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PROTESTS MEET FOURTH EPISODE OF MTV2’S ‘DOGS’: Cartoon portrays scantily-clad black women as canines to be ordered around.
*Watchdog groups are protesting an episode of MTV2’s new animated series “Where My Dogs At?” that featured a Snoop Dogg-like character walking two bikini-clad black women on leashes.
“Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander voices the character Snoopathon Esquire III, who emerges from his Cadillac with armpieces Parkay and Marjorie in the episode. Snoop barks to one of them, “Hand me my latte.” The woman squats on all fours and begins scratching herself like a canine, according to the New York Post. At one point in the episode, Snoop puts on a plastic glove to pick up poop made by one the ladies.
Before Sunday’s “Flavor of Love” premiere, that scene might’ve seemed a little far-fetched. But, thanks to the contestant nicknamed “Somethin,” we know it’s entirely possible that a grown woman would defecate on the floor (or on stairs). Still, the whole women-in-submission vibe of the episode has caused outrage among watchdog groups.
"This only serves to reinforce negative images of women, conveying to kids on a Saturday afternoon that all women are bitches and hos," said Paul Porter, founder of IndustryEars.com. "In my 10 years of monitoring children's programming, I've never seen anything this offensive."
R.E.A.C. Hip-Hop Coalition, a media-justice group, has labeled the episode “misogynistic” and is calling for MTV to ban it from ever airing again. The half-hour episode, titled "Woofie Loves Snoop," debuted on MTV2 last month and was available on MTV.com – until it was removed last weekend.
