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If people think that racism and “breedism” aren’t linked, they are absolutely deluding themselves! I have a Masters degree in Literature — my specialty was African-American, 20th century — and for a class project I did a presentation on the shifting image of the pitbull and its link to the Black community.

Pitbulls were popular with the African-Americans going, way, WAY back (see of course the ‘Our Gang’ films, in which Petey belongs to Farina), and back then were seen as “cute”, non-threatening family dogs…just as Black children were seen as “cute” and non-threatening comic figures. But as African-Americans grew in political and economic power, both Black children and Pit Bulls became increasingly demonized…to the point that a Black child will be arrested for a crime that a white child gets a verbal warning for, and a pit bull will get euthanized for a “crime” that a lab would get a smack on the nose for.

Well, I won’t get any further into details, because I’m spending way too much time on your site lately, but thanks again for all your hard work!

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