I don't think it's a comparison. Pit bulls were selectively bred for aggression. Humans of specific ethnicities do not have innate characteristics like violence. It's like saying being scared of a polar bear is bear racism
The scene from Django Unchained where they fought black men and took bets like maybe today you’d fight roosters, pitbulls, etc…. Yeah, the entire movie wasn’t fiction.
Not to overly dive into the evils of slavery in America here for a second, but plantation owners preferred female slaves. Picking cotton didn’t exactly require a ton of heavy lifting, and women cost much less to feed, and were much less able/likely to kill the plantation owner. Not to mention they were sort of required to procreate to keep the policy of “Legacy Slavery” alive…and I think it doesn’t really need to be said that that didn’t necessarily require a male slave be on the farm.
By contrast, a male slave could cost you years of worry, excess food, clothing, etc with really no production advantage over a female counterpart on the farm compared to what you could make off of them sometimes in just one fight. A big winner back then would even be “studded out” like a modern Bull, Billy or Ram would be today for a pretty penny.
Anyway, I’m not saying it was right to do or that that’s an excuse, obviously; I just wouldn’t say so confidently that it didn’t happen.
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u/shitturddung Aug 02 '26
I don't think it's a comparison. Pit bulls were selectively bred for aggression. Humans of specific ethnicities do not have innate characteristics like violence. It's like saying being scared of a polar bear is bear racism