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OldBlueChair
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http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/some-see-racial-overtones-norfolks-petadoption-event

Sparknotes version: Animal shelter in VA is holding a Black Friday adoption event to promote adoption of black cats and dogs, which are often times harder to find homes for. The animals are referred to as "black babies." NAACAP cries racism and some freaking how, relates it to slavery and shit. Big suprise.



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"Some see racial overtones in Norfolk's pet-adoption event

It's billed as a "Blowout adoption event for our black babies."

The Norfolk Animal Care Center, the city's animal-control facility, is offering half-off fees on black dogs and cats starting the day after Thanksgiving, dubbing the event "Black Fur-iday."

While the promotion might be for a good cause, some worry that the flier circulating about the event might be offensive because it refers to unwanted black animals as black babies. Animal groups everywhere say they find it more difficult to place black cats and dogs in homes.

"On the face of it, I do think it's insensitive to African Americans who did come to this nation as slaves and were sold," Norfolk NAACP President James Rivers said. "It does seem sort of strange they would use that as a promotion for selling animals."

"Yet I know that in many instances we do things without thinking about the broad implications," Rivers added.

But it doesn't bother Jeff Roberts, chief executive officer of the Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Some people consider their pets as children, he said.

Norfolk Animal Care Center Manager Barbara Hays said she never considered that the flier might be upsetting.

"That was never the intention," she said. "We were trying to play off the commercialism of Black Friday to try to get animals into homes for the holidays.

"Everyone knows we are all about the animals."

Since The Virginian-Pilot's inquiry earlier this week, the wording on the flier has changed to "Blowout adoption event for our black furry friends." Hays was not working Thursday and could not be reached for follow-up comment.

But Norfolk's animal care facility isn't the only group that plans to host such an event.

The Virginia Beach SPCA also is reducing adoption fees on its black animals the day after Thanksgiving, known in the retail world as Black Friday.

Its executive director, Sharon Adams, declined to comment on the Norfolk flier. However, she said adoption of black animals "is a tough topic. It tracks our own sensitivities."

Christie Chipps, executive director of the Portsmouth Humane Society, said that while the society's shelter has run specials on some hard-to-move animals, such as mature cats, "We try not to push the color issue."

Still, they all said that black dogs and cats are considered the hardest shelter animals to adopt.

The trend has not been statistically documented, but animal groups across the country say it's a universal issue. Many local shelters say they don't keep those numbers and there's no national clearinghouse to collect that information.

"I think it's because they look so similar," Norfolk's Hays said. "To humans, they almost look like one animal. People tend to go with animals that are flashier, more eye-catching."

And of course, there is also the matter of the variety of prejudices that tend to conspire against black animals.

For felines, a commonly held superstition is that black cats bring bad luck.

Canines are more complicated. Animal rescue groups call it Black Dog Syndrome.

Most black dogs are big and are mixed breeds, both considered negatives when it comes to choosing a pet, Terri Crisp, an SPCA International official, said.

"You could walk through any shelter in the U.S. and you'd count more large black dogs than anything else," she said.

In the shelter world, they're known as BBDs: big black dogs. Many are mixes that include Labrador, Doberman, Rottweiler and chow.

"People tend to want small, cute, unique dogs that are as close to purebred as they can get," Crisp said.

BBDs carry a stereotype of being more ferocious, which animal experts bark about.

"Dogs are aggressive based on their environment, on the way they're raised and treated, not because of breed," Crisp said.

At least two Web sites were created to dispel the myths that surround big black dogs and to help find them homes - http://www.startseeingblackdogs.com and http://www.blackpearldogs.com.

The Norfolk SPCA staff works hard to get potential adopters to consider personality over color and other physical traits, Roberts said.

That's sometimes difficult, he said, especially because he's had customers search for a pet to match their furniture."


[Edited on November 20, 2009 at 9:40 PM. Reason : cats]

11/20/2009 9:39:37 PM

Ronny
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So wait, you're surprised that the NAACP found some trivial shit to get all upset about?

11/20/2009 9:40:42 PM

khcadwal
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omg come on, naacp, people already think your organization is retarded. now you're just adding insult to injury.

black animals ARE less likely to be adopted. anyone that has ever investigated adopting an animal or shown interest in the humane society knows this

[Edited on November 20, 2009 at 9:41 PM. Reason : .]

11/20/2009 9:40:54 PM

OldBlueChair
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^^ nah, actually that 'big suprise' was sarcastic...

11/20/2009 9:43:06 PM

FykalJpn
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the urban league was always superior to the naacp

11/20/2009 9:44:27 PM

OopsPowSrprs
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This is just some reporter trying to stir up shit. I'm sure she probably called this idiot for reaction to the flyer and the idiot said something stupid.

11/20/2009 9:49:07 PM

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anytime people talk crap about my cat

i call them racist

cause she is black

11/20/2009 9:57:46 PM

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rawr rawr rawr... an organization is trying to encourage the adoption of animals in shelters. OMG THIS IS A TERRIBLE THING BECAUSE OF THE RACIAL OVERTONES.

holy fucking shit, why are we even talking about this?

11/20/2009 10:16:21 PM

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LOL

Wow...

K, that's right across the water from me. I am not shocked that they would attempt to play the race card as a way of promoting something here. Whoever came up with that idea is quite the ass.

11/20/2009 10:34:38 PM

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Haha ironically enough I will be getting my (black) puppy on black Friday- OMG I didnt realize I was a racist!

11/20/2009 10:35:13 PM

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"That's sometimes difficult, he said, especially because he's had customers search for a pet to match their furniture."

11/20/2009 10:41:03 PM

catzor
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Silly blacks

11/20/2009 10:43:57 PM

Fermat
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weve got a black fucking president

their bread n butter days are over

this is just part of the death throes

11/21/2009 1:10:36 AM

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this is ridiculous. I mean, it's not like people make their black cats and dogs pick cotton...

