Dr. Laura Schlessinger N-Word Rant

Controversial radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger caused another radio storm on Tuesday when she took a call from a black woman who wanted advice about her mixed-race marriage. Schlessinger used the N-word 11 times on air over the course of five minutes.

The woman, who called herself Jade, wanted the radio doctor's advice on whether to confront her Caucasian husband’s family and friends, whom she believed were making racist comments about her. When the woman asked if the N-word was offensive, Dr. Laura said "black guys say it all the time," then went on to repeat it several times. Below is the transcript of the discussion

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 "n*****, n*****, n*****" and I hope everybody heard it.
Dr. Laura: Yes they did, and I'll say it again: n*****, n*****, n***** 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's final comment before hanging up with the caller was, 'If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry outside of your race.'

Schlessinger later issued an apology saying she was atempting to make a philosophical point. The talk show host said: “I articulated the N-word all the way out–more than one time. And that was wrong. I’ll say it again–that was wrong…I ended up, I’m sure, with many of you losing the point I was trying to make, because you were shocked by the fact that I said the word…I, myself, realized I had made a horrible mistake, and was so upset that I could not finish the show. I pulled myself off the air at the end of the hour. I had to finish the hour, because 20 minutes of dead air doesn’t work. I am very sorry. And it won’t happen again.”

Check out Dr. Laura's n-word rant video with the black caller - should white people be ever allowed to say the N-word?