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Offline franksolich

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primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« on: June 13, 2008, 06:37:27 PM »
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Oh my.

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China_cat  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-10-08 02:35 PM
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A great idea.
   
Our local shelter, now in a new facility, is having a 'black dog' week. They've found (as have other shelters) that black and mostly black dogs are the absolute last to be adopted. So they're having a week where they're giving a $25 discount to anyone adopting a black or mostly black dog or puppy.

Adoption fees at out shelter include spaying/neutering (including pediatric), all shots, heartworm testing and preventative, worming and microchipping. Plus a coupon for your first vet visit free.

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blondie58  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-12-08 08:17 AM
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1. yeah, that is a good idea
   
I didn't realize that there was such a bias. Black dogs need love, too!

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livetohike  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-12-08 09:36 AM
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2. It is a great idea
   
We've always had black dogs until Cindy and Murphy whom we've had for five years. I never really thought about it before and I'm surprised to hear this.

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Maureen1322  Donating Member  (108 posts) Thu Jun-12-08 05:20 PM
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3. We had a black lab for 16 yrs and now we have a black lab/rottweiler. We never thought twice about them being black.

Uh-oh.

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Longhorn  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-12-08 07:06 PM
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4. A shelter in Williamson County north of Austin has cancelled its black dog week due to complaints. It was scheduled for the week of Juneteenth and they were using the slogan, "Black is beautiful!"

http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/lo...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

A promotion by the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter to boost the adoption of black-coated dogs and cats that coincided with the week of Juneteenth has drawn criticism for being racially insensitive.

The shelter has halted its "Black is Beautiful" Week planned for Saturday through June 20 after the president of the Austin chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People raised concerns in the media.

"We apologize if our promotion to reduce fees on black dogs and cats offended anyone," shelter Director Cheryl Schneider said in a statement.

The shelter, which is in Georgetown, had planned to reduce adoption fees for black-coated animals to $25 during the week. The normal fee for adoption is $85, county spokeswoman Connie Watson said.

Nelson Linder, president of the Austin NAACP, said it was a "violation" to use "Black is Beautiful" as a promotion for an animal shelter and that the shelter was right to halt the promotion. The phrase became popular during the 1960s civil rights movement as a way to promote equality and African American self-esteem.

"I don't think it was intentional, just not very well planned out or considered," Linder said.

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China_cat  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-12-08 11:55 PM
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5. Our shelter isn't using that phrase but I don't think anyone will be offended by the promotion since it is the brain-child of an African American board member.

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REACTIVATED IN CT  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-13-08 05:35 PM
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6. Geez, does the NAACP have a copyright on that phrase ?
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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2008, 07:02:39 PM »
WTF? I wouldn't give a damn if Bailey and Bella were black, white, yellow, brown, or blue. Does it ****ing matter?  :whatever:
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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2008, 08:11:45 PM »
My 13 year old black poodle is turning gray.  I suppose it is too late to change his name to Amos.

What kind of idiot does it take to give a flip about a dog's color?  Black IS beautiful.
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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2008, 09:41:59 AM »
OK,,,, clarify something for me....are these people (any of them) thinking black dogs aren't being adoprted becasue they are BLACK...like black people...and people just don't want them?????   Who the hell equates the coat of an animal with a person????
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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2008, 10:52:20 AM »
I have red dogs.  I must be a communist.
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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 11:23:25 AM »
Quote from: jukin on June 14, 2008, 10:52:20 AM
I have red dogs.  I must be a communist.

No, they are Reagan K-9s.  Red was the unofficial color of the Reagan administration.  It was the President's way of backhanding the communists.  The official Reagan White House china was red china.


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Don't you feel better about your dogs now?
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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 12:07:41 PM »
Oh FFS! It's Austin so I'm not surprised. God had a sense of humor when he put the San Fransisco of the West smack dab in the middle of the Lone Star State.

Black dogs are thought to appear more menacing and it is true that they are not adopted out easily and they are often the ones that end up in shelters.

And a neighboring county in MD is doing the Black is Beautiful campaign. Suck it NAACP.
http://www.blackpearldogs.com/
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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 12:58:47 PM »
Quote from: jukin on June 14, 2008, 10:52:20 AM
I have red dogs.  I must be a communist.

Me too! I have a red merle Australian Shepherd, a red tricolor, and an Australian Cattle Dog who's mother was a blue and the father was a red...she's black and red. Maybe I should let her apply for a membership to the NAACP and the Che Fan Club.

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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2008, 02:10:38 PM »
Quote from: delilahmused on June 14, 2008, 12:58:47 PM
Quote from: jukin on June 14, 2008, 10:52:20 AM
I have red dogs.  I must be a communist.

Me too! I have a red merle Australian Shepherd, a red tricolor, and an Australian Cattle Dog who's mother was a blue and the father was a red...she's black and red. Maybe I should let her apply for a membership to the NAACP and the Che Fan Club.

Cindie

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Re: primitives accuse NAACP of being racist
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2008, 02:48:26 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on June 14, 2008, 12:07:41 PM
Black dogs are thought to appear more menacing and it is true that they are not adopted out easily and they are often the ones that end up in shelters.



but they only appear more menacing because ignorant rednceck fundies thin black people are all out to kill them!!!!!!   /du mode


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