Hot take: White people like dogs so much because they miss owning slaves

This makes what we believe is the third post we’ve done on dogs and racism. Slate chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie noticed that when he walked his dog, he’d pass white people who’d greet his dog and not speak to him. Further, a research paper written by a graduate student confirmed that “dogs are a tool of white supremacy and gentrification” and “white owners user their pets to socialize with other white owners while excluding minorities.”

Originally we were going to let this next hot take lie because it sounded a lot like an attempt at trolling and it was just a Twitter rando. However, the tweet’s been getting ratio’d all week, and the original poster has chosen to leave it up and interact with her critics. Hottest take of the week?

Unpopular opinion: white people love dogs so much because deep down they miss owning slaves. They love the owner and master dynamic, desperate for something to control.

— Danielle ⛈ (@ladypalerider) July 16, 2019

These must be some really, really old white people missing their slaves.

Too bad you didn’t get the woke support on this attention grab before the dragging began

— Adam Trahan (@AdamTrahan) July 16, 2019

I don't need "woke" or "support" and you can only get dragged if you can get offended. I said what I said

— Danielle ⛈ (@ladypalerider) July 16, 2019

Like we said, at first it seemed like a masterful bit of trolling, but she’s serious, and she’s standing by her take.

This week's nomination for "All-Time Ratio" goes to… https://t.co/QVU3yWnLE4

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) July 17, 2019

I will treasure this tweet forever. https://t.co/9nfT5BbIvz

— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) July 17, 2019

I allowed her to make me angrier than it should. But here is my “slave” telling me to get off my ass and hand him a bone. Seriously too many euthanized animals in this country to shame anyone for dog ownership. She needs to stick to weed and get off Twitter. pic.twitter.com/9dUTAziCIm

— Susan Duncan (@figuregirl101) July 18, 2019

Especially those that adopt them from the pound, like I did. I couldn't stand that pup being well taken care of in a cage 100% of the time, given crap food, and seemed traumatized. I just had to exert my control to allow her to roam my yard, while spending hundreds on her.

— Joel (@Joel44537047) July 16, 2019

Also, ensuring she is thoroughly under my thumb by putting steroid cream on get belly when she had an allergic reaction, and sitting there for hours to make her feel better. Dang my owner instincts.

— Joel (@Joel44537047) July 16, 2019

You monster

— Chris (@mancorr) July 16, 2019

I am so terrible in my dog slavery that I buy fresh food and make my own dog food so he doesnt have to eat the cheap bagged crap, also freshly made treats and good bones from local farmers who raise their cattle free range. I am ashamed ?

— Laeinea (@Laeinea1) July 16, 2019

This is Jeff. Jeff is my bestfriend. I give him treats, bellyrubs, lots of love and way too much on my bed. I've never saw Jeff as something I control, I forget he's even a dog sometimes. I look at him just like any other member of the family, because that's what he is. pic.twitter.com/OivTb48XDN

— Liberty Bird ?? (@LibertyBirdUS) July 20, 2019

Check out my dog pic.twitter.com/k5id6lA5va

— Dennis "Grand Comics" Jelen ✝???? (@GrandComicsGC) July 16, 2019

Ahh damn! I'm white now because I LOVE my dog too.

— Cowboys Outlaw (@rodgregg66) July 16, 2019

was the woke part of this supposed to be equating african americans to dogs or ignoring that humans have domesticated dogs for 14,000 years

— Goth Ms. Frizzle (@spookperson) July 16, 2019

You do realise we domesticated dogs a few thousand years prior to slavery, right?

— WG Saraband ??????????️‍? (@wgsaraband) July 16, 2019

would you characterize cat owners as "preferring their slaves to be uppity"

— guy honks my acne (@sheckyyoungman) July 16, 2019

I would characterize cat owners as preferring to be slaves

— GafasGroucho (@GafasGroucho) July 16, 2019

damn

— guy honks my acne (@sheckyyoungman) July 16, 2019

?? pic.twitter.com/EbrHViS6SG

— Erika with a K (@egoltz) July 16, 2019

you understand that domesticated dogs probably pre-date slavery by about 10,000 years, right?

— Kamala Harris is a Cop (@BethLynch2020) July 16, 2019

Where do you stand on people who have cats?

— Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) July 16, 2019

Don't think we should have cats either. No reason to own any animal. If you have a service animal that's great but otherwise why do you need an animal?

— Danielle ⛈ (@ladypalerider) July 16, 2019

Yet, you’re an equestrian…. pic.twitter.com/9pvNWnKc6x

— Shev ?☘️ (@SheverYoTimbers) July 16, 2019

She literally does have equestrian listed in her Twitter bio.

Damn, between dogs, cats, and horses… only one of these animals has to have its spirit broken, lives in a separate structure, and almost always performs some type of labor…

— MR. ROBLOX (@GameSetCrash) July 16, 2019

I don't believe in horse ownership either. Or tack

— Danielle ⛈ (@ladypalerider) July 16, 2019

So she steals horses? We don’t get it.

This is true, I got my dog almost immediately after the government stopped letting me own slaves.

— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) July 16, 2019

I thought everyone liked dogs… pic.twitter.com/7KAy9kQaFF

— Eric Thorvaldsson (@SkolSithLord) July 16, 2019

cant like Dogs anymore Eric

— Sarcastic Viking (@Sarcastaments) July 16, 2019

Oh well I guess… pic.twitter.com/rxO6WjCxxW

— Eric Thorvaldsson (@SkolSithLord) July 16, 2019

Not a white person alive in this country who has any memory of slave ownership. So, how and why exactly, would they "miss" it?

— Lisa B. (@politeracy) July 16, 2019

Anyone who has owned a dog knows that it's the dog that runs the house; the "hooman" is there to cater to his needs.

— John Tandlich: I Drink Bourbon and I Know Things (@johntandlich) July 16, 2019

This can’t be real I refuse to believe it

— francesca (@frvnki) July 20, 2019

So to follow your premise, currently-alive “white people” miss something they have never known on an individual level (owning slaves), meaning it is an inherent trait that “white people” have a need to own slaves. Ergo, “white people” are evil due to their genes.
Define racism.

— Jeffrey Yaun (@Exarch42) July 20, 2019

"Owner and master dynamic"
So as a black man does me having white friends mean I'm a sub?

— ProTayToe? (@ProTayToeGamer) July 16, 2019

There's a reason why this opinion is unpopular. You should have considered that reason to prevent you from having tweeted this.

— iResist the darkness (@ThomboyD) July 16, 2019

Is that why so many black Americans love owning pit bulls too?

— ⭐??? MAGA Mira ???⭐ (@MiraKiefer4) July 20, 2019

What about Latina pet owners what’s your take on that

— Peachy ? (@pixipeachy) July 20, 2019

She made a mistake with this tweet and just wanted to target a specific kind of race.

— Alice Hime ? ? TwitchCon (@alicehimee_) July 20, 2019

Well this is the dumbesting take on anything that I've seen in a long time. We might have to invent new category of takes.

— JS Adido (@WryteWynd) July 20, 2019

Not even going to bother with you…….✋

— Mistee Shelton (@MisteeShelton) July 20, 2019

Yeah keep it unpopular.

— Obidiah Pal (@TheNetorareFan) July 20, 2019

Listen, I just wanted to thank you for driving more people towards the right. Trump wouldn’t be president without people like you.

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 17, 2019

And yet … there’s been a minor ongoing “controversy” on social media about President Trump not owning a dog:

You know why ANY of the Democrats would be a better President than Trump: because they all own dogs. https://t.co/k6uBuL5a19

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) May 4, 2019

OK, now we see the slavery connection.

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