Dr. Laura was probably right, but only a few would understand her point. She did not make her point slowly or thoughtfully enough to be understood. Only those who are “post racial” would have understand and Dr. Laura is one them - certainly not those who are fixated on race and getting mileage out of it. She shot herself in the foot by not making sure to expres understanding of the caller’s feelings. CNN is having a field day with this. They’re on her case number one since this can be used to fan racial flames with a lot of knee jerk reaction folks. Also they don’t like her, since she tends to be conservative in her views.
I was listening to her show the day that “Jade” called in for advice. Granted, the conversation veered from Jade’s particular situation to the question Dr. Laura brought up as to why we have the double-standard of acceptance of the use of the “n” word. Most of the posts I have read here are trashing the wrong person. Dr. Laura challenged why the black community of entertainment (comedy, movie, & rap music) seems to promote the use of this word and no one questions them on it. Where’s Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and the NAACP when the entertainment world is slinging it around? It’s a terrible word, but to threaten Dr. Laura’s livelihood because she challenged who has the right to use it just promotes the double-standard. I respect Dr. Laura more than the Reverends Al & Jessie and the NAACP because at the heart of it, she probably has done more to stop the use of this word than they have, or seem to even want to.