Also, it’s been off-putting to see a group of Caucasian activists investing this much energy on dogs in a majority African-American city with 40% of its children living in poverty.
Right. Because if you are white, and you object to pets being abused and killed in your community, you obviously are dancing a jig over the news that there are black children living in poverty. Everybody knows you can only care about one thing at a time and once you’ve made your choice, it means you deem all the other concerns of the world unworthy. Also, you have to choose the one thing based upon skin color – because that’s the most important factor. [Damn – I hate white people!]
While we appreciate concern about a caring environment for dogs at the Animal Shelter[…]
No ya don’t.
[…]we wish that there was as much interest, emotion, and media attention about an environment that gives every child in Memphis an equal start in their lives and equal opportunities for success.
See here now they’ve pointed it out twice so it must be true. Pet advocates just do not care about children living in poverty. Don’t try to deny it – You. Do. Not. Care!
This is another tired argument that’s been circling the drain for years. How can you worry about pets in shelters when…
- There are people starving in Africa?
- There are wars in the Middle East?
- There is some form of daily injustice happening in your own backyard?
- gah!
Is this what humanity has been reduced to in the eyes of some? A hollow shell with a thimbleful of compassion upon which a claim must be staked for fear it will dribble on to a cause less worthy than our own? I don’t think I want to live in that world.
In reality, people are individuals, not cookie cutter activists, and capable of caring about more than one issue. Skin color has nothing to do with it. You work toward bettering the world in the ways you feel most passionate about and I’ll do the same. Our paths will likely cross at some point because we probably care about some of the same issues. I hope we can shake hands and be friends.
But the controversies at the Animal Shelter also shined a light on one of today’s most tiresome national pastimes, developing a firm opinion about somebody or a situation with only partial information.
Physician, heal thyself.