by Jon Woosley

Created on: July 23, 2009

Duane Chapman, aka Dog The Bounty Hunter may be a slime ball, but I don't think he is a racist. He is merely someone that is exposed to some of the scum of our planet. In his line of work, Dog needs to act, say and do things to make people understand he is serious you can't tell he is by his looks so he must resort to other methods (yes that is a knock on the ridiculous look he maintains, but this isn't the place for that.) Using derogatory language, whether the language is racist or not, is how he gets the attention of his subject.

I suppose to ultimately say yes Dog is a racist or no Dog is not a racist, one would need to define what qualifies as a person as a racist. If it is someone that uses derogatory racial slurs, then there is a large majority of the population that is racist, and it goes both ways. I do not believe someone is a racist because they use a racial slur, even if it is in contempt of another person. They may be mean, disrespectful, ignorant, and a whole list of other things, perhaps even a racist; but I do not believe you can call someone a racist only because they use racial slurs. Look at many popular songs or Rap songs from the 80s and 90s. There are racial slurs used with a double standard and often not in a hateful way. My definition of a racist is someone that dislikes another person, solely based on their race.

Statistically, Dog deals with more minorities, so the slurs he uses may be racial slurs; but if you looked into his personal life, I don't think you would find anything to support him being a racist (at least according to my definition above.) He is a dirty hillbilly that doesn't always make the best decisions, but he is no racist.

What's more is that you must remember that he is on a reality television show. The thing many people don't consider when they watch shows like these, is that the people on the show are at the mercy of the directors and editors. If I have enough footage of someone, for example filming someone's life for many hours every day, I could probably make them look like anything I wanted to. Ratings are down, let's stir up some controversy.' Then they take some questionable content and make a show of that. There could be footage of him visiting some friends that are a minority, eating at a cookout with the families hanging out, but instead they decide to show him chasing some smack head bail hopper on the run where Dog calls him a derogatory name, to stir up some news reports to bring in the ratings. I am not saying that is what happens, but it is something one must consider when watching reality television.

Just in reading a topic like this, you probably already have your mind made up. All I ask is for you try to take a step out and look at this from what might be a different point of view. Was he walking around saying 'I hate all minorities' or parading in a KKK robe? No! So, how can people be so quick to judge and call Dog a racist? I guess they are all perfect

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