African-American stereotypes

[Wilson Gray]

Thank you for the "beloved _of_," Charlie. There are not many of us left.

-Wilson

On 5/28/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: African-American stereotypes
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> A complementary folk assumption: Dogs are racist (as regards human beings). A perfectly well-mannered dog belonging to polite white folks will bark ferociously at a black person. And those pit bulls, rotweilers, and dobermen (pl.?) stereotypically beloved of young black males relish attacking innocent white people.
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> --Charlie
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> >> >Darla Wells asked:
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> >> >"I am looking for the source of the generalization about African-Americans being afraid of dogs . . . .
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