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Is this pet name racist?
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There's a girl in my building whose dog is named Obama. She's a big fan, but apparently not too bright to not see the issue with naming your dog after him.
It's not racist unless they intended it to be. lol.
My grandfather calls his black dog blackie because the dog is black.
My grandfather calls his black dog blackie because the dog is black.
This being in the USA and in the south i can't really make a correct judgement.
As far as i know a lot of people call their pet or animal by the colour of their fur (sometimes in their own language or sometimes in a language they think sounds good). And then make it sound more cute by putting -ie at the end. It's not very original but lots of brown dogs are called brownie, many white cats are called blanca, many black horses are called blackie.
But again, reading that the word is considered offensive in the USA it could be wise to consider another name.....
As far as i know a lot of people call their pet or animal by the colour of their fur (sometimes in their own language or sometimes in a language they think sounds good). And then make it sound more cute by putting -ie at the end. It's not very original but lots of brown dogs are called brownie, many white cats are called blanca, many black horses are called blackie.
But again, reading that the word is considered offensive in the USA it could be wise to consider another name.....
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Most countries don't have that aversion to using certain words out loud regardless of the context as if they were Voldemort's name, and I think this depends entirely on location. In my country it wouldn't be an issue, but we also don't say stuff like "he called him the N word", we just say the word because we're clearly not using it to attack a person in that context. Is it being used against a person? Well that's fucked up. Is it used to describe a dog? Well that's harmless. Otherwise at this pace you guys will need to replace the word black for a new one for all things that are just made of that color.
Just my two cents.
Just my two cents.
My family used to own a dog we called Blackie, but with hindsight of the name and context, the dog would be named differently today. Also received two cats (brothers) we called Orange cat and Black cat because we couldn't settle on a name. Different today with my current dog and cat, Finnegan and Pippin respectively.
That was my dogs name as a kid but I'm not American so it's probably different.
Okay this changes everything
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I can totally get naming a pet after someone you admire, but yeah, as a white guy I definitely wouldn't want to go around with someone sharing their name with a black person on a leash.
It's the color of the animal with a Y on the end. I don't think you can consider the owner's intentions when determining if that name is inherently racist. A lot of posters are bringing up situations where such a name could be perceived as racist, but I do not think that was OP's question of whether the name is racist as opposed to if the owners were racist in naming their dog that.
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Yes, it's pretty racist. We don't believe good discussion will come out of this, so we're locking this. We will also be reviewing posts made in this thread.
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