Thursday, November 01, 2007

Dog The Bounty Hunter Goes On Racist Tirade


Apparently Duane “The Dog” Chapman doesn’t like the idea of his son dating a Black woman.

“The Dog” has been caught on audio tape telling his son that if he did not break up with the young woman, he would not be able to work in the Family’s Bounty Hunting business. But the more vile part of the story is the way that he told his son how things were going to be. Chapman referred to the girlfriend as the N-word.

Now this is a guy who has been seen on religious programs all over Cable TV praising God… talking about how religious he is and how much he has turned his life around. He is constantly preaching about “doing the right thing” on his TV show. But it turns out that it was a façade. That shouldn’t be a surprise since it is a “Reality Show” and we know how “Real” these programs are. But at times he really did seem to be a decent guy in his good guy role. Even I enjoyed watching his show on occasion.

I know that some Whites speak ill of African Americans and use slurs when they are amongst themselves, confident that no one outside of the family is listening. But it’s always interesting to hear these stories every now and then because it allows us to become flies on the wall in the White dining room (well, for a certain kind of White dining room at least). As a Black male who has had issues with interracial dating, I have always suspected that these kinds of discussions take place all the time in White Households, especially when the subject of discussion is a Black male…particularly in the context of all the negative stereotypes about Black men.

On the audio tape Chapman shows his true colors. I think racism is really hard to get out of people, particularly out of the Souls of people, even when they may have changed their lives in other ways. Chapman (“The Dog”) revealed on the tape that the N-Word is a commonly used term in his household. This is something that he won’t be able to explain away on an apology tour (a tour that has already started…as of yesterday 10-31-07...when the tape was made public). He clearly shows disdain for the Black girlfriend… because of her race. You can literally hear the racism and anger in the audio tape. He goes on to say that if his daughter came home with one…. They would come down hard on her too. Again….a statement that he won’t be able to explain away.

Listen to the audio below (apparently the full tape is nearly 8 minutes long...however, I have been unable to locate that version, which may not have been made public yet). Warning: Strong Language.



A peculiar twist that I found surrounding this story was the fact that Chapman is comparing his comments to the comments of Don Imus. Chapman is clueless. There is no comparison. He doesn’t even understand that his comments are several magnitudes worse than the comments made by Don Imus regarding the Rutgers Women's Basketball team. Chapman thinks that he will just be able to go on a little apology tour like Don Imus and everything will be alright. But Imus didn’t get caught on a phone call that he thought no one would hear. Imus got caught on a national radio/TV show. Imus was clumsy and stupid, but did not come off as a hardcore racist to me. Insensitive, certainly. But not a hardcore racist. Chapman, on the other hand, is a different story. But of course he is now saying that he really didn't mean it...and that he is sorry. Will that be enough? I'm personally tired of the apology tour routine. An apology seems more appropriate for a slip of the tongue....or something that reaches the level of insensitivity, a tasteless joke, etc. But this Chapman episode is something different. His comments go way beyond Imus' level of insensitivity. This is not a case of the offender simply not meaning it... or having a slip of the tongue. This is not a case of a bad, tasteless joke. Chapman's comments were caught during a completely uninhibited moment and are therefore more of a reflection of the real "Dog".

Another peculiar twist is the irony of the phone conversation itself. In the phone call, he expresses concern that a National Tabloid might find out about his true colors and expose him…. And at that moment he was being exposed. Poetic Justice.

A&E didn’t waste time suspending his TV show. Additional report on A&E's response.

This just reinforces the fact that I am (and other African Americans collectively) justified in my caution and skepticism when dealing with certain kinds of people of other ethnic groups. It’s as if we always have to be on guard. There are a few people that I have worked with in the past who I would have loved to hear during their dinner table discussions. It would be interesting to be the fly on the wall to hear what is being said.

