 With the use of a " <unk> tone and [ an ] uncomfortable use of sarcasm , " White Dog is Gary 's <unk> of the paranoia generated by both racism and <unk> as he <unk> <unk> @-@ American , in which there is an " obsessive <unk> out of ' <unk> ' and violent race riots , " against the barricades and race riots of France in 1968 . The violence depicted also provides a discourse on revolutionary social change , as it also leads to " a new order , a new reality . " Gary " <unk> American racism , black activism , and movie @-@ colony <unk> " and reflects on American race relations as a whole . He also documents his own " intolerance of intolerance that is the curse of tolerance " . Through the dog , Gary examines whether a learned response can be <unk> . He also poses the question of how much freedom and uniqueness a person can claim if humans responses are indeed learned by " social indoctrination . " 
