Dogs

So I could only make it to the presentation for a little bit, but I heard an interesting speech on dogs. I missed the introduction, but from what I understand he was speaking dogs and how they have been changed and affected by humans. Interestingly, he opens with an anecdote about Kujo. His major point was on how Jamaicans and the British were warring with each other. He then explains how they trained bloodhounds from birth to actively seek black people. The process began when they were born, they were kept in a kennel for most of their life. They were then fed small amounts of blood and meat from various animals. The owners then built a black man out of wicker, and filled the inside with meat and blood. They then brought it slowly closer to the kennel were the starving dogs could only stare at it. Finally they were let loose. Once this happened, they just swarmed the wicker figure and tore it to pieces to get to the meat. This whole process was designed to make the dogs want to eat and kill the black people living on this island. It has been said that this was the key to winning the war. It was hard to understand what the speaker was saying, he was rambling a lot. But I think his point was on how people can alter nature for its benefit. I was more curious with if by training these animals to want to eat black people, are there any long lasting effects. There’s a stereotypical joke, that dogs hate black people and other dark people. Perhaps there’s a hint a truth to these jokes.