It seems that animal shelters find black cats and dogs difficult to be adopted. In a play on words, the Norfolk Animal Care Center is holding a “sale” on the animals, to coincide with Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. The “sale” provides for adoption fees of black cats and dogs at half of the normal charge for the weekend after Thanksgiving.
The original flier promoting the event (courtesy of PilotOnline) shows the words “blowout adoption event for our black babies,” wording which has drawn the ire of some.
“On the face of it, I do think it’s insensitive to African Americans who did come to this nation as slaves and were sold,” Norfolk NAACP President James Rivers said. “It does seem sort of strange they would use that as a promotion for selling animals.”
“Yet I know that in many instances we do things without thinking about the broad implications,” Rivers added.
The language on the flier has, according to the article, been changed to “blowout adoption event for our black furry friends.”
So, dear readers, what do you think? Was the reference to “our black babies” insensitive? Or was it political correctness gone too far? Or something else?
Inquiring minds want to know 😉
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
Why is this even an issue ? In my opinion in todays climate there is alot more talk about racism than actual racism. We now have a president that is black and white so i think racism is very over played in the USA. Sure there are some racist people of ALL races and backgrounds but it is alot more people that are said to be racist who are not. In my everyday travels i DO NOT see much racism of any kind.