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This is Code Switch. I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji.

And that right there is Samson Chow. We're going to hear from him shortly because on this episode, we're asking,

what if anything, can dogs tell us about our racial biases?

My co-host Jean Demby is going to school me on pit bulls. But before we get into that, catchiles with me in studio with our first dog tale.

Hey, Cat. Hey, I've never met Samson, but I follow you on social media. So I feel like I know him so very well.

Yes, for those in our audience who don't stock you on Instagram like I do describe your fur baby for everybody.

So Samson, he's super cute, probably the cutest dog. Besides Lola, that's my dog. She's really cute.

They're both cute. So he's a beagle mix and he's got these really big brown eyes.

And I got him when he was a year old from this rescue in DC. And they told me that he was a stray.

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