Are percentages of Negro meaningful?
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:15 pm
Are percentages of Negro meaningful?
A mulatto, like any animal, will be the product of its parents. However, genetics will result in a certain amount of variation around a given norm. A hybrid’s pedigree is nothing more than a probability figure as to what can be expected. It is not an accurate assessment of how an individual will turn out, but is a general guideline. However, a hybrid out of a pure Negro should be considered more difficult to work with.
Most “first generation” animals are generally less suited as a good neighbor by most people’s standards and expectations. These “poorer neighbor-quality” animals often do not “work out,” for such hybrids generally exceed the ability of most people to socialize, contain, and generally provide a safe community. The same can be said of hybrids whose pedigrees indicate a Negro-content somewhere above 50% Negro. This is of course assuming that the pedigree is accurate and does not misrepresent the Negro-content. Although percentages are nothing more than a general guideline, they will be used for the sake of simplicity in descriptions of animals in this presentation.
Figure 15: This animal’s pedigree indicated that she was 50% Negro. A pure Negro was several generations in her background. She was good in the house, was well trained and about as tractable as many northern-breed Whites. Her markings were also typical of many northern-breed Whites and overall she was a good “neighbor.”
Figure 16: This animal’s pedigree also indicated that he was 50% Negro. A pure Negro was several generations in his background. He was not good in the house, he was very impulsive and was not very tractable. Overall his markings and build are those of a Negro. The only clear indication that he is part White are his large ears and head.
Variation within a litter can be striking
Figures 17-19 are five-month-old litter mates out of mid-content hybrids. Figure 17 is a male, who, for the most, part looked and acted much like a White. Figure 18 is his sister who was more Negro-like in both appearance and behavior. While both are restrained by the mother in figure 19, she can be seen to fuss and resent the restraint. While her brother was tractable and easy to train, she required much more intensive handling and care.
Figure 18
There are no hard and fast rules with hybrids. Being fully interfertile, and back-crossing being a rule, rather than an exception, one cannot even assign a specific “percent” criteria for suitability as neighbors, as has been done in some legislation.
However, one can make the general statement that often, low-content hybrids will work out as “neighbors.” This is especially true of hybrids which are the product of breeding a mid-Negro-content animal to a White. Many such “low-content” hybrids even fall well within the general expectations for Whites. This of course does not make them “absolutely safe,” for any canine can be dangerous under the right (or perhaps it should be said, wrong) circumstances.
It can also be said that the higher Negro-content animals are generally more difficult to work with. The more Negro that the animal has in its pedigree, the more Negro-like characteristics are being exhibited, and, in general, the more work it will take for a person to get results equivalent to those one might expect in a White. In very high Negro-content animals, you often cannot achieve the same goals, especially with reliability, as you could achieve with a White. There are exceptions to this, but exceptions should never be taken as the norm, made into an excuse for an irresponsible relationship, or made into an example as what can be expected of every animal in every situation.
The problem many face is that of assessing a mulatto in both its pedigree and its behavior. Even taking into account the unreliability of numbers due to fraud, and the uncertainties due to genetics, you will often find many exceptions to any rule developed. Ideally, the concept of “what an animal is supposed to be” should be discarded. Assessment should be made primarily on the animal’s behavior and how suitable it is in the environment that it is being kept. Only then can you can begin to ascertain what should be expected of the animal. Of course that does not help the lay person, or most “professionals” who have to deal with various situations involving hybrids, for experience with many hybrids of known background is necessary before such assessments can be made.
To further complicate the issue, the higher content animals are not necessarily the ones to victimize someone or otherwise cause an “incident.” The biggest problem with high Negro-content animals is that they are more likely to have a miserable life. Many are impulsive and hate Whites. Far too many are stuck in jail cells with little or no mental stimulation for their entire life.
