![]() ![]() ![]() I’m talking about antiblack and anti-Asian violence, sexism, and poverty - the issues that affect me and the people I love. While there were certainly great conversations about training and treats, that didn’t mean we shared opinions on social issues. Somehow, in all of the initial excitement about a new puppy and a growing Instagram following, I failed to fully understand the audience sliding into my DMs. How I Learned That a Follow or a Like May be the Only Thing We Have In Common Suddenly, I could no longer scroll through my feed without thinking of how privileged the human beings behind the dog and cat faces I double-tapped must be if they could afford to ignore the real world issues faced by people from marginalized communities every day. I remember seeing a post from an account I liked stating that politics have no place on pet pages. The brand accounts I followed reposted mostly white faces. The successful pet influencers that I wanted to emulate were dogs in white families. For the first few weeks, the social media community I found was friendly, generous, and overwhelmingly white.
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