They are calling it "anti-racism", but they are doing it for racist reasons - some cultures do not like dogs, and the government is pandering to that minority instead of saying "we welcome everyone, it's your choice to use the park or not".

Am I becoming a boomer? This whole thing reads like a ridiculous Onion article. "Encouraging the local minority ethnic people to volunteer and promoting diversity in urban and rural green space areas" sounds like they want to put minorities to work in the fields. And what do dogs have to do with any of it?

What does a fear of dogs, and dogs "fouling" the ground have to do with racism? Because some black people don't like it, therefore it's racist? White people don't like it either. This is as stupid as yesterday when that Japanese guy wanted to sterilize women and ban them from college in order to repopulate the country! What?

Having read a couple of admittedly clickbaity articles, it does appear that the main author of the paper has form for this sort of thing. Why politicians would appoint blatantly prejudiced people to produce a report that can be so openly mocked suggests cronyism at its very worst. This isn't really about racist dogs, or minorities getting their way. It's drawing sweeping conclusions from false data and wasting public funds to do so.

"A Black African male participant was quoted in the same report saying: “Personally, I like dogs, but I keep seeing dog fouling on the floor…the owners should walk with bags and pick it up it is their responsibility.” " I'm not Black, nor African, nor male, and I agree that dog owners should pick up after their dogs. I don't see how having dog-free areas changes the responsibility of dog owners. This doesn't at all seem like an issue about racism but an issue about dog owners who don't take responsibility for their pets.

The Welsh government itself has said this is a "complete misrepresentation of the report" and that there are no plans to band dogs from the countryside. This is Daily Mail b******t.

This has already been rubbished as total fiction by the Welsh government, has been totally driven by the sensationalist right wing media, Daily Mail “again” and is joyfully believed by the racist cretins who read that cr@p

One of my dogs is straight up racist! All my dogs react when they see people other people (Our house is isolated so they are alert dogs), but once I've made it clear that there is no threat, they are ok with ANYONE. Except Belle... She does not like brown skin. She's fine with black! I can't explain it, she's a professionally trained working dog and has no reason to, as far as we can tell.

I grew up with a racist dog. We had to put him in a bedroom when certain family friends came over. Our best guess was that he was being tribal and anyone who wasn't like us, wasn't safe. It was awful! As an adult, my dog experienced many different situations and people so that's never been an issue. My parents should have tried harder with that first dog.

I often see Muslims walking in my local park. I'm well aware that dogs are haram in the Islamic faith so I make sure my dogs move away to avoid people from feeling uncomfortable. Jasper escaped my garden earlier this year. Got stuck in a neighbour's garden. I went to retrieve him but had to carry him through their house to avoid 'contamination'. As for the Welsh proposals 2 African people raised concerns. That doesn't seem to be much to hang a whole initiative on. But then again this is the Welsh government...

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US Democrats are taking notes and wondering why they haven't implemented this progressive idea.