Question about racism?

Question

Dog the Bounty Hunter was recently caught saying racist remarks and personally I don't like his remarks but to be honest I really don't care , the mans a racist - who isn't this week ? Anyway I have never watched his show and have no interest in watching his show but lets be honest - this racist stuff gets out of hand and people eat it up . Personally I feel racism will never end in America or around the world and this partly contributes to why . People should just drop the issue of race and move on . Just my own opinion .

Does anyone agree ? Why or why not

Answer 1

I agree that much too much is being spent going round and round about racism. The reason it gains so much attention is that it stirs up some very deep feelings and many people are looking for a reason to get upset. So they will glom onto these controversial issues in an effort to vent their own feelings of frustration. And if they can choose a side that seems to have a lot of support behind it, they feel vindicated or validated in some way.

Personally, I think that what Dog said was wrong in several ways. First, he was wrong for putting his show ahead of his own son's freedom to date and to love whomever he chose, regardless of race, color or creed. Dog showed that his own success in his heart came before his own son's happiness, and that wasn't right. Shame on Dog for being self-centered and vainglorious.

To the extent that Dog prays publicly on camera in a display of what a great reformed convict he supposedly is, I am reminded of a well-known quote from the Bible:

"For the First Shall be made Last...and the Last Shall be made First"...

So in essence what happened to Dog may have been God's own way of humbling him through the catastrophe that Dog feared the most -- PUBLIC EXPOSURE for the racist epithets he and his clan refused to abandon, even though they knew they were public figures now and should have known better. Dog clung to his bad habits rather than embrace change and lift his own character to the level that his media exposure took him to.

I do not condone the son secretly recording that conversation or turning his father over to the likes of The National Enquirer and probably ruining the best career his family had going for it...But in my heart of hearts I sense that Dog had allowed his own values to become corrupted by success such that he put success before his own family and before true love which is color blind and what the Bible is really about. It is unconditional.

I liked Dog...I really did. And I thought it quite encouraging when I saw him hold hands with his posse of bounty hunters before they deployed into a dangerous situation, and he prayed for protection, almost like a Christian soldier going into battle.

But after I heard how he used the "F word" and the "N word" with absolute abandon, I said to myself, "This man is a hypocrit and a phoney if he wants the world to believe him so righteous and totally on the correct side now." And it saddened me because it spelled more doubt and criticism of Christians who use the airwaves to paint themselves righteous when in truth, it's all about the image and the money. Dog did a bad deed for all Christians by pretending in public to be something he definately was not in private.

And yes, words count. You cannot say out of one side of your mouth, "I use this word, but I don't mean it"...and then out of the other side say, "I'm not going to lose everything because of some F' ing N i _ _ _ _!" I can abuse you all day long and immediately say, "Oh I didn't really mean it" and hope you will believe me...and then do it all over again. That's someone who is not just trying to fool you, but they are fooling themselves and I think Dog was living in a fantasy world believing he could talk that way in private but carry on this honest, upstanding Christian image in front of the camera. In my mind, he falls into the category of the Jim Bakers and Jimmy Swaggarts of the world, preying on people's belief they are so pure when in truth, they are just after the ratings and the money.

I'm curious to see what any black bail bond jumper will say to Dog now if Dog catches them and tries to give them all his preaching about needing to get right, needing to quit the drugs and needing to live a clean and honest life. Matthew 7, versus 1 through 5 talks about people like this who offer to remove the speck from their brother's eye when there is a log in their own. Remove your own log first...THEN tell your brother how to remove the speck in his eye.

And I think Dog needs to do some serious house cleaning in his own heart before he attempts to gain my admiration again. It won't be done overnight. He should just stick to rounding people up and make that the story versus trying to sugar coat his own image as a really reformed and righteous dude.

Answer 2

No I don't agree, and this is why not

If the river is rising and threatening to flood your town, do you fix the banks or just move to another town, or do yu call for help?

