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"Nigga please"

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I was driving home and thought I'd give Bailey another shot. You see, I stopped listening to the show after Bailey was arrested for his alcohol related incident. DUI, I believe. I was one of the first (I think) to shoot him an email and tell him to hang in there. You know, poor judgment ... don't get too down on yourself, that kind of thing. Well, upon further review this was not his first offense. I thought, what a frigging hypocrite. He sits in his studio taking stands on things involving honesty, morals and anything else he thinks his core listeners want to hear and yet he hasn't kept his own house clean. I was offended by the hypocrisy and I stopped listening.

Rewind to Wednesday past.

He starts talking about double standards and how he wished he could say nigger. Reread that if you want to, but it's accurate. He said in the right context, it's okay to say nigger on the radio. He actually had his producer (Preston Nash...cool name) tell him a lie and his reply was,

"nigga please".

He couldn't stop himself so after another prompt, dropped yet another "N-bomb".

He defended his use of the word by saying, it's okay because he is Black. First, he's Black like O.J. Simpson is Black. No disrespect to O.J.

I sent him a message on his website telling him how offended and hurt I was by his actions. I'm not looking for a response, I'm not trying to boycott his show and not trying to get him fired. I just think that in 2007, to hear anyone, let alone a Black man use that term on the public airway...or anywhere else for that matter is pitiful.

Ralphy, there's no defense and no "context" in which it's right. Be ashamed. I just wanted to vent 'cause like Opie once said, "it's preying on my mind..."