If your going to form an opinion - at least have the integrity to be informed by facts....
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/13...her-own-words/
The above is a transcript of the incident.
As for her "retiring" - she actually is not doing so. She will remain on the air (as currently planned) until her current contract expires at the end of the year. At that time she will be leaving radio while pursuing other avenues (read - books and such).
Was she right in doing what she did? Were she a black woman using the word on the radio it wouldn't be a question. Did she use the term in a derogatory manner? No she didn't. She was making a point about a double standard and the innate hypersensativity that some people of "color" have about it. Yet she should have addressed the caller's husband lacking in intestinal fortitude to deal with it. So did she go the wrong direction - yes. Did she take the opportunity to make a "political" or "social" statement when she should have been doing something else - yes. However, was she wrong in her assessment or point? No.
Get over it. After all - she insulted whites too in that rant.