Last week the most listened-to woman in radio, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, in what she has said was an attempt to make a "philosophical point, " used the N-word 11 times during a call-in segment.
The NAACP had a bury-the-N-word ceremony at its national convention in Detroit a few years ago, but the NAACP Image Awards, which were created to promote the positive images of African-Americans, has honored comedians and musical acts that have used the N-word in their work.