Incoming yap-session, because I feel like this blog is a lot more understanding rather than any other Alter-humanity blog.
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!!
Wikipedia - Multiracial people