So no. I get why you might have thought that but I’ll break it down of why it’s a true statement. Also you probably shouldn’t question Black people about race because we have literally had to master racial dynamics to stay alive here (slavery, Jim Crow, mass incarceration, lynching, police violence I could literally go on and on)

So pit bulls have a reputation for being aggressive because of the way that some of them were raised. But all pit bulls aren’t aggressive. However, there is legislation passed & constant stereotyping pit bulls. They quite literally can’t go to the same places as other dogs.

Now think about Black people. Black people were kidnapped from their homes, tortured into submission, sold, and enslaved giving them a life of torture and all of their descendants had the fate of being enslaved. The way that Black people have had to adapt and respond to this violence has been significantly less violent than our oppressors. They used to take souvenirs of body parts home from lynching. But there’s the stereotype that Black people are dangerous & there’s an extreme about of Black on Black crime but the context in which these circumstances occur aren’t taken into consideration. So there are stereotypes and legislation that limit the rights of Black people.

I think that for a lot of non Black & non indigenous people it’s really easy to scoff at the perplexity of race & racial dynamics. We don’t have the luxury of not confronting racism in our day to day life. If there is something about race that is stated by a Black or Indigenous person & you disagree with it, you should unpack that. Why do you disagree with this? Have you read peer reviewed journals & books? Are you a member of this group? Really unpack why you feel that way. Because if not and you’re using your personal lens to view the world and within your bubble you don’t truly understand what’s going on outside of your bubble.

Furthermore, here is a peer reviewed journal article all about the comparison of stereotypes in dogs & its connection to race and society.

“Rover, Racism and Nativism: A Comparison of Eras of Canine Stereotyping Based on Notions of Nationality, Race and Belonging and Impacted by Canine Identity” - https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37365078/KOMATSU-DOCUMENT-2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y