A black friend I asked about the incident had this to say “some white folk will let you get close but they never really respect you and some respect you but never let you get closeâ€.Â
“Racism to me is someone calling me a n*****†“because they do not respect me “ “whether we are close or notâ€. I listened to that tape; He sounds more like white trailer trash with some money cause he had himself a T.V show then someone who disrespects the black raceâ€.   “Hell I wouldn’t want my daughter bringing him home, not because I think he’s a racist†“it’s because he comes off as cracker ass ignorantâ€.
I have to agree with my friend, Mr. Chapman seemed to express a great deal more about his Ego, prurient self interest, and lack of education then how deep his feelings run about the issue of race. Some have suggested Dogs tirade was really about “parental†concern over his son’s choice of a love interest. If that is so we can include really piss poor parenting skills to the mix. Â
Unlike Don Imus the possibility of rehabilitating “Dogs†public image and landing another reality show is simply not going to happen.
African Americans may forgive Mr. Chapman for his insensitivity,  But they are justified in demanding he face consequences for the choices he makes that allow his expression to become public.
Racist’s love to criticize the double standard that allows black comedians and rappers to make millions spewing slurs,  while political correctness prohibits even the full spelling of such words much less uttering them even in reference. It’s not so much a double standard as defining the ignorant amongst us,
An African American who uses race, gender or sexual orientation slurs is as ignorant as Duane Chapman and has the same right as Duane to sell his or her music or comedy routine to consumers willing to fork over the cash.Â
At least that’s my view.
P.S. BurtonÂ
You can e-mail burton@phoenixsentinel.com  Â
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThe whole thing stinks of inherent racism. If he wants to be racist, thats fine but its when it starts to bleed into the world around him that it becomes a problem. His bled hard, and he got dinged for it and like the scared racist he is, he’s pointing blame at his son to try and take the heat off of himself. The thing i find obsolutley outrageous was that he’s basically saying “i say n***** too much so you can’t bring her here”. As if he has some kind of tourrettes. Is it that hard to keep stuff inside for a little while?
To Corey, stop getting so easily outraged about a silly news story, find something productive to do with your energy. This story is much to do about nothing! Each of us, in the heat of anger have said or wrote things that we have later regretted. No one is immuned to this. Unfortunately, we have too much damn media and too many damn ignorant people who easily get excited after they read or hear something like this in the news. And while these ignorant people are judging others, they easily forget their own character flaws.
“it’s because he comes off ass cracer-ass ignorant”??
I like how dog get’s all this shit for saying the word n*****, yet when a black man responds by calling him a cracker, it is not considered equally racist?? can you say “double standard,” or “reverse racism”?? I say your friend should pucker up his n***** lips and kiss dog’s cracker ass.
lmao. i was about to comment on “cracker ass ignorant,” but rott stole my thunder.
seriously, would i be allowed to say that your friend “comes off as n—-r ass ignorant?” of course not.
here’s another point. white people excuse their use of the n-word by saying that blacks are always using the n-word, as if that somehow justifies its use. but i have never heard one white man call another white man “cracker.” so what is your black friend’s excuse?
If someone wants to use racial slurs in the privacy of there own lives that is not our business. However in the case of Don Imus he used it on public radio, thats a totally different story. I personally feel the words n*****, cracker,spic,chink,towel head are nothing but evidence how the human race isnt evolving, but I also feel that if the Black community is gonna call up Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson every time someone offends anyone they need to really enforce against the majority of Rap artists who use the the racial slur against themselves on a daily basis. Until they do so it just shows me that the black caucus is selective on who it attacks. Do I agree with Dog chapmans choce of words? Hell NO, but I feel that the world is in fact TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT for its own good now.
well all i have alot of things to say on this one. first thing is this in my state recording someones phone call without written consent is illegal. with that said i am a corrections officer have been for 10 years. iam a white male with a black wife been married for 20 years. her and i often joke about the n word cracker and other words. to us this whole thing is stupid. we have talked to our kids about this and they also think this is funny. cause they are called half breed mix n and whatever. if this kind of stuff keeps up in this country the country to me is lost. freedom of speech…we watched the show and my kids have said dad that woman is fat. wow should i tell my kids not to say that. no they also have a right. if dog publicaly said this then fine. he has a son that he helped that is upset because his father dosent want him dating a black female. ok my family was the same way but after time they accepted it. in closing i sure hope dog doesnt lose his lively hood because he used his AMERICAN RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
Interesting that P.S. Burton can use racial slurs by indicating that Dog is a “cracker ass.” I find this to be offensive and I think I want him to be fired. It is not so funny to lose your lively hood for saying what you think.
If Dog cannot have a private conversation with his son, then no longer can African American rap stars, comedians or others use the “N” word. We should boycot their music and their movies. It is a definite double standard and hippocritcal and I, for one, am sick of it. We all have said things, especially to our family members that we are not proud of. Give the man a break, he realizes the error of his ways and has apologized. If the African American population does not want the rest of the world to use the “N” word, then they MUST stop using it as well.
