Black Dogs and Their Syndrome

To be a black dog is to have two strikes against you at birth. They are maligned culturally and end up paying with their lives. There is even a name for their fate "Black Dog Syndrome". On the Radio Hour, shelter managers speak of how hard it is to get these dogs adopted and intellectuals talk about our built in bias towards the color black. Hear an informative discussion that goes beyond dogs, questioning this deep and unfounded human bias.