I know several well to do people that own them, and they have legit businesses, and one of the families is black.

dig, you forgot the [/sarcasm] tags. gator can only think on a literal level.

yep sometimes I forget to dumb it down for the rabble.

around here that is exactly the case, no generalizations, i can just ask them in the jail if they have one and its a yes, i volunteer there :)

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That is the biggest problem facing pitbulls at the moment.. Stupid people that just "assume" and we know where that word gets ya.. That and it makes for great TV ratings for the 6pm news. :disgust

not quite...

When people refer to pits they mean either the American Pit Bull Terrier or the American Straffordshire Terrier. They only date back a couple hundred years. One of the many links on their history.

http://www.nyx.net/~mbur/apbtfaqover.html

from your site:
"Among enthusiasts, the history of the APBT is as controversial as the breed itself is among the misled public. The breed's history is a recurrent subject of lively debate in the magazines devoted to the breed. In fact, this FAQ was hotly debated among the contributors before it reached its final form, and still everyone isn't 100% happy!"

from pitbull411.com:
"Once in Rome, the British dogs were crossbred with their Roman counterparts. From the years 50 AD to 410 AD, the breed was widely disseminated throughout the Roman Empire for use as fighting dogs. Along the way they mixed with other indigenous breeds throughout Europe, creating a genetic melting pot for the bulldogs that are thought to have been the immediate antecedents of the American Pit Bull Terrier.

Sadly, the Romans would not be the last to use pit bulls in cruel and grisly blood sports. When the Normans invaded England in 1066, they introduced a new sport called baiting. Interestingly enough, baiting originated with butchers who kept dogs (called Bullenbeissers) to handle unruly bulls as they were herded to the market for slaughter. When a bull stepped out of line or exhibited uncontrollable behavior, the dogs would clamp down on its nose and simply hang on until the handler could regain control of the wayward animal."

I've read about 500 sites on Pit Bull care and history, and the best ones suggest that they've been around since at LEAST medieval times and probably much longer, one of the oldest breeds on record outside of some Chinese breeds. I dunno. All I know is Buster is probably the nicest dog I've ever had, and you couldn't get him to bite you if you tried.