SAVE THE DOG he is only human!
::shrug:: I find cracker as offensive as “honky” and I suspect most of us do. It’s a toothless slur — no bite, no pain, IMO. But I do have to admit that it’s pretty hypocritical to use a slur when you’re complaining about slurs yourself.
jim, no one is saying that Dog doesn’t have the right to say what he wants. But by the same token, A&E, as a private corporation, has the right to hire and fire who they want. If they deem Chapman an economic liability, are we going to demand that they be forced to keep him on? Talk about coercion!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MMMMMMAN
The conversation was “PRIVATE”, it should have been kept that way… Behind closed doors WE ALL say things that if said on the streets, we would be mortified if others heard it..
Blacks use it as a way to reference each other!….. WTF!!!…. Black people have DIED trying to silence those words… Yet its tossed around the black community as if common speak..
STOP the BS….. Racism is something that will NEVER go away…. We deal..So DEAL with it….
I knew that once the first poster used the word cracker it would become the focus of the entire thread. For all you people know, the poster could be a white person simply attempting to stir up shit (as has happened on many boards before). The focus is not one assumed black, ignorant, poster. The focus is Chapman. Yes. the conversation was private, but let what this asshole feels in his heart be known to all of America. He’s not ashamed of it right? This is what pisses off much of black America. Many of us walk around wondering if shit has happened to us because we’re black, or feeling 100% certain that it’s because we’re black. Someone may have accused chapman of being racist without having heard this tape, but you wouldn’t be able to prove. It doesn’t surprise me, however, that now the posters on this board find every reason in the world to excuse him or want to switch the focus. It’s not just about what he says; this was pouring from his heart. There’s a difference.
It wasn’t long after the recording was made to hear it from the Enquirer. An ignorant kid negotiating and concluding a big money deal with the Enquirer in a matter of hours? A quick handshake deal or one using a lawyer so you don’t get screwed? Guess which.
This whole deal was cooked up well in advance by the Enquirer and the kid. Just like the FBI was aware of O.J.’s Las Vegas folly weeks in advance but just let it happen.
Dog doesn’t need to work any more. He can live off the money he recovers in a civil suit against Judas Tucker Chapman and the Enquirer.
It’s tragic that Duane “Dog” Chapman would allow himself to use any provocative racial slur –
It’s tragic his son, Tucker, appears to have set his father up, perhaps with a bit of help and encouragement, to tape and then profit from Chapman’s unethical blunder –
Finally, it’s tragic the world goes through the roof when Duance Chapman, an entertainer, uses this specific racial profanity but says little to nothing when African-American entertainers (e.g. rap artists, sports figures) openly use it, sell it, and profit from it daily.
With the twin wars in Iraq/Afghanistan devouring the national treasury and the Flower of our Young People; ecological concerns from A-Z, an economy so poorly managed by both the Republicans and Democrates that the Chinese are having to bail us out, and the rise of violent crime up for the 2nd year in a row in the United States…racially ignorant Dog Chapman and racially exploitive “rappers” are just plain poor taste gone wild.
The conversation between Dog and his son was private. Whoever recorded the conversation and leaked it is wrong. Dog did nothing wrong as far as his right to freedom of speech. Personally, I get soooooooo tired of everytime a black person gets offened, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are called to the scene. While I agree that blacks were treated badly a long time ago there have been many strides made in some reasonable sense of equality as far as jobs, eduaction, housing, etc. In fact it is crammed down our throat. Sadly, many black people act like N—–s and don’t know proper behavior. As the old saying goes, “You can take the N—-r out of the ghetto but you can’t take the ghetto out of the N—-r.”
I would not use the term in public because I would not Al or Jesse at my door, but if I am having a private conversation in my home, I will say what I want whether the moral majority likes it or not or whether it is “politically correct” or not. It is what it is my Negro friends!
Dog had a right to complain as a parent about his son’s choice of girlfriend. Heck, I would have done the same thing if that is what my child was dating. When blacks learn proper social skills then maybe they will be more readily accepted. Barack Obama may be well educated but I will not vote for him. The black society needs to stop acting like street thugs and learn proper social skills. They are loud, rude, ignorant and hateful. I have worked with a few that have held good positions at work but when push comes to shove, the ghetto mentality comes out. Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans have cultural differences but with the black society, it is just plain ignorance. I am white and proud! Dog did nothing wrong!
I do believe Dog’s conversation should have been kept private. However, since it’s out in the public now it calls for comments from the public. I think we need to take a stand in our own homes… that’s where it starts first. I do not say anything in my home that I wouldn’t or couldn’t say in any social setting. Because of that, my children have never used the “n” word or racial slurs. I’m a white female, and had to ask a young black co-worker not to use the “n” word around me because it was offensive. We have to look at each person as individuals and not group races together. I don’t believe all black people need to learn proper social skills anymore than I think all whites, mexicans, asians, native americans, etc. have, or lack, social skills. It depends on the individual. With all of the chatter over racial comments by Don Imus, I don’t want anyone to think because he’s white he speaks for all white people. He certainly wasn’t speaking for me.
