Job Seeker Rejected Due To "Racist Dog"

2007-06-12 20:01:13

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blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|7091

BRUSSELS - A Belgian businessman rejected a Nigerian job applicant because the businessman said his own dog was racist and would bite non-whites, Belgian media reported Saturday. The 53-year-old man Nigerian told De Standaard newspaper he arrived at the Belgian's wrought-iron business and was immediately confronted by the barking dog.
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The Belgian turned the man away before he could even enter, and wrote on his labor office letter that he could not hire the man because of his color, adding there was a risk the dog would bite him.

The local labor office has concluded that the Belgian was racist and has removed him from its list of potential employers.

"My dog is racist. Not me," the Belgian told De Standaard.

The Nigerian, who has lived in Belgium for 32 years, said it was not the first time he had been rejected for a job because of his color, although other employers had been more subtle.

He told the newspaper that he did not wish to lodge a formal complaint because he did not wish his family in Nigeria to hear about the case.

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2007-06-12 20:04:35

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tthf: Member 5307; +210|7203|06-01

pathetic to the point its almost funny..

2007-06-12 20:49:26

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superfly_cox: soup fly mod; +717|7227

well truth be told, my dog is also racist. he's a 145 pound sheep dog and he can't stand either people or dogs of darker color.

behold the racist dog:

https://img214.imageshack.us/img214/108/dsc04643sb0.jpg

2007-06-13 03:59:28

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Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7212|UK

A dog will only attack people of a certain look if they have been trained to. The dog may have had a previous owner that trained it to attack people of different colours.

2007-06-13 04:20:34

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Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7120|Canberra, AUS

Dogs are not sentinent in the same way we are. They cannot understand WHY something is happening or why they need to do something - they just do it. So blaming the dog for this kind of thing is foolish in the extreme.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2007-06-13 04:54:46

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superfly_cox: soup fly mod; +717|7227

Vilham wrote:
A dog will only attack people of a certain look if they have been trained to. The dog may have had a previous owner that trained it to attack people of different colours.

sometimes but now always. as you'll see from my above post, my dog has always had a sore spot for dark colored people and dogs. he was never trained to be that way. who knows why dogs react to certain things...

2007-06-13 06:39:31

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Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7067|London, England

Stupid dog. They're only as good as there owners, if that guy is happy with a dog that hates black people then fuck him. It's his loss, his company will get the bad publicity.

"My dog is racist, not me"

"I'm perfectly fine with that though, i don't want any nig-" *cuts conversation*

2007-06-13 06:44:55

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Bubbalo: The Lizzard; +541|7007

Vilham wrote:
A dog will only attack people of a certain look if they have been trained to. The dog may have had a previous owner that trained it to attack people of different colours.

Not true. If it has experiences of people a certain colour mistreating it, it'll dislike them. My old dog didn't like people in suits because my father was often the one telling at him.

2007-06-13 06:50:06

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Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6643|Winland

My dog once got mistreated by boys (About 12 year olds) with blond hair. She can't stand to see any amall blond people, she'll start barking and groaming as soon as she sees a blond person

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2007-06-13 06:50:59

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Zodiaccup: Member; +42|6992

Bubbalo wrote:
Vilham wrote:
A dog will only attack people of a certain look if they have been trained to. The dog may have had a previous owner that trained it to attack people of different colours.
Not true. If it has experiences of people a certain colour mistreating it, it'll dislike them. My old dog didn't like people in suits because my father was often the one telling at him.

That's also some kind of training. Even if it's not with intention by the owner, a stimulus leads to a reaction.

2007-06-13 07:04:23

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Bubbalo: The Lizzard; +541|7007

Zodiaccup wrote:
Bubbalo wrote:
Vilham wrote:
A dog will only attack people of a certain look if they have been trained to. The dog may have had a previous owner that trained it to attack people of different colours.
Not true. If it has experiences of people a certain colour mistreating it, it'll dislike them. My old dog didn't like people in suits because my father was often the one telling at him.
That's also some kind of training. Even if it's not with intention by the owner, a stimulus leads to a reaction.

No, training is a form of teaching. That was basic association (suit=bad) by the dog, which is what trainers use to achieve the desired effect.