But the Dog Chapman’s among us serve a purpose. They serve as a reminder that it’s not safe to let the guard down. Perhaps it will take 100 more years before we can start cutting back our vigilance... I don’t know. I always judge my friends/acquaintances on an individual basis ….and I can usually figure out who the Dog Chapmans are. But it seems as though I always have to be on the lookout. I wish we didn’t have that burden in 2007, but it’s still necessary.

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43 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think that this is realy sad for the dog to do this,does he praise god with that mouth? he is always talking about god,and doing the right thing,well that net work needs to do the right thing and get rid of that show,he is fake,and using the public and god to make money, he cares about people ..yeah right,well maybe he does evoryone but african american people,good move dog!! u just sunk your ship brother!!!! lol

Anonymous said...

IN DOG WE TRUST?.......NOT

Anonymous said...

well,if they lose their show,dog can always go back to doing crime,he seems pretty good at being a fake,hey look on the bright side,he had his 15 minutes of fame, and he didnt have to lose evorything he had due to a black person...i now understand that a man with a name like dog does not a lot smarts,but maybe he can start a bounty business with the kkk,i hear they have openings for hood wearing card carrying members,dog i think youd be a great fit!!

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Brian said...

Not all Black people use, or support the use of the word N----er. You are judging all Black people by what you see on the surface...in the media, etc.

I personally don't use the word and I have come out against the use of the word by Blacks several times on this blog.

So please don't generalize.

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Anonymous said...

For all you confused white people posting here..

Plain and simple...dog obviously doesn't want his caucasoid bloodline tainted.

The reason why black folk can say the N word, is because we are black. It might not be positive but there it is.

We do not have the kind of power necessary to inflict soci-econmic damage on our own race that white folks have, so when we say it - it may mean many different things but doesn't carry (in my mind) the connotation, or weight of systematic depression of a race.

When white people say it. It does. No matter what your actual status is in society, you could be extremely poor, middle class or wealthy, you are tied to the caucasian ruling power structre by the color of your skin.

Similarly no matter how financially successful or cultured any black person is, to the average cracker they are still a nigger.

Until that changes - then it isn't cool for white people to say it regardless of their personal views.

Anonymous said...

I am just sick, and so disappointed over Dog's comments,as he was a Hero of my daughter's. It is very sad.
For those of you who are posting comments that are equally misinformed about Blacks,please know that you are making blanket statements...and that can't ever be good. Not "all" Blacks do this, or use the "n" word. Neither have you been in the homes of some of the people you cite here... Shame on you. What a small, and narrow world you live in. It is a shame that you have not been exposed to "all" Blacks...
as,while you are making these kinds of hateful comments here on this blog, with multiple spelling and grammar errors-
take time to know that Blacks as a people did not begin the name calling process...it was learned from the majority as a defense.
Let us please, not be so ugly to one another.
Thank you kindly.

Anonymous said...

I am half white, half brown, So I know what is said at White Dinner tables, It amazes me that white people use the "well Blacks call each other the n-word all the time where is the condemnation fro them, etc..." Give me a f****ing break... IT IS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT...can only be used byu black people, while I don't consider my Dad a Racist, I try and tell him over and over that he is Prejudice, He says there is a difference between black people and n***ers, (his only friends outside of his family are a black guy and an Iranian guy, and we grrew up in Vallejo, CA in the diverse and so called liberal SF Bay Area), he talks about being harrased by Black people etc, but I tell him as a brown guy (even though I am half and half) I get the most racist sh*t from White People, I drive the Highway everyday and constatnly see every type of race committ some type of traffice infraction, yet , when I see people pulled over, 90% of the time (which I feel is a conservative estimate) the person isn't white. OK well isn't their just a differnce between good people, bad people? I am constanly hearing white people tell other races when to get over something, that they are now the minority, etc.. and it is f***ing mind boggling, like someone else said here, yeah there are racists of every shape, color, etc. but it is white people who can cause socio-economic damage from the power they hold (which came from years of racist actions like manifest destiny, various outings of tyranny, hostile / unprovoked takeovers, millions made for an estate by the use of slave labor) I really feel sad when a white person can't see this, and I don;t think they should go around saying sorry to every one and let us step on them, nor do I think they should hire an ethnic person over a white person if they aren't equally qualified (meaning if the white guy is better suited for the job then thats that, I do agree though that if they have equal resumes thought has to be given to things like affirmative action, etc hope this made sense) But this type of stuff mixed with my perceptiopn that white people aren't understanding our gripes, make me lose hope, and if it ever came down to it...guaranteed Brown, Black, red, Yellow would band together to take back whats rightfully ours.....