The racial remarks have to stop. It has to start with us, in our homes. We have to teach our children that each person is an individual who must be responsible for their own actions. There are very good people, and there are very bad people. Race doesn’t dictate who is good or bad. Individual people dictate that.
Jenny I’m sorry, but I think your comments are way out of line. How would you feel if the majority called you an ignorant white woman with no social skills, and eaten up with racism? I’m sure you wouldn’t like that at all. I was always taught to treat people the way I wanted to be treated. That’s not how I would want to be treated with racial slurs and a judgmental tone that belittles some very innocent people. Think about it.
cutlass so what you are saying to me is that because your black ancestors a long time ago suffored you can keep that excuse come on if your black and in my work area and a prisoner reacts your ok. but if your white right away adminstration wants to know what you did to cause the situation. right now in my state 80 percent of prisoners are black. and yes they come from the streets blah blah blah. never had a chance right bullcrap we all have a chance my wife was from a crack dealer pimp. i met her because of this and yes we can all over come our demons if you want to.
Jenny,
As much as your post is your personal opinion, it truly displayed your illiterate and uneducated mindset.
You are stereotyping all blacks. fools, racists, illiterates, serial killers, hateful people, ghetto mentality, rudeness, etc come in many skin colors; white skin, black skin, red skin….you are more ignorant than you realize.
You may not have used the N word in your response, but it is sure more racist than Dog Chapman’s ranting.
I am young proud black Engineer.
THERE IS ONLY ONE RACE…………THE HUMAN RACE
i hope they bring him back. i love his show. and this was a talk with his son. no one else. its not fair. i wont watch this station again
OMG
We are losing our freedom of speech… We should be able to say anything in our HOMES!!!! Yes what he said was wrong! BUT he has the right to say it in HIS home..
I still havent heard a valid reason why blacks can use it ANYTIME…No questions asked. People racism was here yeterday and it will be here in the future. Its here to stay
OHHH forgot to mention something octavio said in one of the previous posts. Al SHARPTON is not a barometer for equal rights… He is a camera mongering goon that likes to stir the pot of hatred ANY chance he gets. What Imus did was wrong for publicly saying those words. BUT remember Imus has been doing his shtick for 20 YRS… On RADIO!! Now all of a sudden hes the de3vil in sheeps clothing… Look no further then the black comedians, anything goes ANYTHING! WTF!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH people… Its in our constitution..
I AM SO SICK OF THESE DOUBLE STANDARDS. I SAY DOG HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT EVER THE HELL HE WANTS TO HIS SON IN HIS OWN HOUSE. SIGNED MY WHITE CRACKER ASS
i find it amusing that nobody spells out the n-word. search this page for “n-word” and “cracker.” then search it for “nigger.” are we so afraid of this word that we won’t even spell it out? either “cracker” doesn’t carry the same weight as “nigger” or this is just more evidence of a double-standard.
Those of you going on about free speech are just wasting your breath because you’re arguing a point that no one is disputing. GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEADS: NO ONE IS QUESTIONING CHAPMAN’S RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HE WANTS.
Even A&E hasn’t questioned his right to free speech. All they’re saying is that they don’t want to be associated with him b/c it’s bad for business. They’re in the business of making money and they don’t owe Chapman any special consideration.
Yes we all have the right to freedom of speech. So we as Americans can say whatever we want? Try using your first amendment rights to your boss. See how far that gets you. Some freedom of speech is against the law it’s called a threat! So go cry about that see can u get that taken off the books. Now to the point! Yes he did say it over the phone in a private conversation with his son. If that was all that happened then so many people wouldn’t have so much to say. PEOPLE he said it again in an interview.(like it or not he was some kind of role model) Now thats what I have a problem with. I used to enjoy watching his show just like the rest of you. If I knew what I know now. I would have never watched it. I find it sad that when I was deployed to Iraq to fight for “our” country I was never called a N… Its only at home I hear it.(land of the free home of the brave) Racism was hear yesterday but, It won’t be hear tomorrow if we as parents teach or children better. As for the crying about rappers and comedians using the N-word. CD have explicit warning labels on them so if your child has them be a parent. Comedians? don’t watch that channel and know that most all comedians use derogatory terms and language. Not just African American comics.(I’ve heard white comics say the c-word bet u have too) If you are hearing the N-word from the general public surround yourself with people who don’t talk that way. I don’t use that word and will not allow it in my home by any means!
I think Mr Chapman has legal grounds to receive compensation for the illegal use of his private conversation,as it was illegally obtained (wiretapping),he has the right to pursue those who have gained monetarily from his private conversation without his permission.
