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Supercharts
8th March 2003, 11:00 AM
http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=431

Do I look like a racist?
Scorpy
8th March 2003, 12:43 PM
Originally posted by Supercharts
http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=431

Do I look like a racist?


Since the dog was a stray, how does anyone know that he wasn't trained by his previous owner to react that way to blacks/hispanics?
Badger
8th March 2003, 12:56 PM
Or teased/abused by people of similar appearance?
BillyTK
8th March 2003, 01:28 PM
Originally posted by Badger
Or teased/abused by people of similar appearance?

Dogs don't discriminate on grounds of race; if it was abused by a hispanic man it'd be more likely to general its fear to all men.

On the other hand, what with those burning crosses in its eyes, the dog is clearly Zoltan, Hound of Dracula!
corplinx
8th March 2003, 02:15 PM
I had a long haired old german rottweiller whose black owner had frequently beat him. Instead of acting like a whipped dog however, he instead seemed to just not like black people. This sometimes made basketball games in my backyard interesting. He wouldn't mess with anyone while they were playing ball. But if one of my black friends went for a stray ball he might give them a "love nip".
Badger
8th March 2003, 02:23 PM
Originally posted by BillyTK


Dogs don't discriminate on grounds of race; if it was abused by a hispanic man it'd be more likely to general its fear to all men.

On the other hand, what with those burning crosses in its eyes, the dog is clearly Zoltan, Hound of Dracula!

I didn't say race. I said appearance. It would be interesting to note how this dog reacts to beige people in baggy clothes, in general (tanned white guys, middle eastern guys, east indian guys, etc.)
BillyTK
10th March 2003, 05:45 AM
Originally posted by Badger


I didn't say race. I said appearance. It would be interesting to note how this dog reacts to beige people in baggy clothes, in general (tanned white guys, middle eastern guys, east indian guys, etc.)

Sorry, my bad. Or even appearance. Dogs can be taught to be selective about certain types of people, but otherwise wouldn't discriminate (by which I mean, in behaviourist terms, the basis for which a certain stimulus will elicit a behaviour over other stimuli) on that basis; for a start, their eyesight is not that good!