Donald said...

Who let the Dog out..Woof Woof Woof!
If you throw shit into the wind sooner or later it's going to come back at you.
From an Economic perspective;
There is no outrage about record companies allowing the use of the word Nigger in their "Artists'" music because there is too much revenue at stake. Ala Will Smith vs 50Cent in record sales.
Dogs true colors could possible affect A&E's bottom line. Hence his show being put on hold.
Until we associate the word Nigger with some type of ramification (ie; loss revenue, etc.) across the board for any one it will never go away.
You can try to bury a word and pay a price monetarily but for true hate you need to dig a lot deeper.

Donald said...

Is that you Duane. What's up with the ranting Anonymous postings?!?

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Donald said...

Come on Anonymous. Is there enough room over on those racist blogs? I'm pretty sure a White executive put the show on hold. Maybe you should contact A&E. http://www.aetv.com/global/feedback/contact.jsp?site=AETV.com&NetwCode=AEN
and vent your concerns about Blacks needing to be kept in their place in American society.
Remember this...I CHOOSE to call myself Nigger, while you NEED to call me one. How else does the hate perpetuate.

Brian said...

Yep Black in USA...Funny how they never log in or have a name.

I knew we would get these comments from people who don't usually read the blog (or other blogs by African Americans) where we have been coming out against the use of the N-Word. They just assume certain things about "all" Black people.

I still like the idea of keeping comments open. I will straighten out the comments section later if necessary (as I always do), but it's good to have an open forum...to lay everything out.

Brian said...

Some of the comments over at TMZ are worse...

incredible!!!

Donald said...

Words! Powerful! Meaningful!
The context in which Dog was using this word was not to endear this Black female his son was dating. For quit a few White and Black people (NOT ALL) the entire history of the word has only one real connotation. I can imagine it very difficult for them to understand why Blacks who've been called this word for half a Millennium are now using it and flipping the script by dropping it's meaning and actually using it as an endearing term for the most part. It may never come true that Nigger will ever disappear from the Human lexicon, but I do know that ceremonially burying it will not work.

Anonymous said...

black in the usa u dont really believe what u say do u i hope not now lets all think this thru , its a word just a word its just another term for a black there are many jsut as there are many that blacks use for whites but i dont see the outrage when ray nagin mayor of orleans said he wanted a black black city
had that been a white mayor omg they would have to sneak him outa hte country casue of the uproar of the negros
negros use any excuse to retaliate against the white race but want all the advantages of what the white race can offer
lets look at ur brethren in africa how are they doing ? they are leading them selves and the country is in ruin. negros make slaves of other negros to mine diamonds jsut a small sample
the negros on the usa should praise the white race for bringing them here which as a result of the white establishment and welfare and food stamps and medicade and wick and projects the negros have prospered in the usa like no were else as a result of white love and white programs to help the negro .
and as far as the term nigger .lets see so u say its ok for negros to say it but not whites lol jsut remeber with out the white race mabe u would be in africa digging dimaonds for ur negro slave master .so mabe u should start to thank the whites rather than nit pick on one word

Anonymous said...

and iam not a racist i am jsut tired of the negros screaming out at every small coment made walk down mlk street count how many times u here the word nigger bring a click counter as u will ring up triple digits

Donald said...

Anonymous. You are correct. I should just listen to you. The white way is the right way. Silly of me for forming my own opinion.
(Sniker!)
What was this Nigger thinking.
(ROTFLMAO!)
Honestly, The difference in your comments is that YOU hate Blacks. All you comments are clouded by your Racism. Your sentiment is echoed by Duane the Dog actions and other like you.

