VIDEO: Offended Caller Rejects Dr. Laura Schlessinger's Apology
Posted on Aug 20, 2010 @ 05:55AM
The caller involved in the Dr. Laura Schlessinger N-word controversy appeared on Larry King Live Thursday to discuss the flap, and refused to accept an apology from Schlessinger, who subsequently resigned from her radio show in the wake of her racially offensive comments.
Watch the clip on RadarOnline.com
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Nita Hanson called into Schlessinger's August 10 show to discuss her experiences as a black woman married to a white man, and how at times she feels she is the butt of racist comments from his friends and family. Schlessinger dismissed Hanson's complaints as being too hypersensitive, which led to Hanson asking Schlessinger if it was alright to ever use the N-word.
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"Black guys use it all the time," Schlessinger told Hanson. "Turn on HBO, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is n-----r, n-----r, n-----r. I don't get it. If anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing. But when black people say it, is affectionate -- it's very confusing."
On Thursday, Schlessinger declined an invite to appear alongside Hanson on Larry King Live, but issued a statement which King read on the air.
AUDIO: Dr. Laura Schlessinger Apologizes For Use Of The N-Word
"I'd like to tell [Hanson] I'm sorry," Schlessinger wrote. "She called me to ask for my advice and help. In giving my answer I not only didn't help her, I used words that offended her and others. And I'd like to say again, I'm sorry."
Hanson was unmoved, as she told King, "You know, the incident happened last Tuesday. I think if she were really sincere about that, she wouldn't have waited ten days, ten, nine days later to apologize. And I will still say if she were not caught, she probably would have gone on like it never even happened.
"I don't accept her apology, because she still thinks it's okay to use the N-word," Hanson said.
VIDEO: Dr. Laura Schlessinger: 'I Have Made The Decision Not To Do Radio Anymore'
Schlessinger, 63, said she won't be doing her show after her contract runs out at the end of the year, as she said she's frustrated from the efforts of special interest groups trying to get her off the air for exercising her First Amendment rights.
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Aug 18, 2010 @ 07:30
Dr. Laura is so dysfunctional. Read her family history on wiki. She is not qualified to give anyone advice!
Posted Sat, 08/21/2010 - 2:31am
Dr.Laura is supposedly a trained counselor, the caller was a woman who was clearly distraught and asking for advice. Any trained mental health professional would put their personal opinions aside and try to help.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 5:31pm
The lady is a b*tch- Dr Laura could not have said anything to make her happy- she has a complex about her race.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 2:16pm
I agree! It makes me wonder if her husband is her sugar daddy. She obviously has racial issues.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 2:23pm
After listening to Dr. Laura I can't understand why anyone would call her and be subject to her nasty demeanor? Over and over I've heard how rude she is to callers. The problem is there...no one in their "right mind" would call her.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 2:01pm
Her most offensive comment is that she says Blacks voted for Obama for no reason. Since when is it okay to paint an entire race with the "dumb voter" label. According to her, not one pro Obama African American individual was an informed voter.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 1:42pm
That's not what she said!! She said Obama wouldn't be president without the help of white voters. Blacks only amount to 12% of the U.S. population. Obama got 43% of the white vote which is equal to Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 2:27pm
Dr. Laura's words" a lot of blacks voted for Obama simply 'cause he was half-black. Didn't matter what he was gonna do in office, it was a black thing. You gotta know that. That's not a surprise. "
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 4:23pm
Her resentment towards the whole idea of a black man in the White House comes through loud and clear. Why did she bring up Obama, totally irrelevant to the discussion. Her hostility towards black people was on vivid display.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 1:15pm
She has done things like this in the past. TIME TO CLOSE THAT BIG MOUTH! She put her own foot right in it. Glad this poison bites the dust.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:12pm