Scared of MY dog?? No way! (Racial question)

• badrap Posted : 3/28/2007 12:37:52 PM **waving my white flag** LOL your flag is bigger!!! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 3/28/2007 12:53:02 PM Lol...well that reminds me of a song!   But...anyhow...back on topic folks (including me!)...isaythankya! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Ashley Posted : 3/28/2007 5:19:57 PM I think most immigrants live in the same neighborhoods live together because the housing they can afford is in the same place. Living in Georgia, I've had people be afraid of my tiny puppy, even though she doesn't bark and is always wagging her tail. I'm not sure that there can be one sweeping generalization applied to all of these encounters. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rolenta Posted : 3/28/2007 6:42:00 PM This is interesting because in my apartment building, there's a family of east indians and the kids literally scream and run from my 20-pound dog. He's never so much as sniffed at them, so I don't know where it comes from. Honestly, though, it seems really fake, because sometimes they scream and sometimes they don't. I don't really know why they do it. It might not have anything to do with the fact that they're east indian, but their parents act wary of Tojo, too, so I think they taught their kids to act that way. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• calliecritturs Posted : 3/30/2007 10:55:45 PM Paulaedwina, I'm not being ratty by saying that.  Being married to a non-American has honestly opened my eyes to so many things.  The UK is not without it's predjudices, however their basic public behavior tends to dictate a more polite behavior anyway.  Not because it's a race issue, just that it's a "polite" issue.   My point is we tend to overlook/allow behavior here that would be considered rude beyond belief elsewhere.  We would ultimately defend someone's "right" to have a dog inside their fenced yard if they wanted to and then we'd wangle legally how many minutes of solid barking constitutes "a noise violation" -- where people in Europe or the UK wouldn't even consider attracting attention in such a brash way.  It just wouldn't be the 'done thing'.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Freereign82 Posted : 3/31/2007 1:32:59 AM ORIGINAL: Sketchy If you're traumatically bitten/lunged at/snarled at/tackled by a black dog, there's a good chance you're going to be uncomfortable around all black dogs for a while.   Exactly! I was attacked my a Doberman when I was in kindergarden and while I know now that most Dobe's aren't that bad I am still cautious around them. I don't want to be but it's like this ingrained fear comes out when I see one...I can't help it. And I have a co-worker who is deathly afraid of chihuahuas because one attacked her years ago while she was pregnant..she almost lost her baby because of the stress.  And then there's the dogs that you are always told are vicious...Rotties, Pitties, etc... even though most of them aren't mean that's what people are told so they believe it. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• paulaedwina Posted : 3/31/2007 7:43:19 AM I don't think things are that straight forward at all. We all have our issues. There are rude Europeans and rude Americans, there are considerate Europeans and considerate Americans. We have racism, they have racism, we have tacky trailer trash, they have tacky trailer trash.  No culture has the corner on polite behavior.  IMO it is an over simplification to say that this group of people is one way and that entire group of people is another. JMO Paula 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login