Anonymous said...

LOL wrong black iam not a racist iam just a fair person unlike u iam not out to prove anything as far as race goes
but we all know that blacks are the only ones that ever bring up the race card hummmm
kenya west [bush hates black people} lol bush has blacks in his office but did kenya relize that nope its always the negros that bring up the race issue when there is no race issue
if anything whites are no subjected to a higher standard for there words and actions is that fair and why the name BLACKINUSA if ur not pushing the race issue should nt it be person inthe usa lol are american but ummmm lets see i think its u that are the true racist here hey will u form a blog against ray nagin for saying he wanted new orleans to be an all black city seems thats really racist

rikyrah said...

I don't use the word NIGGER.

(I hate ' the N word' - let the hate in the word hang out there.)

And, there can be no doubt in the HATE in this man's tirade towards My Community.

It's quite evident.

Was this woman a hoochie?

No.

She is a SCHOOL TEACHER OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.

Yeah, boy, that's a hoochie mama for you.

He asked her if they (his son and her) played MASTER AND SLAVE.

MASTER AND SLAVE?

And, you don't think THAT'S RACIST TO THE CORE?

I'm glad I don't have wait around for White folk to determine what's racist, because most folk seem to have an EXCUSE for obvious racist behavior. I think it would literally take the NOOSE AROUND SOMEONE'S NECK for them to admit that racism exists.

Donald said...

TAI,
Thank you for letting me post. I'm done with this post. Good luck Duane and all the other Duanes just like you!
BTW, I just heard IMUS was back on the air.

Esprit De Corps!

Anonymous said...

to the post @7;05 id really take your post seriously if you would learn to spell!! i can see why you agree with that type of behavior."a mind is a terrable thing to waste"please do us all a favor,dont quit your day job at sonics..lol,im still wondering why they give some people keyboards....

Anonymous said...

omg@ that spelling lol... well he"s definately not smarter than a fith grader!!(ur=your) lol post on!! your post would be funny if you learn to spell!! we have a live wire here.to bad he didnt graduate!

Anonymous said...

if you are a teacher,that grammer is not good enough to pass a bed class,that is the handicapp class,for this brain that can't spell,well im not sure what school passed you,but i guess they do it on a second grade level because you are truly a idiot that can't spell yours...lol,next time you choose to talk shit,try using the spell check on your pc,then talk to me about being a teacher,here's a foot stool stand on that and get on the level,well i guess they must have been full at hicks ville,they didnt need any more pooper scoopers so they decided you can be a teacher..lol..yeeehawwww

Anonymous said...

i am a white female,im just wondering why is the same person posting? and i did notice the spell errors also,it seems to me that all the silly post are being posted by the same white guy, who is definately a racist,to each their own,but if you claim to be a teacher please get a dictionary,or ask uncle fester to help you out,you are to much and i do not share your views billy bob!!

Brian said...

Rikyrah...where did you get that info??? I have been working...

Based on these comments, it looks like I have a lot of editing to do. This is the downside of having open comments.

Anonymous said...

wow,it seems someone needs a hug...(and a dictionary )he spelled nigger and cant seem to get the word your, right..lol,i think im going to call this guy the angry teacher,can anyone point this dude to the nearest library!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this post.

After listening to his comments three times, I feel that the Dog's name is appropriate. Mostly, I just feel sad-- for Dog's son, for the girl he WAS dating, and sad for White America.

And I think you got it right, Angry Independendt, white sit around their kitchen table or fireplace or on porches and call us niggers all the time. They actually don't know the extent to which they have racism in their hearts...It may never go away.

Anonymous said...

yes chris u do ty

rikyrah said...

Rikyrah...where did you get that info??? I have been working...

The lawyer who runs mediablackout.com. He was on the Santita Jackson Show, WVON-AM yesterday.

Anonymous said...