I think the real question brought out by Mr. Chapman’s comments to his son are at the heart of the problem with ethnic, slash, “racial” tensions in America and around the world.
The question is this… Why do whites have so much hatred for blacks?
What has a black man or women ever done to the white “race” as a whole that even equivocates to what whites are historically guilty of? Enslavement
There was a time in this country not long ago where the majority of the American public was polled and thought that slavery was acceptable. Flash forward 150 years; make the argument that this mentality hasn’t somehow been passed down in some form or another to present day whites. You won’t be able to, because deep seated, and never removed from white America’s psyche is the inherited belief that blacks are inferior; be it socially, culturally, or morally.
That we are even discussing this topic in 2007 bares that out in the most unflattering of detail. Black Americans brought here to be used as slave laborers didn’t ask, and weren’t given a choice. And once emancipated didn’t have much of a choice given, that they were penniless and socially outcast by the very white people, with exceptions, that thought it was “ok” for them to be enslaved. Slavery was by no means a “noble” or humane institution.
With no economic power to speak of, no social status, plus another hundred years of having to survive in a country where the majority of the white American population thought that the “Jim Crow” separate but equal, apartheid social cast system was also “ok”; exactly where was the opportunity to upwardly mobilize themselves suppose to come from?
The definition of hypocrisy tells us that where it is applied to white Americans, many believe themselves to be virtuous and righteous as a people. Black Americans, of slave ancestry are living, breathing testament that this belief is a deeply rooted, commonly shared white American fallacy. Because were these beliefs to have been demonstrated, slavery and it’s lingering social affects would not exist today.
Black America is right to be apprehensive of white Americans of all socio-economic and political backgrounds. Duane “Dog” Chapman is human, I accept his apology and I forgive him. At least he has the decency as a white person to admit, at least in public, that the social lineage that spawned his personal beliefs, which gave birth to the word “nigger”, are not as virtuous and as righteous as he publicly held himself out to be.
Much has been said, and much will be said about this topic, but the evidence is compelling, overwhelming, and irrefutable in these proceedings. Black Americans have journeyed a long distance and have yet so much further a distance to go socially towards rebuilding and reestablishing a cultural identity. That is the inevitable consequence of any society having its cultural identity, language and all, stripped, ripped from them through generations of enslavement and systematic cultural segregation in the Unites States of America. It would be nice to just be an American.
So again the question remains…
Why do whites have so much hatred for blacks?
Did black Americans enslave white Americans? Has there been a “blackwashing” of history that black America doesn’t know about? Did black Americans lynch white men, and systematically rape white women? Did the “good” blacks simply turn their backs as the “bad” blacks ran amuck and rode roughshod over the basic human rights of everyday whites who’d had already suffered enough? No? Then somebody please explain what the hell is white America’s problem with blacks?
Contemporarily speaking, blacks and whites in America are both guilty of hypocrisy. However, when a white American calls a black American a hypocrite over the use of the word “nigger” who’s being the bigger hypocrite?
“Fair and equal treatment”. The only thing Black Americans have ever asked for. Not for “protected” status, not for “separate but equal”, and certainly not for Affirmative Action.
As far as can be discerned, black Americans have no collective plans to make a mass exodus from America. Perhaps, it would be easier for white America if that were the case? It certainly would go a long way towards allowing white Americans to purge a collective guilt. “No need to face up to what we did or apologize to’em if they’re all gone right? We can go on being good Christians. Praise the lord”! There’d certainly be no guilt. No need to question ones own humanity for actively denying another of their basic humanity in the most grotesques and unforgettable of ways; simply because of the difference in the color of their skins and the textures of their hair.
It is mutual shame for every American regardless of ethnic origin. Maybe it’s time to end the hypocrisy, time to let go of the shame, and time to part with all the guilt. Maybe it’s time for white America to formally say to black America, what we did to you was wrong and inhumane. It was a horribly tragic social mistake and we are sorry for what we have put you through.
It’s not about money or reparations. But ask anyone who’s ever had to collect on an insurance policy where a serious loss was incurred and they’ll say that while it doesn’t heal the pain, it certainly helps the process. Especially when all you want for your family is to get back to normal living.
And you know what? I believe that you would find that under those circumstances, and in the spirit of atonement that most people of good conscious and righteous beliefs would compellingly respond in the positive. Perhaps black America would even reciprocate such a grand gesture with one of its own. A healing gesture, I’m sure, that would end “white guilt” over slavery and “Jim Crow” and their morally poisonous after effects forever; three of the oldest words ever spoken in peace.
I forgive you.
With regard to the Duane “Dog” Chapman debacle in recent headlines, I’m astounded by some of the things I’m reading concerning the situation. The media has tried to make this situation the next crusade against racial inequality, but it can’t be used effectively as such. I hope the media sees that it can’t stand as a call to arms when there are so many flaws in the case. Those flaws consist of a series of problems perpetuated by all of us, as a society, which have brought about these circumstances.
