Posted on 08/13/2010 8:24:20 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Former San Diego radio personality Dr. Laura Schlessinger finds herself in yet another pot of hot water. Yesterday on her national radio program, the outspoken host made what many are labeling racist remarks, and repeatedly used the “n”-word.
Her words: "Black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO and listen to a black comic, and all you hear is nigger, nigger, nigger. I don't get it. If anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing. But when black people say it, it's affectionate."
Later, the on-air discussion with a caller identified as a black woman went like this:CALLER: “Is it OK to say that word? Is it ever OK to say that word?”
DR. LAURA: “It depends how it's said. Black guys talking to each other seem to think it's okay.”
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.”
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I’m ready.
She makes an excellent point. I used to stop of at a go-go sometimes on my way home from work and they used to play a lot of rap or hip hop style songs that constantly used the ‘n’ word. So I started using the word rather loudly myself at the bar despite their being black people there as well. The barmaid rushed up to tell me to stop and I made it clear to her that I have to hear it in the songs then I am going to say it. I told her to ban it from the songs. Unbelievably I won. They stopped playing songs using that word from then on.
"Niger" I believe is the base word for black is many of the romantic languages. The island of Niger, Niger River, Nigeria, Nigerian all not offensive.
The only reason it now has negative meaning is that it was deemed to be negative.
Sort of like the word "damn"...which comes from Latin damno which means to stop or hold back. Asking God to damn (stop) something is VERY appropriate.
She should not have apologized. She made a good point.
We are ALL n_____s to da gu’ment, whether we are black, white, green or purple. We belong to IT.
I agree Jane.
LLS
I like red heads, if you are female! If you are male, I’ll just call you SIR!
Or E: My 96 year-old Norwegian grandmother. As in “I had such a nice time at dinner with that nigger girl from across the street.”
(The “girl” in question was probably 50 years old!) Of course my GM has been dead for 30+ years - but boy did it make me cringe, even though she didn’t mean anything by it. I’m still not sure why Dr. Laura felt the need to apologize.
“Nor is it okay to read ‘The Nigger of the Narcissus’ by Joseph Conrad nor the brilliant short story by Flannery O’Connor, ‘The Artifical Nigger.’”
Jeez. It seems everyone is writing a book about the president these days.
Although Dr. Lala’s point was valid, apparently she has too much white guilt to be able to illustrate it effectively. I imagine she will not be employed for much longer, because she has already signaled her weakness.
Correct!!! Mine and the "Dukes" position and people should adopt that position also.
Wow, I thought I’d never see that sketch again. Many thanks.
In that case, John Lennon and Patty Smith are in deep do do.
It used to make me cringe too. It was the word you heard just before the violence started. It was a vile, nasty word that wasn't to be spoken. Now, I’m desensitized to it. Sadly.
Okay. That was a cheap shot.
Here’s another one: Why is it alright for black people to refer to white men as “white boy”? But don’t you dare call a black man “black boy”. Its all so confusing.
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