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Is this racist?
I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper
sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I look closer to see if there's a tiny "with" in there. Nope, but there's a silhouette which I finally figure out (at a stop light when I can study it) is a dog barking up a tree trunk. I told my husband how scandalized I was by the poor taste of this bumper sticker. He said that he didn't take it that way and he couldn't imagine that the people who put that bumper sticker up thought that way. I said that the double entendre was the whole POINT of putting up that bumper sticker. He said I was off my rocker and way too cynical. Opinions? Am I just nuts to think anyone would be that horrid? I *do* tend to be cynical (and that's a trait my husband deplores.) I'm also putting together a study unit on the Restoration of the American South through to the Civil Rights movement, so racism is on my mind. Wendy, see red |
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Is this racist?
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I think you are seeing things that aren't there. Black and tans can refer to a couple of different things and people aren't one of them that springs to mind. Wendy Marsden wrote: I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I look closer to see if there's a tiny "with" in there. Nope, but there's a silhouette which I finally figure out (at a stop light when I can study it) is a dog barking up a tree trunk. I told my husband how scandalized I was by the poor taste of this bumper sticker. He said that he didn't take it that way and he couldn't imagine that the people who put that bumper sticker up thought that way. I said that the double entendre was the whole POINT of putting up that bumper sticker. He said I was off my rocker and way too cynical. Opinions? Am I just nuts to think anyone would be that horrid? I *do* tend to be cynical (and that's a trait my husband deplores.) I'm also putting together a study unit on the Restoration of the American South through to the Civil Rights movement, so racism is on my mind. Wendy, see red grandma Rosalie |
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Is this racist?
No. Black and Tans are coonhounds, they hunt raccoons by chasing them up
trees. Stating "I hunt Black and Tans" is like stating "I show Poodles". "Wendy Marsden" wrote in message ... I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I look closer to see if there's a tiny "with" in there. Nope, but there's a silhouette which I finally figure out (at a stop light when I can study it) is a dog barking up a tree trunk. I told my husband how scandalized I was by the poor taste of this bumper sticker. He said that he didn't take it that way and he couldn't imagine that the people who put that bumper sticker up thought that way. I said that the double entendre was the whole POINT of putting up that bumper sticker. He said I was off my rocker and way too cynical. Opinions? Am I just nuts to think anyone would be that horrid? I *do* tend to be cynical (and that's a trait my husband deplores.) I'm also putting together a study unit on the Restoration of the American South through to the Civil Rights movement, so racism is on my mind. Wendy, see red |
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Wendy Marsden wrote: I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I'd do a double-take myself, so I don't blame you at all for being sensitive about it. But, your interpretation would likely only be correct if it said "blacks" instead of "black", semantically speaking. I'm not sure what "black and tans" are, though. P. Tierney |
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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, P. Tierney wrote: Wendy Marsden wrote: I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I'd do a double-take myself, so I don't blame you at all for being sensitive about it. But, your interpretation would likely only be correct if it said "blacks" instead of "black", semantically speaking. I'm not sure what "black and tans" are, though. My dad had a black and tan. It's a coon hound That said, I'm not so sure such a bumper sticker isn't meant to have more than one meaning. |
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 03:03:19 GMT, Wendy Marsden
wrote: I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I look closer to see if there's a tiny "with" in there. Nope, but there's a silhouette which I finally figure out (at a stop light when I can study it) is a dog barking up a tree trunk. A black and tan is a dog (usualoly used for hunting, but the description of my beagle colors are black and tan( Barb |
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"sacred pnats" wrote: Opinion: you need to get out more. I'm not the OP, but I've lived a pretty broad and varied life without knowing anything about hunting dogs. And I'll continue to do so without learning anything *else* about hunting dogs, thank you. ;-) P. Tierney |
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"Barbara Bomberger" wrote A black and tan is a dog (usualoly used for hunting, but the description of my beagle colors are black and tan( Heh. In my world a "Black and tan" is either a drink (half Guinness and half ale) or a British soldier from the period of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). Jean -- "And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you." Khalil Gibran Return address is unread. Replies to firstnamelastname @eircom.net. |
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Is this racist?
Wendy Marsden wrote in
: I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I look closer to see if there's a tiny "with" in there. Nope, but there's a silhouette which I finally figure out (at a stop light when I can study it) is a dog barking up a tree trunk. well, i can see how a nonhunter or non-dogperson might read it as racist (since a lot of people don't know black & tan is a breed), but i doubt the person with the bumpersticker or the maker of the sticker meant it as racist. while it's poor grammar to leave of the 'with', it's common convention particularly on bumperstickers. it's not meant as a double entendre in this case, anyway. BTW, i've never heard a racist remark using 'tan' as a derogatory term. lee -- It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. -Leo Buscaglia, author (1924-1998) |
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 03:03:19 GMT, Wendy Marsden
wrote: I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I look closer to see if there's a tiny "with" in there. Nope, but there's a silhouette which I finally figure out (at a stop light when I can study it) is a dog barking up a tree trunk. I told my husband how scandalized I was by the poor taste of this bumper sticker. He said that he didn't take it that way and he couldn't imagine that the people who put that bumper sticker up thought that way. I said that the double entendre was the whole POINT of putting up that bumper sticker. He said I was off my rocker and way too cynical. Opinions? Am I just nuts to think anyone would be that horrid? I *do* tend to be cynical (and that's a trait my husband deplores.) I'm also putting together a study unit on the Restoration of the American South through to the Civil Rights movement, so racism is on my mind. I think it really depends on your perspective. The only "black and tans" I have ever heard of are beers. That wouldn't sound racist to me. -- Cheryl Mum to DS#1 (11 Mar 99), DS#2 (4 Oct 00) and DD (30 Jul 02) |
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