There is no doubt that Dog Chapman said things that are wrong. In this day and age there is no excuse for not knowing that using such words will cause trouble. I do feel that the use of the “N” word is very wrong, as it does offend black people. Even though the word does have meaning that applies to other than black people, it is still offensive because of the connection we have placed between this word and black people through the years. If Chapman feels it necessary to talk about anyone in such an insulting and hurtful manner (regardless of the actual words used), isn’t that the real problem? If we as a society find it acceptable for coarse, vulgar, and insulting language to be used on television and movies, why is the use of the “N” word such a shock to us? Aren’t we allowing it, or worse yet inviting it by accepting what we hear on TV, radio, and movies?
There has been a sentiment in the media that Al Sharpton (or others) will have an active part in how this case plays out. I feel that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson should stay out of it and focus on more important things. Sharpton is a racist in his own unique way – he uses the media to pound anyone he feels doesn’t respect black people the way he thinks they should by using terms like “racism” and “hate speech”. That’s a problem. Calling so much attention to it is backfiring. His desire to ruin anyone who uses the “N” word gives that word power. Ironic, huh? Have we heard him defend other races of people against attack? Wouldn’t that show a real desire for racial equality? You won’t see him do it, and that’s a problem.
Chapman’s “tirade” included his concern that someone would use his comments against him to destroy him, and that’s exactly what happened. Why is it OK for someone to tape another person’s phone conversation without their consent after that person has expressed a fear that it may happen, then sell it to the media? Isn’t that against the law? The fact that it is so profitable to sell this information to tabloids speaks volumes about what interests us as a society. We are attracted to trashy behavior, ugly confrontations, hurtful and insulting conduct, and the public display of the pain and embarrassment of others. Ask anyone if they read the Enquirer and they will respond with comments like, “Who reads that trash?”, “It’s all lies!”,”It’s not real news!”.Yet the Enquirer has huge sales and can afford to pay millions of dollars for their stories. Who are we fooling? Our lust for trashy news and our greed have led us to tear each other to shreds publicly, and we find it acceptable. That’s a problem.
There seems to be a lot to take responsibility for in this case, but if the mainstream media holds to it’s history I’m sure the only one who will be held accountable will be Chapman, this months sacrificial lamb in the all-out war against racial inequality.
DOG’S CONVO WAS A PRIVATE CONVO SO WHOEVER PUT THE TAPE OUT IS WRONG FOR THAT…BUT…HE MEANT WHATEVER HE SAID. HE DIDNT SAY TEM BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY AND PISSED. YOU KNOW HOW SOME PPL GET MARRIED AND 3-4 MONTHS LATER THEY’RE HAVING ISSUES WITH EACH OTHER’S PERSONALITIES, ATTIDUDE, POINT OF VIEW OR WHATEVER, WELL THAT’S LIKE DOG. HE PROABABLY HAD SAID IT A FEW TIMES BEFORE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. WE FOUND OUT WHO DOG REALLY IS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. I NOT SAYING THAT HE’S RACIST BUT HE SHOULDNT TALK LIKE THIS IF HE DOESNT MEAN IT BECAUSE ITS DISRESPECTFUL.
I find it amusing that all the individuals who see that Duane Chapman did nothing wrong (and should be forgiven) are of white ancestry. These same apologetic racist complain that all blacks use the “N”word too, and that blacks always call out Al Sharpton when there is a problem. “It Freedom of speech”, quip the uneducated, unproductive racists. My question is for those who make these sweeping generalizations; what type of black people are you friends with that use these terms? Or are you not friends with them and are just talking of the few you have seen in the Rap world and in inner city poor areas? Do you really feel it’s okay to judge people on the color of their skin and not content of their character?This is shocking.
I can’t believe that in the year 2007, with Internet access, education and and the ability to break down social/color border like never before, such ignorance can reign supreme! Are these Dog apologists educated about anything? It is extremely ethnocentric and highly asinine for these ignorant apologetic individuals to claim that all blacks use the “N” word. Well guess what, I am a Black Canadian woman. My parents are from South American and my background is mixed race (Black,White,Indian and Chinese). In my entire 37 years, I don’t know ANY black person (including those from Africa) who address each other with the “N” word or see that word as anything endearing. I have not met one black person who does, not one, and I have traveled the world. Everybody I know or have met, view it as a highly offensive and extremely vulgar insult of the highest degree. An insult that was created by white slave owners to insult their black slaves. Blacks did not not create the word for themselves whites did.
My husband is German and I have been in Germany for the past 4 months. They have laws here about things like this, Neo-Nazi displays or even hand gestures can get you arrested. In America no one cares, free speech they cry. Is it because Germany learned something about their past regarding the treatment of those that are the minority and white Americans learned nothing regarding the history of their countries treatment of blacks? It was only in the 60’s that equal rights found a place in American society, yet the war in Germany has been over longer than that. The Germans have learned from their bad experiences, but many white Americans still wallow in ignorance and are offended to acknowledge and address problems created by their history. Problems that still influence and shapes their societal behavior today!
