On Tuesday, December 20, staff and students at Willard Intermediate South school were injured when two dogs identified as a pit bull mix breed made their way into the playground.
That's not a fucking pitbull then IS IT?!
The dogs were euthanized in order to be tested for rabies. The tests will be completed today, and we expect to have results within the next couple of days. During the investigation, it was determined that one of the dogs was not vaccinated and no proof could be provided that the other was up to date on its vaccinations.
So it could've been rabies but you go straight to the bullshit bioessentialism and insinuation that genetics can predispose one to violence.
Obligatory link to my effort post on this phenomenon (reddit link because the OG here is in archive limbo)
The term is less about being "racist" towards the dog and more about the breed being a conduit for human racism. If there wasn't a stereotype of pitbulls being a breed owned primarily by poor people of color, then the wouldn't be as much of a problem.
However, the pitbull is basically the only breed that's called out by name in rental applications. Owning one opens you to more harassment by people on the street, police, and landlords. And all of this just so happens to reenforce existing human racial dynamics.
Is there? I have never personally noticed this stereotype in my country. If this is a thing, then I'm shocked I haven't heard about it until now in the violent-dog-breeds debate.
It's an American thing for sure. Pitbulls are considered the black man's dog here and the parallels in reporting on black men and pitbulls are almost uncanny.
That's insanely untrue where I live, in new England. I see tons of white people with pitbulls
In the south it's a lot more prevalent, also California.
I can assure you that my hatred of dogs that are capable of killing people in public spaces is pure.
That's interesting, thanks for sharing.
Just look at this article, they chose an image of a seemingly violent pitbull with no context. Same as now anytime a black person is in any way involved in any sort of story they use mugshots or pictures of them from Facebook where they look violent.
Any sort of husky is generally included now along with mastiffs. Not sure on the mastiff side, but the explanation for huskies is that they are more destructive when left alone
Getting better I guess, but Pitbulls are still called out specifically in a lot of places here.
Oh yeah for sure, the last application I saw was like 10 bullet points of breeds and most were some form of pit and then •Husky •Mastiff