The Root: An Open Letter From Black America to White People’s Pets

[TheReal_ND]

Someone send this thread to the root

[Speaker to Animals]

In order of age .... Nube (Noo-bay, Spanish for cloud,) Nimbus (another cloud, ) Benny (he came that way,) Gizmo (he fits the part.)

We only had two, then we got a kitty, then the kitty needed a not-geriatric friend.

Don't judge.

Benny is a great name. One of the greatest entertainers of all time was named Benny. He was a great Englishmen, second only to Winston Churchill.

[Okeefenokee]

When I told the half-Hawaiian guy and the half-black guy I work with that my dog sleeps with me they said "you really are white"

That is a topic of conversation at my work as well. Whites do things with pets that others just don't.

Iunno. All four of my grandparents would look at you like you were nuts if you thought allowing a dog or (gasp) a cat anywhere inside the house was a good idea. In fact all of them looked at my parents that way when I was a kid now that I think about it more.

Yep. Same here. I remember once Dad let Buck inside during a storm, and made it known that it wasn't gonna be a regular thing.

[C-Mag]

In order of age .... Nube (Noo-bay, Spanish for cloud,) Nimbus (another cloud, ) Benny (he came that way,) Gizmo (he fits the part.)

We only had two, then we got a kitty, then the kitty needed a not-geriatric friend.

Don't judge.

Welcome back Kath...................... and Yes, those are very racist names

[Okeefenokee]

Buck, Tiger, Bojangles, Tweek, Abby.

Abby's clearly a white supremacist.

[clubgop]

Buck, Tiger, Bojangles, Tweek, Abby.

Abby's clearly a white supremacist.

Bojangles? Shit that really is problematic.

[Mercury]

The demographic groups that see dogs as companions are those that are farthest removed from seeing dogs as a food source or utility.

This is probably why we treat pigs like shit.