But, I have not forgotten the core purpose of this blog. So let me get back to those basics.
The first thing I want to touch on is Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman. He is getting back on cable television. Roughly 4 months after his tirade of the N-word and his, in my opinion, pathetic ‘save my job’ apology he will be going back to work.
The A&E cable network has stated
"Since the premise of "Dog The Bounty Hunter" is about second chances - we have decided to give him one."
That’s a load of crap. Lest I misunderstand the program, which I admit to having never seen more than 30 seconds of, it is the reality-styled coverage of a bounty hunter capturing fugitives from the law and forcing them to face the legal system. There is no second chance but forced responsibility. A responsibility that I feel ‘Dog’ Chapman has sought to avoid. And A&E is going to reward that evasion.
When the story first broke I stated
“The mindset that allows the use of the N-word and other disparaging terms against people of color is the issue. It’s that mindset that is angering. He isn’t upset with the words he uses, he is angry if others find out he uses these words. He knows he’s wrong, and doesn’t care.
That is racist. To cowardly use terms to disparage and degrade people, but not be willing to let anyone of the race in question to hear it is racist. Add to this that in the presence of his minister of 7 years, who is Black, he would not use this term but has no problem saying other curses in front of him adds to his deception. He is more than just racist; he is the hidden racist that acts in secret, in a way similar to the KKK.”
Obviously I did not accept the apology made to gain public sympathy. I did not accept his faulty reasoning. I did not excuse his actions. I still don’t to this day.
But I also stated that he should not lose his job. My reason for this has nothing to do with Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman and everything to do with the First Amendment and the fact that it was a private conversation that was made public without his knowledge. It is those factors alone that prevent me from decrying the actions of A&E.
But that does not mean I will support his return.
I hope this program fails miserably. In fact I would suggest that if you did watch this program you discontinue to do so. A message needs to be made, and diminutive ratings would be a nice step in that direction.
I will say it again, I think Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman is a racist. He is the sort of racist of the worst type. One that would smile in the face of an African American – like his preacher of 7 years – and them stab them in the back when no one is looking (and Mexicans and women as well). He is a cowardly racist that deserves no sympathy for his actions.
Let him go back to work. He was duped into being recorded without knowledge. That is a low blow. But his own admissions on national television (speaking with Hannity of the Fox News program Hannity & Colmes) were that this word and other defamitory demeaning comments were used by his cast and co-workers regularly. Thus the failure of his program would be apt justice.
The N-word is not a common plesantry. It’s not a term that is positive for any group of people to use. It promotes the perception that far to many in America are ready to support, that African Americans are lazy, ignorant, repugnant less than human creatures. That is the impression that the N-word has meant for centuries, and it has not changed as ‘Dog’ Chapan so clearly proved.
A&E is counting on the fact that Americans, of all colors, have short memeories. ‘Dog’ Chapman is counting on the same thing. This blog, and I, do not forget easily the use of a word that is meant to equate my family, friends and myself as less than feces.
So the question is do you?
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At the time of the incident, I wrote A&E that if it put Chapman back on, I would stop watching A&E altogether. When I heard about Chapman's imminent return, last week I wrote A&E that I was no longer watching it. I said I was tired of cheap Christianity and "rehabilitation" on the matter of race.
At the time we possibly have the first African-American presidential candidate, A&E traffics in this wretched man. What is wrong with this picture?
There are lots of ignorants that are Dog crazy. I encourage everyone else to boycott A&E and let them know.
Why is the fact that Mr. Obama is only 6.25% African Negro not reported?
Because to acknowledge it is to report this devastating truth about him: Mr. Obama is not legally African-American. It is impossible for him to be, in truth, America's first African-American president.
Federal law requires that to claim a minority status, you must be at least 1/8 of the descriptor, but for the sake of this article, I've converted it to a decimal fraction for easier comprehension. You must be at least 12.5% of the racial component you claim for minority status. Mr. Obama, claiming to be African-American, is half the legal threshold.
Again, to let it sink in: Mr. Obama is not legally African-American. It is impossible for him to be, in truth, America's first African-American president.
Yet claiming to be African-American is the soul and substance of his claim to fame. It is what he has used throughout his adult life to distinguish himself from other competitors. It is the ethnic identity he proclaims, and it is the ethnic identity he craves. Without it, he is just another mixed race Caucasian Arab with an African influence playing on his skin’s pigmentation.
But no matter what he craves, no matter what he has used to propel himself through life, no matter the racist presumption of seeing his skin and without question calling him black, the hard, cold, genetically inarguable reality remains: he is not an African-American.
Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian, that from his mother. What those who want Mr. Obama to write history by becoming "America's first African-American president" ignore is that his father was ethnically Arabic, with only 1 relative ethnically African Negro - a maternal great-grandparent (Sen. Obama's great-great grandparent, thus the 6.25% ethnic contribution to the senator's ethnic composition.).
That means that Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side. He is 43.75% Arabic, and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side.
.................fwiw
http://kennethelamb.blogspot.com/2008/02/barak-obama-questions-about-ethnic.html
link for above
I have reposted the anonymous posts and made my reply at Rev. Manning - sad, vile, and trying to influence your vote - 3.28.2008.1
and if the American blcak 'community' can support that pig, Jeremiah Wright...a MAN OF GOD
who the hell cares what the Dog calls anyone
grow a pair
Well that was eloquent.
Obviously I have a pair, as I made my comments known here at the blog. And I have no problem accepting comments about my views.
Also, it’s a minor thing but it is the BLACK community, no brackets quotations or other punctuation. The Black community exists and is not in question of its reality. If you have a problem with that, it’s yours.
The post you are referring to is Rev. Manning - sad, vile, and trying to influence your vote - 3.28.2008.1
The Rev. Wright is a man of faith. There is no question on that. As was Jerry Falwell, and is Pat Robertson. There is no lack of religious figures that make comments that are objectionable in the world. From Popes to Rabbis to everyone else. That is a reality.
If you disagree with his comments, please go to the proper post and comment why. But I will say this, research the actual full comments he has made and not the 5 or 6 sermons (out of over 1000) from which 10 second polispeak soundbites were cobbled together and looped to make your opinion from.
And I have already stated why what Dog Chapman said was wrong and important to be punished. I think my posts on the matter speak for themselves and I invite you to read all my posts on the subject.
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