Chandler published his autobiography, "Heroes, Plain Folks, and Skunks", in 1989. In an interview with "The Kentucky Kernel", the University of Kentucky's student newspaper, Chandler was asked about his controversial comments the previous year, which were addressed in the book. Chandler reportedly told the paper, "I said most of the Zimbabweans were niggers and they are niggers." The comment sparked fresh protests and calls for Chandler's resignation. In response to the controversy, Chandler's personal assistant said, "He used the word again in explaining that it was not intended by him to be a racial slur" and called the "Kernel's" story "a complete and total distortion."