I am not asking for special treatment-as I know most whites are not inclined to give me any and never have, but what I am asking is for people to simply respect that the “N’ word is a derogatory term and those who use it, (whether in public or private) lack education. Treat people as you want to be treated. And the bottom line is that Dog did not want anyone to know he is a racist. He was scared the Enquirer would find out and he would loose his show. Some can’t understand why he is apologizing since that’s the way he feels. I’ll tell you why… he is sorry for it getting out…it’s because he KNOWS i is wrong and does not want to loose the money he makes off the backs of all races with the false image he has conned people into believing.
Oh and please don’t talk to me about discrimination, I have been driven out of my own $600,000 home in Canada by racist white women who think like dog, don’t like the idea that my home is bigger than theirs, that I have better (and more cars) than they do, that I travel the world, that I am better educated, that my parents had money, that my husband is a profession, that I have nice clothes and jewelery and that I look beyond the color of skin to find love and happiness where I can. I never had a poor upbringing like therm.. I have tried to make friends with these people and in doing so was told exactly what they thought of black people like me being with white men like my husband.
These people are just like Dog. I have been called names by little kids and harassed while driving down the street. This has happened for no other reason than the color of my skin and marriage. My only conversation ever to these people has been one of kindness and they spit in my face. It has been Germans in Germany that have opened their hearts to me and given me a place to stay and treated me with kindness so as to escape this type of mental behavior. So I live around people like Chapman and their thinking. Many of who put their words into actions when you get to close to them.
I think it’s important that people like Dog are exposed for the racist that they are. The fact that he fired his son over dating a woman of another race says to me that Dog continues to break the law. It is against the law in the US to discriminate in the workplace. Yet people seem to overlook that Dog is guilty of this. I also find it interesting that Dog oldest son, a few months back, had made the claim that Dog was a racist and hates blacks and gays, so why would two of Dogs children say the same thing if there weren’t truth to it?
Consider this man’s character. Look how he behaved at the Native drumming ceremony where he challenged tribal elders to fight, or the numerous reports that Dog is a crack head. This type of individuals should never have been given a show and deserves to loose his show. Racism is a cancer and if some whites cannot see that it needs to be killed, then there is no hope for our planet.
Right now the US economy is in bad shape. Your dollar is lower than our Canadian dollar-something that has not happened in more than 50 years, your people are loosing their homes, your people can’t afford to get health care when they are sick, your children are in Iraq fighting for the resources of another country, you’ve lost the respect of many of your international allies- Canada being one of them, your children are not safe in their schools, your President has lied many times to you. You must live with a constant terror alert in your lives in the hopes that 9/11 is never repeated again. Did you learn nothing from these events about learning to come together? I don’t think you have.
Instead of coming together as one, you tear each other apart because of ignorance. Whites hating blacks and insulting them, blacks not trusting whites. This is a vicious cycle! Why can’t some whites understand that the reason why Al Sharpton exists is because YOUR RASCIST PEOPLE created him. You racists and those who are sick of PC give him a platform by your very own behavior-you are your own worst enemy!
If you participated in stopping racism-starting with you twisted beliefs and sweeping generalization about all blacks, practiced racial sensitivities by not discriminating and using historically derogatory names for blacks and stopped calling Sharpton-as DOG DID for support in this case, then perhaps the Sharpton’s of the world would not exist! You created him because YOU can’t get your act together so stop blaming blacks for him! I will be happy for the day to come when Al Sharpton’s services are not needed, but until racist learn to kill their cancer and people learn to behave better towards others by judging other on their character and not their color, I’m afraid Sharpton is here to stay and racism will never end.
I find it heartbreaking and discouraging that you have undergone such intense discrimination. But I hope the statements in your last 2 paragraphs aren’t suggesting that you think that all white Americans support or participate in the hateful bigotry you refer to. It’s the same sad story; a small minority of ignorant people say and do foolish things, and the press gets hold of it and suggests that their attitudes are predominant. This is their effort to point at the ugly nature of racism/discrimination, but a horrible side effect is that the image is created of white people in general supporting such hatred. Not so! To say that whites in general are black-hating, skin-headed Nazis and foul-mouthed, shotgun toting rednecks would be the same as saying that blacks in general are white-hating, rap star wanna-be, pistol-packing gang members. Fact is that a vast majority of blacks are people who are just working their jobs, trying to raise a family, and trying to make a good life for themselves, just like anyone else in this world. Another fact is that a small minority of whites support the hatred, and a vast majority of whites are paying the price. What price, you ask? As in most areas of their lives, white Americans are either apathetic to the situation, ignorant of it’s severity, or feel so powerless to change it that they don’t bother trying. How else do we explain low voter turn-out at every election? What other explanation is there for low test scores in schools, as well as the high drop-out rates? How about the high rates of drug abuse, alcoholism, and unwanted pregnancies among our youth? We as a society are willing to let things happen to us rather than make things happen for us, then sit around whining about how things are! I guess my main point is that we need to stop perpetuating hatred and discrimination, quit using them as an excuse for the problems we have, and recognize the real problems. The real problems are that we don’t have the self-discipline to control our mouths and tempers, the drive to push ourselves toward success, or the ability to draw a clear and visible line between right and wrong. If we as a society can recognize the needs we have in these areas we will find that racism, sexism, and discrimination will all take a back seat to more important issues.
to error is human to forgive is devine
Let me ask everyone something !
