{"id":10860,"date":"2010-08-13T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2010-08-13T15:27:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T22:27:13","slug":"since-dr-laura-can%e2%80%99t-give-advice-to-black-people-without-being-a-racist-twit-we%e2%80%99ll-give-it-a-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=10860","title":{"rendered":"Since Dr. Laura Can\u2019t Give Advice To Black People Without Being A Racist Twit, We\u2019ll Give It A Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I would have written an angry rant about Dr. Laura’s crazypants meltdown<\/a> on air in which she just enjoyed saying the word nigger so much she had to say it about a dozen times while telling a black, female caller that she was hypersensitive, except I keep getting the feeling that a lot of this is about publicity. How many years has it been since Dr. Laura said anything anyone cared about? Her gay hate pretty much erased her from polite company. And while I’m sure she still has high radio ratings, it doesn’t take much to have high radio ratings amongst the kind of trogladytes that would listen to her silliness day after day. But now every network and talk show is up in this shit. I don’t have much to add.<\/p>\n

Instead, I thought that I would devote the comments section of this blog to a couple of issues. The first being: if anyone out there is at all confused about why what Dr. Laura said is wrong on every level, please let me know and I will explain it to you. It’s more than just that she used the word nigger. She wasn’t just making a philosophical point. She was being an ass and engaging in racism. And her weak apology doesn’t erase it.<\/p>\n

The second, and more important, is giving some good advice to the woman who called in. Jade is married to a white guy and apparently has to field a lot of clueless questions from her white in-laws or her husband’s white friends. They even use the word nigger around her1<\/a><\/sup>. She was calling to ask the good doctor how she should go about getting these people to stop and point out to them how racially insensitive their remarks are.<\/p>\n

This is a not uncommon problem. Probably every black person in America has been called on by some clueless white person in America to speak for an entire race of people and answer for stuff that the individual in question may have absolutely nothing to do with. But it’s especially sticky when it’s a \u00a0bit tied up in your relationship.<\/p>\n

Those of you that have been in situations like this, do you have any advice for Jade? Dr. Laura obviously didn’t, so someone has to pick up the slack.<\/p>\n

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Since Dr. Laura Can’t Give Advice To Black People Without Being A Racist Twit, We’ll Give It A Shot<\/a> — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Click here for the full transcript<\/a> and audio of the conversation Jade had with Laura, if you can stomach it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    \nI would have written an angry rant about Dr. Laura’s crazypants meltdown on air in which she just enjoyed saying the word nigger so much she had to say it about a dozen times while telling a black, female caller that she was hypersensitive, except I keep getting the feeling that a lot of this […]<\/p>\n

    Since Dr. Laura Can’t Give Advice To Black People Without Being A Racist Twit, We’ll Give It A Shot<\/a> — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

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