Laurence Dollimore
A HISPANIC woman’s missing dog has sparked a race row on social media.
Rebecca Macias was dubbed ‘racist’ by Twitter users after she plead for help to find her black dog, named Negro.
https://twitter.com/rebeca_macias18/status/954758720831021057
Rebecca named the dog after the colour of his fur, but most of her replies on Twitter were criticising her ‘racist’ dog name.
You definitely ain't gonna find that dog now with a name like that…..
— Luyanda Dlamini ? (@Luyanda_D__) January 20, 2018
“You definitely ain’t gonna find that dog now with a name like that,” One user wrote.
You're touched that I'm stating the obvious??? It is what it is and I said what I said…. It's racist :)
— Luyanda Dlamini ? (@Luyanda_D__) January 20, 2018
As the debate picked up traction, users began blasting the Spanish language and saying the word for ‘black’ – negro – should be changed.
https://twitter.com/BeautiFul_JaA/status/955353097676537856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unilad.co.uk%2Fanimals%2Fmillennials-want-spain-to-change-their-word-for-black-because-its-racist%2F
https://twitter.com/PABLObunny/status/955263461260275712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unilad.co.uk%2Fanimals%2Fmillennials-want-spain-to-change-their-word-for-black-because-its-racist%2F
Many others argued that the word is not a slur in this context because it is literally the word for black.
Lol first of all educate yourself before you look stupid on social media. “Negro” is Spanish for the color black in English. This has NOTHING to do with black people ?? she’s simply naming her dog a color not a racial slur. Smh so quick to bring the race card ??????
— Vannia ?? (@XoxoVannia) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/judithlaleyenda/status/955296845168816128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unilad.co.uk%2Fanimals%2Fmillennials-want-spain-to-change-their-word-for-black-because-its-racist%2F
UPDATE: The dog has been found…
https://twitter.com/rebeca_macias18/status/955883877121363968