Would you care if he won a million dollars ??
NO, you wouldnt because it does not affect you !
Then why do you care if he said N****R WORD !?!?!
he doesnt even know YOU exhist !
GET OVER IT !
do you know how many people say that word ???? yeah more people say that word than there are black people on this green earth TRUE STORY ! ! !
it’s unfortunate but true !
Hi Bill
I do know all whites are not racist. For me to make an (ignorant) claim like that could only be done if I were able to meet EVERY white person on this planet. Since I can’t possibly do that, I can’t possibly make that claim. No one has the ability to meet everyone on the planet. I should also make clear that my husband is a white man from Germany and my Dad is white as well. So I know for a fact that there are many decent people in all races as I am a product of different races. However, I find it extremely distasteful that people (predominantly white) feel the need to defend Dogs actions and blame it on the victim. Some hypocritically using the bible and accusing other of lack of compassion to achieve their means. It’s pathetic!
People may thing this has nothing to do with me, but it does. For me it’s not the fact that Dog wanted to use the word freely in his house, as disgusting as it is. It’s that fact that he does not like people of color, was very hateful in his speech and tone and would fire his own son because of the woman he loves. Dog never met the girl and what he was doing (firing his son) is illegal and Dog has a history of braking laws so he is NOT reformed..
I use to watch Dog’s show, from the very early days. I supported Dog, even when he was in Mexico. I was outraged and sad about what was happening to him. Regardless of his looks, I thought he was a person who had earned respect (and although people like my husband and father felt he was trash from day one) I still watched his show and supported him. So my disappointment comes from the fact that I believed in him and gave him a chance- regardless of his looks and history, but he would not return the courtesy (if he had the chance) because of the color of my skin. I have now found out that he is exactly like the people who have tried to make my life a living hell, for no other reason that than the color of my skin. So I am disillusioned.
What makes it worse is the racists who are all coming out in full force supporting him, making excuses and not seeing that what he said (and did) was wrong. Does what Dog say effect me…Yes, because he insulted my race and judges people on the basis of their skin tone not the content of character. I was a fan of his and HE USED THE “N” WORD WITH A TONE OF HATE, calling someone a f****** N***R just as someone in the KKK would. That girl could have been me, someone in my family, a friend, a daughter, she could be anyone’s child. Someone who has projected themselves to be a good Christian (and role model to vulnerable children as Dog Chapman) is a dangerous hypocrite.
I don’t want to see him on the airwaves because giving people like him a platform on the airways (to possibly spew their venom and infect young minds) would be no different to putting a Neo Nazi’s (which he might be) on the airways. He doesn’t deserve a show and is nothing but a con man. I can guarantee you that Larry King would NOT be interviewing Dog if Dog’s comments were directed at Jewish people. People like Dog set race relations back hundreds of years and remind decent Americans’ of their ugly past. How can people truly get together (white and black) if they hold stereotypes and negative images of each other? Giving Dog his show back just tell me that racism is alive, well and acceptable in the good old USA. The country has not progressed, it’s regressed.
I also wonder how many of these people would be as supportive if they did not have so much keyboard courage behind them and had to show their faces so all of us could see who they are. Sure the word doesn’t effect them so they can’t possibly understand the historical implications of using the word (and most are so self centered and ignorant that they don’t care).
My question for theses apologists is this; how can you say in the one breath that you are sick of hearing blacks talk about slavery, and say Affirmative Action is not fair, Blacks are always complaining about discrimination, and that Political Correctness has no place in society, yet not realize that holding opinions like Dogs, supporting him and making excuses for him are contribute to the problem resulting in the need for such elements! It’s people like Dog Chapman and his attitude that cause Blacks to rely on Affirmative Action, to continue going on about slavery, to complain about discrimination etc. People like him are the true cancer in society and that cancer needs to be removed- not given a chance to spread to areas that are healthy (ie. our children). People like Dog are a disgrace to decent white society and the human race in general.
For those who continue to go one about Blacks using the word, I can tell you that the use of the word is based in ignorance and lack of education. I am Black but not a Black American. I don’t have one drop of American blood in me. My culture, historical background etc is very different. Yet because I am Black, white people can paint me with the same brush. There are many more Blacks in the world than there are Black Americans and those Blacks do NOT use the word towards each other. What I am saying is not speculation, it’s fact!
