Has anyone run across an audio clip of this call? If so would love a link to it, thanks.
There's audio at this link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/dr-lauras-n-word-rant-rad_n_680680.html
Has anyone run across an audio clip of this call? If so would love a link to it, thanks.
OMG I totally agree with Nova! I think she was making a salient point about being offended by the word when it seems acceptable enough coming out of the mouths of only certain people with a certain color of skin which I'm sure Dr. L finds confusing and I also find confusing. People do need to grow up a bit; somehow this word now holds such power you can lose your job for saying it, but only if you are a certain skin color??? In my parents generation only the F word was considered the unthinkable thing to say. I get that it's disparaging but there are other horrible names to call ethnic people if you really want to be hurtful. Once it was said her handlers could foresee the s**t storm that was headed their way and decided to just try and get in front of it...hence apology etc.
I love this young man, and you all should hear what he says. Brilliant.
I learned very early on the expression:
Sticks and stones will break my bones
but names will never hurt me
I grew up in the 50's and 60's in South Jersey. I never heard most of the disgusting words until I moved to Florida in '69. I simply chalked it up to people being uneducated and I still do.
Go to a mall on a Friday night there are the little tiny boppers on their own using the "F" word over and over. Its ugly, but again its just a word. We have freedom of speech, this is one of the downsides of that. So if I don't like it, I can leave, thats all there is to it.
To battle over the use of a word makes absolutely no sense to me. If you put yourself in a position where you allow words to be used as a weapon against you, you truly need to do some serious work on your priorities. There s alot more evil things going on in the world than worrying about someone calling you a "dirty word".
Call me the "b" word I will laugh in your face because you just crawled in the gutter and I think your a joke. LOL
This is not a valid argument in the least. There are many words (N**, Sh**, *advertiser censored*, C**, etc. etc) that are flaunted by a minority of people and yet are considered inappropriate, insulting, offensive and worse by the majority. There are women out there who like to refer to other women as C***s and B******s. So, am I "hyper-sensitive" if I am offended by the use of those words in reference to people of my gender. It should not be confusing to anybody who is sensitive to sexist language and behavior. Whether or not to use the N-word should not be confusing to anyone who is sensitive to racial issues.
That term has historically been used by white people to denigrate black people. Knowing this, it is hard to see why people could be confused as to why it is wrong for a white person to use this term. Black people don't use it in a pejorative way. It's not that hard of a concept.
Dr. L is a loud, holier than thou, rude, brash "person" who constantly judges while thumping her bible. Sorry to beat around the bush and all, but I don't like peeps like that.
I learned very early on the expression:
Sticks and stones will break my bones
but names will never hurt me
I grew up in the 50's and 60's in South Jersey. I never heard most of the disgusting words until I moved to Florida in '69. I simply chalked it up to people being uneducated and I still do.
Go to a mall on a Friday night there are the little tiny boppers on their own using the "F" word over and over. Its ugly, but again its just a word. We have freedom of speech, this is one of the downsides of that. So if I don't like it, I can leave, thats all there is to it.
To battle over the use of a word makes absolutely no sense to me. If you put yourself in a position where you allow words to be used as a weapon against you, you truly need to do some serious work on your priorities. There s alot more evil things going on in the world than worrying about someone calling you a "dirty word".
Call me the "b" word I will laugh in your face because you just crawled in the gutter and I think your a joke. LOL
Oh ya Florida is bad I actually saw the KKK march down the street in the 70's. It was in a little town called Davie.
Oh ya Florida is bad I actually saw the KKK march down the street in the 70's. It was in a little town called Davie.
Ugh, is she still around...
Wow two people who know where Davie is, the thing I found puzzling is, if they were so brave why did they cover their face? If I were in charge of giving the permit for the march, I would have said fine you can march down the street but you have to show your face. I bet nobody would have went. They want to be tough, but are afraid to show who they are. I was so tempted to rip off one of their hoods, but I was young and probably would have ended up in juvenile hall.