An African-American woman married to a white dude called for advice. The caller thought her husband's white friends were wrong for using the N word.
A partial transcript of Dr Laura use of the "n" word:
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 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 "nigger, nigger, nigger," and I hope everybody heard it.
DR. LAURA: Yes they did, and I'll say it again: nigger, nigger, nigger is what you hear on HBO.
[Crosstalk]
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.
Dr Laura later, the next day, apologized, and apologized, and apologized. Methinks her sponsors may have suggested that she should.
I do not believe Dr Laura S. to be a racist. I believe her to be a quack. For years she has given out idiotic advice. My lord, why would any sensible person telephone her for advice? She is an opinionated malpracticing quack. A reactionary doofus of the first order.