February 22, 2005

Dog eating bill rankles

A Hawaiian state legislator is pushing a bill that would ban the slaughter of dogs and cats for food, drawing protests from some Asian ethnic groups who believe the measure is aimed at unfounded and racist stereotypes of their cultures. Frank Wu, dean of the WSU Law School, believes the issue of eating dog is emphasized \"to caricature and condemn particular populations,\" namely Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese and other Asians. Wu wrote about dog-eating in his book \"Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White.\"

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