Experts say otherwise. It is well-documented that dogs can differentiate between people based on a variety of characteristics and that they often have phobias associated with these characteristics. For example, any dog expert will tell you that a fear of men is a very common phobia among dogs. Race-based fears have…

For golf? A nice gesture...but what a waste of a gift. The only argument for it is that golfing experience has benefits in corporate America and politics, as a lot of networking and decision-making is done on the golf course. But I’d still rather see it go to something more valuable, like STEM programs. If there’s one…

“...it’s worth asking—is police reform enough? Or should policing be abolished all together?”

False. It is wrong to conclude that a dog’s behavior around certain types of people is a reflection of the owner’s feelings.

False. You don’t have to be a racist to have a “racist” dog. When dogs behave differently around certain types of people, it’s often due to a bad experience with a member of that group (e.g., abuse) or a lack of socialization with members of that group as a puppy.

False. It’s a myth that dogs are colorblind. They just don’t see the full range of colors that we do.

False. You don’t have to be racist to have a “racist” dog, just as you don’t have to hate men to have a dog that is skittish around men. It’s common for dogs to have weird fears like this, and it’s usually due to a bad experience with a member of that group (e.g., abuse) or a lack of socialization with members of that…

“There is only one thing that makes a dog ‘racist’ and that is a racist owner.”

“To sum up: your dog/child may know that you are racist (have an “unconscious bias”) even when you do not know yourself!”

You don’t have to be a racist to have a “racist” dog.

Wrong. When dogs behave differently around certain types of people, it’s often due to a bad experience with a member of that group (e.g., abuse) or a lack of socialization with members of that group as a puppy.

It’s common for dogs to have weird fears like this. For example, it’s well-documented that many dogs have a fear of men. I’ve known two people who had dogs that were uneasy around men. This also isn’t the first time I’ve heard of a dog being uneasy around people of certain races.

“Pantaleo’s murdering ass.”

No, only ex-felons deserve a second chance—especially if they’re POCs.

Everything about this makes sense:

It could be four twelve-hour days and one eight-hour day. They have all kinds of crazy schedules at plants. When I was in college, I had a summer job at a plant where some divisions worked ten-hour shifts, some office workers did a normal 9-5 work week, and some of us worked eight-hour swing shifts that didn’t follow…

Your grandfather was a Stalinist?

“you know they also coerced some witnesses to pick him”

Ok...so you’ve got distinctive facial tattoos, and you’re going to rob a bank. What do you do? Just leave them on full display so that it’ll only take the police five seconds to identify you from surveillance camera footage? Or do you cover them up with makeup, perhaps?

It’s true that Tennessee v. Garner (1985) found that an officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless “the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.” But what constitutes probable cause in this scenario?…