I am going on record as saying:1)I am a fan of Dog the Bounty Hunter. I admire his giving people a second chance and even in his schlocky way, attempting to get them to see the light as he runs them in.
2)I am extremely disappointed in his choice to use the N-word in a conversation with his son regarding his son's girlfriend.
That being said, if the N-word is so damaging, why do we continue to let Snoop Dog, Kanye West, and Ludicris and others continue to be on TV when that is the only word they use to describe their "brothers and sisters?" It is a gross double standard, and the price for the Dog is only beginning:
HONOLULU - Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's son taped a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for "a lot of money," Chapman's lawyer said Thursday.
"I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner," attorney Brook Hart told The Associated Press.
Tucker Chapman could not be reached for comment; no one answered the telephone at a Honolulu number listed under his name.
The National Enquirer on Wednesday posted on its Web site a clip of a conversation in which Duane Chapman, star of the hit A&E series "Dog the Bounty Hunter," repeatedly used the N-word in reference to Tucker's girlfriend.
Chapman later apologized to his son and the woman, then learned about how the tape got into the tabloid's hands, Hart said.
A&E has suspended production of the series, saying the network takes the matter seriously.
"When the inquiry is concluded, we will take appropriate action," A&E spokesman Michael Feeney said in a statement Thursday.
The show, in its fifth season and one of A&E's top-rated programs, has not been canceled.
An after-hours telephone message for David Perel, the Enquirer's editor in chief, was not immediately returned. But earlier in the day, Perel declined to say how the tape was obtained, saying what mattered was what's on the tape.
In the conversation, Chapman urges Tucker to break up with his girlfriend. He also expresses concern about the girlfriend trying to tape and go public about the TV star's use of the N-word.
Chapman has said he was "disappointed in his choice of a friend, not due to her race, but her character. However, I should have never used that term." He also said he was ashamed of himself and pledged to make amends.
Already Al Sharpton has urged Chapman to "march with" him, which means pay him hush money along with Jesse Jackson.
This is a man who takes criminals of all stripes off the street and gives them second chances. But, I guess that goes down the toilet because of what should have been a PRIVATE conversation with his son. His son is a scumbag and he should be seen as the villain of this whole thing.
However, I say again, why the double standard? Why can Kanye say it and Dog Chapman can't? If it is so hateful a word, why can Snoop say it and be cheered but Dog Chapman will spend the rest of his life and lose revenue because of one slip vs. intentional and repeated use by the likes of Kanye and Co.?