So please do not make stupid uneducated blanket statements that we all use the “N” word to each other because we don’t. To say that would be the equivalent of me saying all whites are racist- including my father and husband-which I know is garbage! Please don’t insult yourselves by making such ignorant statements. I don’t know one person who uses the word. The reason the people in the Rap world (and the inner city) is because they are poorly educated and lack self esteem. They are an embarrassment to my race and a disgrace to all decent blacks who want to move past race issues..
I apologize if I made it seem that I was defending his actions, as nothing could be further from the truth. He is VERY much wrong to say what he said, but there is also some blame to be assumed by those in our society who allow our children to be raised thinking that they have the need and right to use such language. Who will take responsibility for allowing Dog to become as old as he is without teaching him respect for himself and others? Apparently Dog feels that he needs to resort to shocking and offensive language to get his point across, and THAT’S A PROBLEM! Many of us have tolerated such actions for too long so as not to offend the speakers right to free speech. We do have rights, but those rights do not allow us to demean others or to deny the rights of others by treating others as less than equal.
I’m sure you noticed that I never mentioned anything in my comments about black people using the “N” word with each other, as I feel that the use of the word by ANYONE is wrong, and no one should have to even mention anything about skin color determining how wrong it is. Wrong is wrong, regardless of color. Many people don’t realize that, and that’s why so many racists are defending Dog. They feel a need to show loyalty to him as a means of defending their race, but their ignorance prevents them from seeing that when they support and defend offensive behavior, their credibility is gone.
You make the comment that you don’t have a drop of American blood in you, and as proud as I am to be American, I think it might be a blessing for you to not be American. Our culture has allowed us to become lazy in our support of each other’s rights and freedoms as Americans. We treat each other shabbily and use our Constitutional Rights as a crutch to defend our actions. Our once-proud nation is being destroyed from within by our pride, vanity, and lack of discipline and restraint. I have heard that the “Rapper” mentality is not as prevalent in other countries as it is here in the U.S. and I think it is because we allow people to say and do what they want without consequence. The result is that those who are poorly educated and lack self-esteem are allowed to make inflammatory and hurtful statements, justifying it by saying that it’s the reality of their environment. Sad fact is, it’s a reality that they created in their mind, and acting accordingly has brought it to reality.
I guess I’m just the eternal optimist (idealist?) who thinks the world can change for the better if we just let people know that a change for the better is possible; that change being a world where people take responsibility for their actions, figure out that racial conflict is a waste of time and energy, and maybe show each other a little respect.
Duane “Dog” Chapman is a cold-blooded killer who was supposed to be executed instead of being in a show making millions. If an African American or Hispanics men killed another human being in a robbery, I bet you that both of them will be charged and put to death even if there was only one shooter. Duane “Dog” Chapman was not executed because he looks white. Instead of being executed he was reworded and given show. I am black and Hispanics and I would never date any of Dog’s children because there is not criminal blood in my family. However, the members of Dog’s family are criminals and killers and if I date one of them, I would degrade myself and my family. To all the people here that are defending the Dog, you can marry one of his children and incorporate that nasty criminal blood in your next generation. Americans you have enough problems with the terrorists, wars, healthcare, economic, etc. SO STOP THE RACISM. Besides Americans are not even pure white. 70% of the so-called white American is mix with European (real white) and Native American’s (Mongolian) blood. So in reality the so-called white American are really Mongolian according to the real pure white (Europeans).
I do not give a fat dog’s f**k what dog says or thinks as long as he doesn’t smile at me today and shoot me tomorrow.
People like him are scary. Better the devil you know than the angel you don’t.
A concerned parent? over what? so far there has been no evidence of the girl being someone of bad character or whatever dog may want to call it. If he truly has something on her please lets hear it, otherwise stop slandering the girl and please please please don’t apologize to save your stupid show..Its okay to be yourself..Its a free country ain’t it
i’m oving out of this apartment complex because of the blacks and hispamics being predominant here.so call al sharpton and tell him i said that assholes!!! who cares? lol
above post corrected:
i’m moving out of this apartment complex because blacks and hispanics being predominant residents here.so call al sharpton and tell him i said that assholes!!! who cares? lol
what Duane Chapman was really afraid of was that Monique Shinnery is a qualified educator [she has a teaching degree] and that she might try to get him to pass remedial english and reading and that he would fail-as he almost did with his driving test-he claimed his eyesight was poor-he wears sunglasses all the time so what would be such a big deal about some reading or corrective glasses? They can look stylish-and there are transitional lenses-he can still have “shades”–or- contact lenses? I”ll TELL you why he almost failed his driver test-it’s because he’s illiterate trash who dropped out of school at 14 and CAN’T READ!!! when he’s holding those papers on the show, he has memorized what’s on them-he CANNOT READ THEM–so no wonder he didn’t want his son to date the girl-she would have found out his REALLY SHAMEFUL SECRET-he’s ILLITERATE INBRED SCUM!!
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