Listen: Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s N-Word Rant

Dr. Laura Schlessinger had a colorful exchange with a Black caller yesterday on her show. The caller was complaining about her White husband's racist friends and their use of the N-word. Here's some of it:

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."If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry outside of your race,"

Listen to the rant, AFTER THE JUMP…

Said Schlessinger, in an apology: "These are my opening comments from my radio program today:I talk every day about doing the right thing. And yesterday, I did the wrong thing. I didn't intend to hurt people, but I did. And that makes it the wrong thing to have done.I was attempting to make a philosophical point, and 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 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 just won't happen again."

Read the rest of her apology here.

Listen to the rant, in two parts, AFTER THE JUMP…