If racists continually get away with feeding hatred and nobody stands up to it, it's going to get worse not better. We can't all go "back where we came from" , we're stuck with each other and color or religious belief has nothing to do with a person's potential value as a human being,and the contributions they can make to society at large and to their communities.

just move on? how can we until we admit we still have a problem with idiots who think it's ok to say any darned thing they want on TV and influence the opinions of people who are paying good money to watch garbage come out of someone's mouth.

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times in the last year I've been the person who turned on the TV in my house, so I don't even know who the person is you're referring too, but when idiots like that get on the box, somebody who's offended by it should contact the producers of the show, the networks and the local station and say that you will not any longer be purchasing any of the products sold by the sponsors of that program.

They need only a few letters like that to bring about some scripting changes.

Answer 3

Some of these responses are ridiculous. As an American, I am beginning to realize how racist Britain actually is. Embrace diversity instead of thinking "Oh no!! they are taking over". I literary have friends from almost every culture imaginable, and it has in fact made me a better person. Even the deep south of the US, which has a bad reputation for racism, is not near as bad as what I see on some of these message boards. I grew up in a neighborhood where I was the only white kid, and I was at times discriminated against, but I don't make generalizations of all minorities because of it.

Answer 4

Consider the source. I mean when someone sites a UFO it's never a normal business suited blue collared person, it's some trailer trash freak that goes on like a lunatic. Racism is slowly dying off, yet, there will always be those who grasp it to themselves with white knuckles (not that I mean white people)! Look how long it took the world to lose the idea of the world being flat! We are all a bunch of traditionalists. We cling to the past. Distrust the future. I am happy that those who say racist things look like this "bounty hunter" dude. It's when they look like politicians that I start to worry!

Answer 5

Well, we have come a long way in racism. We will come farther too. However, it takes a lot of time. Our environment influences us and unfortunately, some people make racist remarks, not because they believe that way, but because it is funny to some people. So then the next person does and so on and so on. I think eventually, just like slavery, it will come around.

Answer 6

I think you make a good point. I wonder if the more actively society supresses it the more those that think that way lock into their beliefs? I really dont care that much since I am a complete mix of all sorts of things so I could get offended at Indian remarks, black remarks, irish remarks.......
You get the picture I am sure.

Answer 7

I agree and what really upsets me is people playing the race card, like they are with the illegal immigration issues. Many people refuse to see that it is a Illegal Vs legal issue and accuse people like myself of being a racist. It doesn't matter that my best friend is Mexican or that other friends of mine are Hispanic or that my sister in law is Filipino they still want to call us racists. I for one am sick of it.

Answer 8

Agree!

My hope is like the freakin' United Nations...many different ethnicities in my family.
People are still very ignorant to the harm they cause with their closed minds. Yes, words are just words and they do cause harm when they are used to attack another.
Yes, there is freedom of speech but the freedom should come with a consequence when it comes to attacking another human being.
It is a shame when I have to have conversations with my children that some people are going to treat you different because of your skin color...example... you may be followed around a store because people may think you are a thief. Some dad's may not allow you to date their daughters because you are not all white. It is hard to have this conversation with my oldest son, it's hard for him to understand because he is an awesome kid.

So yes I agree with you...the world has a long way to go.

Answer 9

Racism is a world wide problem!! It is not only in America! It is just that in the USA everyone is so sensitive and PC..People should just drop the issue of race and go on! It also is a sign of weakness to be worried about racial issues all the time..

Answer 10

I somewhat agree, ...
It seems to me, no matter what i read, ...or hear, or see...SOMEONE somewhere always brings race into it...its pathetic.
I am not a racist by any means....(my fiance is black, i am white)......but its the media that usually blows all out of proportion...so i dont know.
The Dog guy is an idiot too.....
and again, .....I think anyone who is ...racist, is ignorant....and if someone does something....not just "says" something but actually does some crude act of racism in any form, yeah, they should be punished, fined, taught a lesson, whatever....

Answer 11

If I was a network executive I would fire Dog or cancel his show, or whatever I needed to do to get him off my network.
Perhaps the reason that racism wont end is because we accept people who are racist becoming role models for our children.

There are many reasons to like or hate someone, but the most illogical reason is the color of thier skin.