"White in the USA"? You have clowns like that with names like that posting on this blog? Ha! Hey "White" I have my face, my name, my address, my business on my blog--are you too chickens--t of a racist to do the same? Some it's OK to do this "behind closed doors"--as long as those NIGGERS are using the word NIGGER? Ha! Well we are cleaning house slowly but surely my ignorant friend, and when we've finished, what excuse will yu have then? Well now, Dog is a public figure, and guess what, his son's girlfriend's not some ghetto sl--. We see Dog's "true colors" and it's time to teach him a lesson. Don't take comfort in your fellow online Klansmen's comments and th fact we have a retarded President who could end all of this with one strong statement at a newsconference: White people, don't call folks NIGGERS anymore and stop this noose thing. There. Done in less than five seconds. But ah well...

What are you so afraid of? Why can't you just say oh, yeah--Dog's stupid and this was awful and he needs to change? Do you think Snoop Dogg's going to marry your daughters if you do so? Stan O'Neal will take his golden parachute money and along with Bill Cosby and Kobe Bryant and the red Chinese buy up Wal Mart so you'll have nowhere to shop? I don't get it. Or maybe your ignorance and racism's the only refuge you have from the reality that this country does have problems and often you, too get the short end of the stick. You just don't want to ally yourself with the other short sticks, else the false promises from Sam Walton's and the Dick Cheneys out there will be withdrawn, and you have to sit there, no better oe smarter or more entitled to lead than us.

Wise up, man up and be a part of the solution. Please...

In the meantime, I'm writing A & E. Time to get this fool off the air...

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Anonymous said...

Another racial brouhaha. Every once in a while these things gotta go pop--like fat, infected boils on the greasy back of white America. But poke around at it; if you can stand the stink, you might learn something about the affliction:

(1) Dog mentions that he can't allow his son's girlfriend near him or the family business, because they frequently use the n-word, and she would expose them. I've never seen Dog's show, but I'm curious as to how many of his co-workers are in the employ of A&E, who surely knew about this colorful working environment but, one assumes, kept quiet in the interest of the network's profit. I'm curious, too, if African-Americans were usually kept from working on the show--or were simply not hired--so Dog's cover wouldn't be blown.

(2) Dog claims that "it's not that they're black, it's none of that... we don't mean...scum...without a soul... But America would think we mean that." Oh if I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone drop the n-bomb only to finish their sentence with, "not that I'm a racist." Because in many twisted white minds, "racist" has come to mean something like "ignorant loser": silly white hood, Deep South accent, rural illiteracy. Trash, IOW. Not like you and me! So Dog believes black people have souls, and my sister-in-law thinks slavery was, like, bad and stuff, and a friend claims he only has a problem "with some of them." They all use the n-word, and they just blink in bafflement if you accuse them of the r-word.

(3) Meanwhile the genteel, educated racists take note of Dog's appearance, and his vocabulary, and feel superior and enlightened. Meanwhile Dog's defenders want to know how we can judge a man by a private conversation. Mark Anders at the americanchronicle.com asks, "Are we really so naive as to believe that most people in this country... don't say things like that in the privacy of their own homes every day? Is there anybody out there that’s still real?"

Too many people, actually. Too real.

Anonymous said...

Dog's Son is a Loser.

Anonymous said...

PULEASE!

Dawg's done hard time. This guy hasn't exactly spent a lot of time with the tea and crumpet crowd.

A&E can only do so much with this particular Liza/Dawg Doolittle's habits.

What with old dawgs, new tricks and all that jazz, OF COURSE he'll still use some pretty nasty words.

All I got out of that tape was what he actually said :

He says the word out of habit. He knows that he'll slip up when he thinks he's in the company of only friends and family and he doesn't want to be around some woman who constantly taunts and threatens to tape him slipping up by saying a word he KNOWS people dont want to hear - then sell it to the enquirer.

Dawg's son is an idiot. For the sake of some woman who has made it clear she wants to make his dad as uncomfortable as possible and basically stalks his dad while taping anything he says - he sells his own father out?

