Critical Race Theory – Nathan J. Winograd

Extremists are keeping dogs on chains

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 17, 2021 by Nathan J. Winograd

My article defending dogs from a cruel and racist claim made by University of California Riverside Professor Katja Guenther in her new book that treating them as family perpetuates whiteness and oppresses people of color is the second most read article in Areo Magazine so far this year with over 20,000 readers. In her book, Guenther argues that treating animals as family and showing them affection are “white” values, while treating animals “as resources, whether…

Clowns to the Left of me, Jokers to the Right

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 8, 2021May 11, 2022 by Nathan J. Winograd

Extremists on both ends of the spectrum — the NRA on the Right and, on the Left, critical race theorists — are keeping dogs on chains. “And homeless near a thousand homes I stood” — William Wordsworth SB 650, a bill to ban perpetual chaining of dogs, is pending before the Florida legislature. The bill had broad bipartisan support; at least it did until the National Rifle Association objected. In an absurd claim, a lobbyist…