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Cultist recently asked veteran comic Paul Mooney about what he thinks about the dreaded n-word. A few days later, Dr. Laura used it on her radio show, citing that black comics use it all the time. Today, it was announced that Dr. Laura is losing her show over her n-word bombs. Our writer Marques Brantley sounds off below.
Not to belittle the feelings of those who were genuinely offended by Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s on-air Michael Richards moment, but there’s a whole lot of funny in this situation. Let’s have a laugh, shall we?
The hilarity begins in the reasoning she tries to apply right before she begins her carpet n-bombing. When the caller asks about her white husband using the n-word, Dr. Laura responds with this gem: “Black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is n*gger, n*gger, n*gger.”
Ah yes, the old “I heard it on TV!” excuse. In the pantheon of lame defenses, that ranks right up there with “I was drunk” and pretty much any given year of Detroit Lions football. Also, feast your eyes on the only time anyone will attempt to justify anything by saying “Black guys do it all the time.”
Schlessinger continues: “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. It’s very confusing.” You know, for someone so
well-versed in the habits of black HBO comedians, she sure seems to not
recall Chris Rock’s “Bring the Pain.” There wasn’t a lot of affection
there.
In the below clip, the n-word is mentioned about a million times, so click play at your own risk.
