What's Racist Today?

[Clone]

https://news.sky.com/story/call-for-dog-free-areas-in-wales-to-tackle-racism-13253986

[bookbinder]

I must be having a bad day, but I don't see the connection between dogs and racism. Explanation required, please.

[naomi24]

I read that but I still don't know how dog-free areas tackle racism.  Maybe I missed something.

[Barmaid]

I was not sure about this either.  However, I did recall a conversation I had with a taxi driver who I think was muslim and he said that his family would not have dogs in the house as it was unhygienic and against the teachings of Islam.  I seem to think that he said that dogs were OK if they had a purpose (ie herding animals or guarding) but not as pets in the house.  I may however, have got this wrong.

[mushroom25]

whilst dogs are not specifically Haram, the prophet (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) did say   "Whoever keeps a (pet) dog which is neither a watch dog nor a hunting dog, will get a daily deduction of two Qirat from his good deeds."

[wolf63]

I am baffled too.🤔🤔🤔

 

[naomi24]

It's true that dogs are not generally favoured by Muslims - but how dog-free areas will tackle racism is still a mystery.

[Atheist]

They must have a documented policy which somehow explains what they regard racism to be, and where dogs' presence or absence and all the other stuff comes from. I'd love to read it.

The Sky report is rather lacking in detail. One thing they report is that the people who submitted the report to the Welsh govt (a Climate Action group!?) included "encouraging a greater number of minority ethnic people to volunteer in the environmental sector." Are they proposing re-introducing slavery?

 

[Old_Geezer]

Everything is racist these days.

Perhaps people who eat dogs get offended when they have to share space with them ?

[barry1010]

What a load of tosh. 

[mushroom25]

here's the report.

https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/pdf-versions/2024/11/3/1730892867/anti-racist-wales-evidence-report-climate-cymru-bame.pdf

it's a bit impenetrable. the word "dog" appears only once, in a bullet pointed "recommendations" sentence. there's no context, and nothing in the report appears to back that recommendation.

[naomi24]

I guess they mean that creating dog-free zones will encourage those who don't like dogs to use those spaces.  I can't see how 'racism' is responsible for their current reluctance though.  They're the people who have the problem.  They don't like dogs.

[ToraToraTora]

Of course it's more pandering to TR0P.

[New Judge]

I'm also baffled by the seemingly lack of connection.

I know the Muslims have an aversion to dogs. I'm no particularly fond of them myself. But that's just tough (on both Muslims and me).

I think dog owners will consider that a daily deduction of two Qirat from their good deeds is a small price to pay to enable them to continue to take Rover for a walk in the park.

[naomi24]

It's dogism I tell ya!  They're all doggists!

[Old_Geezer]

I thought all Islamist owned dogs were watch dogs.

I swear I can hear them ticking. 

[ynnafymmi]

"quirat"?Is that a reference to the 72 virgins Muslims get when they go to Heaven?

[barry1010]

Thanks for posting the report mushroom.

The single reference to dogs is: dog-free areas in local green spaces

Every park in my area has a dog free area where the children's swings etc are.  It is fenced off. Nothing to do with race, it is to protect children not just from dogs but from dog mess.

Muslims nor any other ethnic/religious/cultural group of people have asked Wales to give them dog free zones.  

[Old_Geezer]

Area = zone, doesn't it .

[Clone]

//Majority of the participants belonged to Black African (96%), and Caribbean or Mixed Ethnic groups (4%)//

 

[naomi24]

What's this about tacking racism then, Barry?   How does that work?