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In my opinion, Dr Laura Schlessinger was right. There is a double standard when it comes to the use of the word “nigger.” That double standard is rightfully in place for a reason. That reason is the history of the word. Nigger is not going anywhere. It will be still used in the backwoods of Mississippi by some redneck grand dragon to his brothers and used by some urban thug in the streets of New York to his brothers. That will not change. What I disagree with in Dr Laura statements are the stereotypes of black voters and the so called chip on the shoulder. Offensive is offensive. Like beauty, what is offensive is in the eye of the beholder. The African-American caller was expressing that she was offended by statements her white husband’s friends were making. I don’t see how black comics using nigger on HBO has anything to do with a Black woman being offended by her White husband’s friend comments.
I get her logic on the issue of the double standard, but what did that have to do with what the caller was talking about? Does black people using the N word make it ok for her husband friend to say nigger aka offended her? Not at all.
Race is very sensitive and complex issue. It something that is on the forefront of most people mind when dealing with other races. This is especially true when dealing with an interracial couple which the caller was apart of. I am not gonna make joke or innuendos about immigration among my friend and his Mexican wife. Or aids joke among gays friends, terrorist jokes around my Muslim friends. There is a certain level of tact that should be involved because we all know how sensitive that subject is in the country. As an educated woman Dr Laura should know that.
The caller called in for relationship advice and the chicken head went on the tangent. SHE WAS WRONG. On so many levels.
NO ONE should use the word, black white or whatever.
Dr. Laura would be tripping if we used on her the derogatory names that people who practice her religion are called, so what makes her think that she can call us the n-word?
Especially in the context of someone calling for marriage advice?
a halfie…lol
I totally concur! Since obviously racism will never go ahead, we must learn to adapt to it. And if that means not using certain “lingo” when in the presence of others it may offend, so be it!
I don’t understand why other races are so pressed to use the n-word anyway. It’s just a word.
Exactly and if you could use that would …when could you use it and it would not be derogatory? It is a derogatory term. Regardless if blacks use it or not.