all the racism around her. Her husband ignores the racial jokes and comments and it hurts her feelings. She gave an example where her neighbor would come over and comment about her race such as using “Black people like doing this… black people like doing that…”
So what did the 63-year-old radio show personality do? Dr. Laura said the “N” word over 10 times on the show. Jade questioned Dr. Laura’s use of the N word and she nonchalantly blew her away by saying that “Black guys used it all the time” She tried to gain credibility by saying that her body guard is a black man. But that did not matter.
Listen to the audio below.
Why are people still calling Dr. Laura Schlessinger? Every time when I turn on the radio and catch her show, she seems to always belittling her callers. And yet, most callers take it with proud bravado like it was the right thing.
What angers me the most was the way she used the N word. She used it with such ease with the derogatory term easily rolling off her tongue.
Here’s a portion of the transcript that infuriated all of us:
CALLER: Is it okay to say that word? Is it ever okay to say that word?
DR. LAURA: It depends how it’s said. Black guys talking to each other seem to think it’s ok.
CALLER: But you’re not black, they’re not black, my husband is white.
DR. LAURA: Oh, I see, so a word is restricted to race. Got it! Can’t do much about that.
CALLER: I can’t believe someone like you is on the radio spewing out the n***** word, and I hope everybody heard it.
DR. LAURA: I didn’t spew out the n***** word!
CALLER: You said “n*****, n*****, n*****” and I hope everybody heard it.
DR. LAURA: Yes they did, and I’ll say it again: n*****, n*****, n***** is what you hear on HBO.
DR. LAURA: Why don’t you let me finish a sentence? Don’t take things out of context. Don’t NAACP me!!!! Leave them in context.
One day later after this incident, she apologized to the caller and her listeners on her blog and radio show. But it didn’t sound sincere to me. The damage was done.
Don Imus was fired for his racist comments but yet Dr. Laura Schlessinger is still on the radio? Is this justice? Was she a racist? Does she need to be fired like Don Imus? Please comment below.
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