“Get in friend, we’re barking at racists.”
So says the header photo of the Twitter account Racism WatchDog, which joined the social network last November 2017 and is followed by more than 200,000 users. The account bio reads: “We trained our dog to sniff out racism and bark when he finds it. Now that’s a good boy.”
And that’s exactly what the account does—it retweets or posts screenshots of racists posts and calls them out with woofs. It recently went viral after retweeting this post by Katie Hopkins, a media personality from the UK, that compares Meghan Markle to Kate Middleton:
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/997841195165454337
Woof woof woof woof woof https://t.co/u3JDuinIPf
— Racism Watchdog (@RacismDog) May 20, 2018
It also called out a Twitter user who said Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” music video is a “race-baiting, divisive crap.”
Check out other posts below:
WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF pic.twitter.com/WRe5S9pftN
— Racism Watchdog (@RacismDog) May 22, 2018
A lot of Twitter users loved the new account, frequently tweeting out “good dog” to each new post.
https://twitter.com/kadkhurasan1/status/998759061171703810
I swear to god @RacismDog is my new favorite account
— Brian (Eras Tour Version) ✨ LA N5 + SG N5! (@brianNpikachu) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/gudvibesordie/status/998372305700114432
Even popular dog-rater account WeRateDogs couldn’t help but be proud of his fellow canine:
@RacismDog proud of you
— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) May 20, 2018
Keep up the good work, doggo!
Read more from InqPOP!:
‘BBQing while Black’: A community’s response to racism in Oakland
‘This is America’, shitposts, and why not everything is meme material
Tourists deface at least 100 bamboo trees in Kyoto’s famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
#PitbullDropOff shows people allegedly adopting then killing pit bulls for being ‘dangerous’
15 Doggo groups and accounts you should heckin follow this year of the dog