[Mike20404]

A racist slur? In what capacity? White people have never been called, referred to or equated to any type of animal or non-human species in a consistent and dehumanizing manner. ‘Wet dogs’ is not a widely recognized insult of white people and does not have the stick or impact of words like ‘spic,’ ‘wetback,’ ‘wop,’ ‘kike,’ ‘kraut’ or the most infamous term, ‘nigger.’ At most, the title of this book is an insensitive jab to white people used to arouse attention and stimulate discussion. Poor choice of words, but stopping at the cover would do any white person a disservice. Any white person who is seriously offended by this title probably has a distorted or disproportionate view of racism that would allow them to equate wet dogs with the n-word. And unlike white people, black people have been slurred with references to being sub-human with terms such as monkey, black buck, porch monkey and other derisive terms too many times to mention. So walk in my shoes for a little while and then tell me if you feel the same way.

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Name : Mike20404, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 24, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : Law student/ed. administrator, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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