2007-06-13 07:10:32

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Zodiaccup: Member; +42|6992

Bubbalo wrote:
Zodiaccup wrote:
Bubbalo wrote:

Not true. If it has experiences of people a certain colour mistreating it, it'll dislike them. My old dog didn't like people in suits because my father was often the one telling at him.
That's also some kind of training. Even if it's not with intention by the owner, a stimulus leads to a reaction.
No, training is a form of teaching. That was basic association (suit=bad) by the dog, which is what trainers use to achieve the desired effect.

Call it basic association, selftraining, or autodidactic behaviour. In the end it's the same for me.

2007-06-13 09:01:21

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topal63: . . .; +533|7164

I have a racist parrot. I am not a racist in any way shape or form, so he did not learn it from me. I got him when he was 3 months old, so I've raised him, he did not learn this from anyone; or anyone else. I have a couple friends that are black (I hate the PC term African-American), and my brother in-law is black - and whenever they come over the bird goes into a frenzy. He gets aggressive and will bite - and never stops squawking loudly until they finally leave or I take him and shut him off in another room upstairs. When some furniture was delivered, not long ago, he was fine, as long as the movers moving the furniture was white or hispanic, but when two black guys walked in with a new couch he went ballistic - like he usually does.

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2007-06-13 09:58:49

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MrE`158: Member; +103|7069

I've heard of this kind of thing with animals, and it's almost always a result of a prior incident. It's not training, as the term training indicates an intent to get the animal to react that way, and this kind of thing is usually an unintentional result.

A friend of mine has a cat he got from a shelter. The cat had been rescued from an abusive owner, who would turn a hose on it while washing the car, which he did shirtless. Normally the cat is fine, and likes my friend a lot, but if for some reason he meets the cat with his shirt off, the poor creature runs and hides, shaking in terror for hours.

One black guy kicking that Belgian dudes dog while it was a puppy or something like that could easily result in its behaviour, it's unfortunate but it can happen.

2007-06-13 10:02:13

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Hurricane: Banned; +1,153|7076|Washington, DC

My dog was a dirty little racist. She'd bark at black UPS/FedEx/pizza drivers, but not at whites, hispanics, or asians.

edit: I'm almost sure that if it the dog was racist against whites, we'd never hear about this. Enough of the fucking double standard - if minorities want equal treatment then they need to stop acting like everything is fucking racist.

Last edited by Hurricane (2007-06-13 10:05:53)

2007-06-13 11:40:48

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UGADawgs: Member; +13|6767|South Carolina, US

Life imitates art:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ki … 2002-2003, episode #146

2007-06-13 12:03:05

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Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7212|UK

Bubbalo wrote:
Vilham wrote:
A dog will only attack people of a certain look if they have been trained to. The dog may have had a previous owner that trained it to attack people of different colours.
Not true. If it has experiences of people a certain colour mistreating it, it'll dislike them. My old dog didn't like people in suits because my father was often the one telling at him.

Thats how you train them....

want a dog to hate black people? Make a black man repeatedly hit it.

Last edited by Vilham (2007-06-13 12:03:23)

2007-06-13 14:32:51

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XanKrieger: iLurk; +60|7104|South West England

So in theory, you could make a racist turtle? It would try to nibble anyone it didnt like on sight

2007-06-13 20:55:58

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Bubbalo: The Lizzard; +541|7007

Zodiaccup wrote:
Bubbalo wrote:
Zodiaccup wrote:

That's also some kind of training. Even if it's not with intention by the owner, a stimulus leads to a reaction.
No, training is a form of teaching. That was basic association (suit=bad) by the dog, which is what trainers use to achieve the desired effect.
Call it basic association, selftraining, or autodidactic behaviour. In the end it's the same for me.

No, because training is targetted behavourial moulding. In the case of my dog (and possibly this one) it was just that it had regular interactions with a person it didn't like, and so it picked up on the one distinguishing feature.

2007-06-13 20:56:59

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Bubbalo: The Lizzard; +541|7007

Vilham wrote:
Bubbalo wrote:
Vilham wrote:
A dog will only attack people of a certain look if they have been trained to. The dog may have had a previous owner that trained it to attack people of different colours.
Not true. If it has experiences of people a certain colour mistreating it, it'll dislike them. My old dog didn't like people in suits because my father was often the one telling at him.
Thats how you train them....

want a dog to hate black people? Make a black man repeatedly hit it.

Which is exactly what I said in the post below. But it doesn't change the fact that the same effect can be reached even if it isn't desired.

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