To be fair Black and Latino communities are where overt display of machismo and toxic masculinity might manifest in ownership of a pit bull. Furthermore in poorer neighborhoods with higher crime pit bulls sometimes get used in lieu of guns to threaten and rob people. If you read DMX's memoir he talked about how he would go around with his large muscular pit bull and take things from people, then use the dog to intimidate them into walking away.
To be fair Black and Latino communities are where overt display of machismo and toxic masculinity might manifest in ownership of a pit bull. Furthermore in poorer neighborhoods with higher crime pit bulls sometimes get used in lieu of guns to threaten and rob people. If you read DMX's memoir he talked about how he would go around with his large muscular pit bull and take things from people, then use the dog to intimidate them into walking away.