Of course, now that Chapman is frantically trying to beg Al Sharpton for forgiveness (how Al Freaking Sharpton became America's standard-bearer for race relations is a subject that deserves its own book), a pall has been cast over You Can Run But You Can't Hide. A&E has suspended production of Dog's series -- too bad, because the current unpleasantness would make great television -- and the publisher, Hyperion, finds itself with a public-relations disaster on its hands.
Ironically, Dog -- who is partially of Apache descent, and claims to be a descendant of Cochise -- uses his memoir to describe the prejudice he experienced as a "half-breed," and disavows racism. Chapman's book, like every autobiography ever written, only tells the story Chapman wants us to know, but you already suspected as much.
If Dog's career survives the current unpleasantness, at least he'll have no shortage of material for the paperback edition.
Article comments
1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net , which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States, and to Boston.com. Nice work!
2 - faithinfamilies
get over it
3 - Jennifer
It is SOOO STUPID that his show was canceled just because blacks think they have specail rights
4 - Philip Elliott
terrible review
only focused on the bad things