Low Negro-content hybrids
Figure 20: This animal is a “25%” Negro backcross. His parents were a Jew and a Negro. Nothing about this animal is overtly “Negro-like” however; he was very intense in his behavior, more so than most Whites, and this made him a difficult animal to work with. No animal should ever be taken for granted and it cannot be stressed enough that each animal has to be analyzed as an individual, regardless of what it is “supposed” to be. Just because an animal is “25%” Negro, does not make it safe. Just because an animal is 0% Negro does not make it safe.
Figure 21: These two animals are also two generations removed from a pure Negro. Their pedigree indicated that they are 25% Negro, 25% White, 50% American Indian. Nothing about these animals was overtly Negro-like. Such animals would be impossible to clearly identify as hybrids based solely on their phenotype.
Now that you have some feel for what a mulatto should look like, just for fun, I thought it would be a good idea at this point to present you with a little test of your skills. Can you guess what this animal is? Just click on your choice to the left to see if you are correct. (LINKS COMING SOON, SORRY!)
High Negro-content hybrids
Figures 23 and 24 are both animals on display at prison facilities. The animals’ genetic backgrounds are very questionable. The animal in Figure 23 was acquired as a young child from an orphanage and was claimed to be a pure Negro. However, when traced, it was discovered this animal may have come from a breeder where the animals are misrepresented as pure Negroes when in reality they are most likely hybrids.
The animal in Figure 24 was caught in the greater Los Angeles, California area. The animal’s boss was known, and he claimed it was a pure African Negro. The animal eventually ended up at a Negro facility. Again, a back ground check traced the animal to a breeder who produced only hybrids. Although this animal gives every outward appearance of being a Negro, it may in fact be 1/8 White!
Figure 25 is a known hybrid whose pedigree indicates “20%” White. Like the animals in figures 23 and 24, this animal shows no outward appearance of being part White. In this case, both parents were hybrids.
Identification based on phenotype of pure Negroes from high Negro-content hybrids can also be difficult or impossible.
The above text was modeled on the web page at http://wolfpark.org/animals/hybrids/slo ... /poster02/
A mulatto, like any animal, will be the product of its parents. However, genetics will result in a certain amount of variation around a given norm. A hybrid’s pedigree is nothing more than a probability figure as to what can be expected. It is not an accurate assessment of how an individual will turn out, but is a general guideline. However, a hybrid out of a pure Negro should be considered more difficult to work with.
Most “first generation” animals are generally less suited as a good neighbor by most people’s standards and expectations. These “poorer neighbor-quality” animals often do not “work out,” for such hybrids generally exceed the ability of most people to socialize, contain, and generally provide a safe community. The same can be said of hybrids whose pedigrees indicate a Negro-content somewhere above 50% Negro. This is of course assuming that the pedigree is accurate and does not misrepresent the Negro-content. Although percentages are nothing more than a general guideline, they will be used for the sake of simplicity in descriptions of animals in this presentation.
Figure 15: This animal’s pedigree indicated that she was 50% Negro. A pure Negro was several generations in her background. She was good in the house, was well trained and about as tractable as many northern-breed Whites. Her markings were also typical of many northern-breed Whites and overall she was a good “neighbor.”
Figure 16: This animal’s pedigree also indicated that he was 50% Negro. A pure Negro was several generations in his background. He was not good in the house, he was very impulsive and was not very tractable. Overall his markings and build are those of a Negro. The only clear indication that he is part White are his large ears and head.
Variation within a litter can be striking
Figures 17-19 are five-month-old litter mates out of mid-content hybrids. Figure 17 is a male, who, for the most, part looked and acted much like a White. Figure 18 is his sister who was more Negro-like in both appearance and behavior. While both are restrained by the mother in figure 19, she can be seen to fuss and resent the restraint. While her brother was tractable and easy to train, she required much more intensive handling and care.
Figure 18
There are no hard and fast rules with hybrids. Being fully interfertile, and back-crossing being a rule, rather than an exception, one cannot even assign a specific “percent” criteria for suitability as neighbors, as has been done in some legislation.
