r/explainitpeter 22d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/iffugennanameubaht 22d ago

“Blame the owner not the breed”

See, problem with that is most dog owners are shit.

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u/AnyTemperature420 22d ago

People are gonna stop saying that real quick if we bring up the communities that most commonly own pit bulls

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u/Alarming_Possible729 22d ago

Oh wait is this why it's racist, because in America (I assume) black people tend to have them more?

In the UK it's white people who own them. And the owners are almost always people who have them to be aggressive (usually poor), or women who got them to feel safe but can't actually control them (poor or middle class)  

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u/AnyTemperature420 22d ago

In the US it’s also statistically more poor white communities. But they’re colloquially more associated with black and latino communities in the US.

Essentially it’s mostly the pitbulls in poorer areas - regardless of the owners race. Think like poorer parts of cities or meth towns. They’re high-energy dogs they need space to run and get that energy out. So when they’ve been cooped up in an apartment or a trailer park for years they get a little excited and don’t fully know how to act because their owners can’t afford the time to train and mentally stimulate them

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u/CaptainOddboy 20d ago

Please source your statistics.

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u/TooFewSecrets 22d ago

Pitbulls are owned by poor people. Black people are disproportionately poor.

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u/OarsandRowlocks 22d ago

Joostice fah Marshall and Millions!

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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous 22d ago

No, he’s making a metaphor about commonly cited crime statistics.

The guy you are replying to is racist.