Wow... Dr. Laura is trippin! Her nine million listeners got an earful when the good "Dr" (a dubious distinction at best) decided to take one for the team and try to fight the "white people can say the N-word, too" battle all by herself. She lost - and she lost BIG!
But its not just that she failed miserably, she punked out. If your gonna take on that battle, stand up and fight for your right to be ignorant. Sure, you have the right to use the N-word, but apparently your advertisers will have something to say about it.
A quick re-cap: earlier this week Dr. Laura fielded a call from an African American Listener who was concerned about commments from the friends of her caucasian husband. When the caller expressed her concern about Dr. Laura's response, the good "Dr" said that "Black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO, listen to a black comic, and all you here is nigger, nigger, nigger." And then she REPEATED IT, as if to make a point.
I get that Dr. Laura was attempting to score one for post-racial America by taking the power out of the N-word, she did it in very poor taste and with little logic to back her up. To say that two black people using it amongst themselves makes it okay, or that hearing it on HBO makes it okay, are non-starters. HBO is a subscription service, and consumers pay for it. A radio show on the open airwaves are NOT the place for waging that touchy culture war.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Long time no hear from! Good word!
And falling back on the First Amendment as a defense is beyond lame. If you're on company time and the company dime, you have a right to say only what won't piss off the company or your sponsors. Had she been arrested by the Feds, she could fall back on the Constitution, but otherwise, it has absolutely nothing to do with it!
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