What a dork. He should have distanced this woman from his father when she made it clear that she intended to screw him over. Not only does he fail to do that, he HELPS her screw him over.

[sarcasm]what a great kid[/sarcasm]

Anonymous said...

The issue is really not open to public debate, in so far as it would determine whether Dog keeps his show or not.

Like Imus, Dog is an employee or a corporate media workplace. Like most workplaces, behavior is regulated by a handbook, which usually defines the kind of behavior that can get your fired. Unlike Imus, this hate speech was not uttered on his show, but Dog, as a public personality whose show is sponsored by advertising dollars, his image and behavior is monitored off-air as well. Even government employees, police, other corporate honchos must agree to protect the image of the company with which they are publicly associated.

These companies share liability and suffer damages as a result of their employees' behavior. While A&E could not have been sued over Dog's private phone call, it could have suffered damages by lost advertising dollars and esteem. These corporations don't like controversy that upsets profits.

Besides that, Dog doesn't understand his offense. He thinks that he lost his show because he used the word--it's not the word so much as the attitude it represents. You can swear all day not to use the word again, but has that changed the way you feel?

I wonder how many black friends he has in his daily life? The questions Larry King doesn't ask....

Anonymous said...

Racism does exist--but there are double standards. That conversation was between family, it was never meant to be aired for the public. I have friends that are black--I love them all and would give my life for any of them; but the night a group of black teens beat the hell out of my son for no just cause(witnesses-including a group of blacks girls told this to the police--they all said he did nothing to deserve it.) I used a lot of colorful words for those cowardly punks. As far as this girl being a special ed teacher, so what!!!! Just because she's a teacher, doesn't make her a decent person. I know people who hold decent jobs that are far from decent. Where did he ask her the slave question???? It wasn't on the tape. Accoding to her comment on the show--they had never meet or spoken--so how can he ask her that. If the n-word is inappropriate, vile, and all of that, then it shouldn't be used by anyone, period, regardless of the user's race. I was overheard calling my black friend a negro by a another black man, he was ready to lench me, but friend told him to mind his own business. He had no idea why I said the word, nor did he care--he heard a white person say it and I was automatically a racist in his eyes. I happened to be using it as an adjective. My friend knew that, and just laughed. I'm sure some will read this and think I'm racist too; but Chris and I know I'm not. Sometimes we say things with different race friends that are taken out of context, that doesn't mean we're racist. Just because we don't understand certain things, or misunderstand them, as the case may be, also does not make us racist. I try love all God's people, and base my feelings on the person and not their race. Maybe if people stopped making a big deal out of the word, people would stop using it??? Like when your 4yr old swears, you fuss and they repeat; you ignore and they stop. Some people just do things to get a rise out of others. If people stop making a fuss, maybe it will stop being a big deal. It's just an idea. Maybe also, some people are against interracial relationships not because of the persons race itself, but of the attitudes of others. Older people, especially, have seen the way mixed couples and children were treated in the past and they may be trying to save them from this. The first interracial couple I ever saw growing up, said they would adopt before they would put their kids through all that. Maybe they aren't trying to be racist at all. Something to think about. You don't know what's in someone's head or heart. Please don't judge on superficial ideas.

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Anonymous said...

Ok, I am white and a fan of the show.

But, i find it hard to listen to the tape without being offended. It is true you can hear this shaky simmering, that actually makes him sound quite threatening in a passive aggressive sort of way.

I'm actually doing an assignment on this whole incident for university and i'm obviously researching both sides of the argument, but i have to say, no matter how many times I hear the white media say that Dog isn't a racist and that the comment was taken out of context, but then some of the most offensive racial slurs i've ever heard coming from another white person to begin with 'I'm not racist, but....'

Anonymous said...

just cause he said nigger means nothing you act like you've never said anything bad the only differnce is when he did it,it was spread all over the news. you all are just a bunch of hypicrites.