Where My Dogs At?: Have MTV and Snoop Dogg Gone Too Far This Time?

Is the show an outrageous satire or just plain out right degrading? That is the controversial issue going on right now with the show Where My Dogs At? on MTV. The show recently depicted a cartoon look alike of the rapper Snoop Dogg walking with two black females on a leash. 

The cartoon figure of Snoop Dogg walks into a pet store with the two black women dressed in bikinis, he then orders the women to get him a latte as they bend over and scratch themselves. At the end of this cartoon segment the Snoop Dogg caricature puts a pair of rubber gloves on in order to clean up cartoon poop left on the floor by the women.

Several people are very upset at the fact that MTV has allowed this to be aired on national television. The show is also stirring up controversy because of the fact that it is geared towards young teenagers and comes on at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays; the same time that most children are indulged in Saturday morning cartoons and other shows. I have to admit that I am completely appalled at the fact that this television station has allowed for this type of show to be aired.

“Where My Dogs at?” is based on real life celebrities and pop culture, which is seen through the eyes of two wisecracking stray dogs named Woofie and Buddy. The cartoon voices are comedians Tracy Morgan and Jeffrey Ross.

MTV stated in an August 9, 2006 CNN article, that the episode “Woofie Loves Snoop”, which was first aired on July 1, 2006, was “in fact a parody of an actual appearance Snoop Dogg made where he was accompanied by two women wearing neck collars and chains.” This appearance was at a recent music awards ceremony. MTV also stated that “We certainly do not condone Snoop’s actions and the goal was to take aim at the incident for its insensitivity and outrageousness.”

Despite the statements by MTV several prominent African-Americans have begun to speak out against the show. Many African-Americas feel that it is very degrading to Black women as well as the race as a whole. New York Daily News columnist Stanley Crouch has condemned the segment as being misogynist, racist and crude.