This tweet wouldn’t have caught our eye except it reminded us so much of a post we did back in October, when Slate chief political correspondent and CBS News analyst Jamelle Bouie noticed something inherently racist about white people with dogs — whenever Bouie was out walking his dog, he noticed that white people greeted the dog and pretended like he wasn’t even there.
As much as we’d like to pretend Bouie was just being paranoid and people just like dogs, now there’s alleged research proving that walking a dog is a tool of white supremacy.
Dogs are a tool of white supremacy and gentrification. That’s not just my opinion. There is research that shows how white newcomers dogwalking routes stake out territory. And white owners user their pets to socialize with other white owners excluding minorities. https://t.co/KoHnYAUQf6
— Matzoh O’Rourke (@TheHipsterRebbe) April 19, 2019
That’s not just his opinion … there is research. We’re going to skip some of O’Rourke’s follow-up tweets and just get straight to the research. For example, in her paper “Department of Parks and Gentrification: A Tale of Dogs and Men at the Shaw Dog Park,” anthropology graduate student Antoaneta Tileva examined “the intersection between gentrification and the control (and erasure) of public space by focusing on cultural displacement” and found that “the inexorably quick pace of erasure is not accidental but a rather planned feature of displacement and one that, regardless of its intention, precludes voices of dissent from changing its course.”
This is a research thesis talks about the story of a neighborhood public space used predominantly by immigrants was replaced with a highly-policed dog park which they felt excluded from. https://t.co/24hqoc5WIv
— Matzoh O’Rourke (@TheHipsterRebbe) April 22, 2019
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Here’s some more research into the inherent white supremacy of dog ownership:
People have been asking for the source.
Mayorga-Gallo, Sara(2018)Whose best friend? Dogs and racial boundary maintenance in a multiracial neighborhood?https://t.co/PMxZKusFrr
— Matzoh O’Rourke (@TheHipsterRebbe) April 19, 2019
I'm adding some receipts. This article Speaks about how dogs are a crucial part of a socialization process in changing neighborhoods.
Tissot, S. (2011), Of Dogs and Men: The Making of Spatial Boundaries in a Gentrifying Neighborhood. City & Community, 10: 265-284. pic.twitter.com/GaqxorM0xY
— Matzoh O’Rourke (@TheHipsterRebbe) April 22, 2019
We’re going to be busy reading those studies (that last one’s almost 20 pages), so talk amongst yourselves below:
LOLOLOLOLLL
— Lee D (@FraksMe) April 22, 2019
— Joana Brumley (@JoanaBrumley) April 21, 2019
Wow, that's not an opinion that would make people worry about your mental health in a saner world at all.
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) April 21, 2019
— ?ᴀʟ's ?ɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ (@KALSKingdom) April 21, 2019
Wait… What? This is a parody account right?
— Joshua Kimnell (@joshuakimnell) April 21, 2019
I love dogs but prefer to own cats on convenience, but cool bud. Search for a life and real purpose whenever you get a chance.
— LA Keck (@lakeckin) April 21, 2019
A survey of dogs suggests they think humans are stupid and make up problems that don’t really exist because they like to argue or feel superior to their neighbors. Dogs just want to go for walks and get a belly rub. The color of bellyrubber doesn’t matter to them either.
— Trevor Olson (@Tsveno) April 22, 2019
In case anyone was wondering, THIS right here is the exact moment where the social justice movement jumped the shark.
— lordbitememan (@lordbitememan) April 22, 2019
Wow, it must be exhausting always being a victim.
— Victoria Rojas (@ToriaRojas) April 22, 2019
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
— Grayson Young (@Grays___anatomy) April 21, 2019
— Chris (@mancorr) April 22, 2019
— Neek (@CollegiateMoron) April 21, 2019
I can’t even. What the eff am I reading ??♂️
— z – Jason Zelmer (@zelmerj) April 22, 2019
Nice reach
— halexander (@Alexander21041) April 22, 2019
This is the best laugh I have gotten all day. Thank you for being an amazing troll.
— A W (@aspenaidan) April 22, 2019
Is this a parody
— Peter Bournas (@PeterBournas) April 22, 2019
— Bran Barnett (@branbarnett) April 22, 2019
Anyone that bothers doing this research, reading this research, and believes this research is in fact a racist. Carry on.
— Slevin Kelevra (@Luckyslevin666) April 22, 2019
wow man you just solved racism !
— Trillary (@Hillbo_Baggins) April 22, 2019
This is adorably hilarious. Problems exist, but this isn't it. Victim status ?
— BingoWasHisGringo (@JackBurtonsTruc) April 21, 2019
— Seekeroftruth (@miketoddrunner) April 22, 2019
Taking a bold stance against dogs to get the attention of the future blue-checks at my local private college. Surely their wealthy parents will hire you, if you just ask. You probably don't need this extra stuff.
— Amy want green-drop drink (@Peach_bus) April 22, 2019
I don’t know man. I was walking in my community the other day, and met a black gentleman out for a walk with a beautiful puppy named Theodore. I am a brown person. If you had told this to us a few weeks back, we could have avoided this white supremacist behavior.
— Wesley Mouch – Wall enthusiast (@WesleyMouch8) April 22, 2019
I live in a predominantly black neighborhood and there have been many times where I take my dog for a walk and have had pleasant conversations with people of any color or culture.
— Ronald Cox (@_cox_ronald_) April 22, 2019
Please cite the peer-reviewed academic journal that published your account of this first-hand experience.
When there are no more takes
— Nicholas West (@acmebeans) April 22, 2019
Or we just thought he was cute? ??♂️ pic.twitter.com/raokl4QUPI
— Dad of 3 (@AmericanDadof3) April 22, 2019
Leave the dogs out of this, they just want to be loved
— Lucius Opimius (@LuciusOpimius) April 22, 2019
It's astounding how many batshit crazy accounts are people from Brooklyn. https://t.co/3nj8UHsPXW
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) April 23, 2019
Most of the New Yorkers who work in media, publishing, advertising and other “culture” industries live in Brooklyn with their green hair and non-binary toddlers. It’s a horrifying place that I avoid at all costs.
— Jack is a-Door-able ? (@DoorknobJack) April 23, 2019
I can't do this anymore. I just… can't.
— Harris Sinclair (@Pandahjs) April 22, 2019
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Slate’s chief political correspondent finds racism even when he walks his dog https://t.co/tyIcHuZJzU
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 23, 2018
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