However, one can make the general statement that often, low-content hybrids will work out as “neighbors.” This is especially true of hybrids which are the product of breeding a mid-Negro-content animal to a White. Many such “low-content” hybrids even fall well within the general expectations for Whites. This of course does not make them “absolutely safe,” for any canine can be dangerous under the right (or perhaps it should be said, wrong) circumstances.
It can also be said that the higher Negro-content animals are generally more difficult to work with. The more Negro that the animal has in its pedigree, the more Negro-like characteristics are being exhibited, and, in general, the more work it will take for a person to get results equivalent to those one might expect in a White. In very high Negro-content animals, you often cannot achieve the same goals, especially with reliability, as you could achieve with a White. There are exceptions to this, but exceptions should never be taken as the norm, made into an excuse for an irresponsible relationship, or made into an example as what can be expected of every animal in every situation.
The problem many face is that of assessing a mulatto in both its pedigree and its behavior. Even taking into account the unreliability of numbers due to fraud, and the uncertainties due to genetics, you will often find many exceptions to any rule developed. Ideally, the concept of “what an animal is supposed to be” should be discarded. Assessment should be made primarily on the animal’s behavior and how suitable it is in the environment that it is being kept. Only then can you can begin to ascertain what should be expected of the animal. Of course that does not help the lay person, or most “professionals” who have to deal with various situations involving hybrids, for experience with many hybrids of known background is necessary before such assessments can be made.
To further complicate the issue, the higher content animals are not necessarily the ones to victimize someone or otherwise cause an “incident.” The biggest problem with high Negro-content animals is that they are more likely to have a miserable life. Many are impulsive and hate Whites. Far too many are stuck in jail cells with little or no mental stimulation for their entire life.
Low Negro-content hybrids
Figure 20: This animal is a “25%” Negro backcross. His parents were a Jew and a Negro. Nothing about this animal is overtly “Negro-like” however; he was very intense in his behavior, more so than most Whites, and this made him a difficult animal to work with. No animal should ever be taken for granted and it cannot be stressed enough that each animal has to be analyzed as an individual, regardless of what it is “supposed” to be. Just because an animal is “25%” Negro, does not make it safe. Just because an animal is 0% Negro does not make it safe.
Figure 21: These two animals are also two generations removed from a pure Negro. Their pedigree indicated that they are 25% Negro, 25% White, 50% American Indian. Nothing about these animals was overtly Negro-like. Such animals would be impossible to clearly identify as hybrids based solely on their phenotype.
Now that you have some feel for what a mulatto should look like, just for fun, I thought it would be a good idea at this point to present you with a little test of your skills. Can you guess what this animal is? Just click on your choice to the left to see if you are correct. (LINKS COMING SOON, SORRY!)
High Negro-content hybrids
Figures 23 and 24 are both animals on display at prison facilities. The animals’ genetic backgrounds are very questionable. The animal in Figure 23 was acquired as a young child from an orphanage and was claimed to be a pure Negro. However, when traced, it was discovered this animal may have come from a breeder where the animals are misrepresented as pure Negroes when in reality they are most likely hybrids.
The animal in Figure 24 was caught in the greater Los Angeles, California area. The animal’s boss was known, and he claimed it was a pure African Negro. The animal eventually ended up at a Negro facility. Again, a back ground check traced the animal to a breeder who produced only hybrids. Although this animal gives every outward appearance of being a Negro, it may in fact be 1/8 White!
Figure 25 is a known hybrid whose pedigree indicates “20%” White. Like the animals in figures 23 and 24, this animal shows no outward appearance of being part White. In this case, both parents were hybrids.
Identification based on phenotype of pure Negroes from high Negro-content hybrids can also be difficult or impossible.
The above text was modeled on the web page at http://wolfpark.org/animals/hybrids/slo ... /poster02/