11/21/2009 1:23:39 AM

Fermat
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that sounds like the punchline to some incredibly awesome joke

[Edited on November 21, 2009 at 1:26 AM. Reason : kj]

11/21/2009 1:26:37 AM

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"So wait, you're surprised that the NAACP found some trivial shit to get all upset about?"


hahaha, thread should have ended right there.

11/21/2009 1:46:01 AM

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and yet if I tried to argue that black people should be cool with me because I adopted a black dog, I don't think it would go over that well.

11/21/2009 1:48:17 AM

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at what point did he express surprise?^^

11/21/2009 1:52:32 AM

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fuck norfolk.


horrible, awful place.

11/21/2009 2:00:33 AM

Fermat
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they got scallions.....

11/21/2009 2:06:53 AM

Optimum
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holy shit is this thread still around? quick, someone use the n-word!

11/21/2009 2:41:43 AM

KeB
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ok so they are upset that with this yet they are not upset that retailers sell shit for as cheap as possible one day a year and call it "black" friday

11/21/2009 4:17:39 AM

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BLACK ANIMALS ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN SHELTERS, AND THE LEAST LIKELY TO BE ADOPTED

11/21/2009 4:28:13 AM

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um, that's "African American" cats and dogs

11/21/2009 6:53:26 AM

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"this is ridiculous. I mean, it's not like people make their black cats and dogs pick cotton..."

11/21/2009 8:38:52 AM

WillemJoel
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I love Norfolk

and I love black animals

11/21/2009 9:36:37 AM

Biofreak70
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then you need this shirt:




show your combined support!

[Edited on November 21, 2009 at 9:41 AM. Reason : s]

11/21/2009 9:41:13 AM

elkaybie
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I'm not racist; I have a black dog staying with me right now.

11/21/2009 10:27:47 AM

CheesyLabia
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now when are they going to do something about the influx of beaner wetback BROWN animals that tuk a white animals home?

11/21/2009 10:32:03 AM

HOOPS MALONE
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why do they stil call themselves colored people if they dont want anyone else saying it?

11/21/2009 1:14:17 PM

khcadwal
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is it because no one wants black animals that people are pissed

or because they referred to them as black babies

and what the fuck. i'm doing an angel tree at school and someone asked for a black baby doll and she's probably black! but if not, i'll report back and we can notify the naacp of the 5 year old girls racism for saying "BLACK BABY"

11/21/2009 1:16:13 PM

saps852
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i dont know if its racist but the term "black babies" is kind of odd

11/21/2009 1:17:19 PM

khcadwal
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why? i call my animals babies

and one of them is black

i'm so confused

11/21/2009 1:18:02 PM

saps852
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i am most definitely not defending the naacp as i feel they have better use of their time than this

but just the term "black babies" seems odd to me, like why would you ever use that? it says they changed the flier to "black friends" which seems like a better choice of words

i dont know why, maybe im the weird one, but it just doesnt seem like the best choice of words to describe something

11/21/2009 1:20:46 PM

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an aside...the reason I always thought black animals weren't adopted as much was due to superstitions

[Edited on November 21, 2009 at 1:26 PM. Reason : t]

11/21/2009 1:22:10 PM

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i dunno i love animals and i always call them babies

^ interesting! i didn't know that! i thought it was cause they like don't stand out as much or something. but that makes sense

i dunno. i have a black cat and my life hasn't really gone downhill

11/21/2009 1:24:31 PM

elkaybie
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that's what I always heard, but like the report said--no documentation or research to support that. but it makes sense to me, so I go with it

11/21/2009 1:28:21 PM

Paul1984
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My shelter dog is black with a white tummy, does that count?

11/21/2009 2:02:54 PM

JK
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is the NAACP the PETA equivalent of black people?

11/21/2009 2:45:34 PM

Fermat
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Well its not that bad when you consider for their 100th anniversary their headline speaker was a thoroughly documented, insane and rabid antisemite

11/21/2009 3:01:54 PM

OldBlueChair
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yeah on Halloween and the day or two prior to it, alot of animal shelters won't adopt out any black cats, unless there's some major screening beforehand, because people try to use them in rituals and crazy witch shit

11/21/2009 7:54:35 PM

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1. NAACP is stupid

2. It would always make me sad when people would come into the shelter and say they specifically didn't want a black animal. I think some of the most beautiful animals in that shelter were black... Once we had a black great dane mix with ice blue eyes - prettiest dog I've ever seen there! So sad.

11/21/2009 7:59:39 PM

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i <3 my black baby
even though i see her nasty black hair everywheeeeere

11/21/2009 8:02:42 PM

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this is my dog...i love black dogs/cats

11/21/2009 8:04:09 PM

khcadwal
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i'm going to adopt a black dog i think!!!

11/21/2009 8:07:45 PM

erice85
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i love my black dog, except for his black hair all over my cream colored carpet

11/21/2009 8:08:27 PM

quagmire02
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black dogs usually come with black nails...a PITA to cut, since i can't usually see the quick

11/21/2009 8:09:05 PM

khcadwal
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i know i always felt bad when i had to trim black doggy nails cause sometimes i would clip them too short. poor babies

but i would like a black lab/mix.

11/21/2009 8:10:27 PM

OldBlueChair
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^5

so cute! love your doggie!

11/21/2009 8:13:44 PM

Samwise16
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I felt so bad the other day because I was clipping Gambit's nails and he yelped and pulled back (he's mostly black and has black nails)

Then I looked at his paw and bitch wasn't even bleeding and I didn't even hit the quick!!! Little faker

11/21/2009 8:18:20 PM

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