#doglink

As a mixed-race individual, I genuinely wish for others to stop using the term 'mutt' to refer to themselves if they are mono-race.

For those who may not know, 'Mutt' may refer to a dog that is mixed-breed and/or of unknown ancestry, typically seen as inferior to 'Purebred', but it has also historically been used as a derogatory slur against mixed-race individuals by using the same exact definition as a means of dehumanizing them.

If you identify in general as a certain dog breed, you can use alternative terms such as a canine, a hound, canidae, or possibly create a personal term for yourself.

But, if you need alternatives for mixed-breed dogs, you can use terms such as combo canine, a patchwork pup, or [Breed]-Mix ( Shepherd-Mix, Husky-Mix, Etc ). Just anything but a slur that's still actively used today.

I've tried to explain this before to someone who was fully white, and they still felt entitled to using it because of their trauma — which had absolutely nothing to do with using 'Mutt' — and that if they really wanted to be racist, they would just say the n-slur...

I also want to add that mixed-race individuals are absolutely well within their rights to reclaim the slur in the end, and no one should have a say in how they reclaim it, whether they make it a part of their identity or use it in another way.

Again, sorry for the yap session, but it has increasingly become a problem within the Alter-human and System communities, and it frustrates me when no one listens and is insanely stubborn.

https://www.onelook.com/?loc=dmapirel&w=mutt%20&%20stuff https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mutt http://www.rsdb.org/slur/mutt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiracial_people https://slurs.info/slur/mutt

YES!!!! THANK YOU ANON!!!

while we were never called mutt enough for it to do any damage (to our knowledge), we have been called it before for being mixed with japanese (alongside some HORRIBLE jokes that did affect us). i don't have anything else to add, but non-mixed dogfolks, please be mindful!!!

don't worry about the yapping. this is incredibly important!!

links to the sources:

OneLook - Mutt

Wikitonary - Mutt

RSDB - Mutt

Wikipedia - Mutt

Wikipedia - Multiracial people

But here's what gives me hope:

Back then, anything out of the norm was seen as horrid, stupid and evil, but are now normalized in this life. Maybe the same will happen with alterhumans, xenogenders and such.

Remember when furries were all seen as weird? I mean sure, they still are seen that way, but it doesnt seem to be as much. They gotten normalized too basically!

Honestly I’m heavily considering being otherlink..

I was kinda against the thought before because i thought that other entities saw it lesser than any other alterhuman identity, but honestly I’ve been really anxious about whether my identity is involuntary and I’m valid or if I was just wishing to be a therian.

Honestly maybe it’s both-

A lot of people have pet my head unsolicited in random situations (often to cheer me up). It's doggy coded for me and always gives me sooo much euphoria.