Racially motivated dog food — a history lesson

A black firefighter in L.A. won a $2.7 million lawsuit against the city because his co-workers fed him spaghetti with dog food on it, then laughed about it.

His claim, per his lawyer: ‘the association of a black man and dog food “resonates with the deep historical roots of slavery and the corresponding dehumanization”.’

Interesting, seeing that dog food didn’t exist until the 1940s. Dog biscuits have been around since the 1860s, but the firefighter, Tennie Pierce, wasn’t complaining about a cookie, but of canned food. That’s pretty new, so any “historical roots” can’t be terribly deep.