‘It’s Just Dog Racism’

“The myth of the pit bull is a lot of bullshit. Pit bulls don’t attack. It’s just racism. It’s just dog racism.”

So said the actor Jon Bernthal recently on The Howard Stern Show, setting off a fresh round of the cursed conversation cycle known as “pit bull discourse.” A bit silly? Sure, but if you’ve been around for previous iterations of this cycle, you’ll know that this is a nice change of pace from the usual reason pit bulls end up in the news, which is that one of them has mauled someone to death.

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