Just proves how much racial justice matters (Reply #7)

In the discussion thread: Amy Cooper: New York Woman Calls Police on Black Man Who Asked Her to Leash Dog [View all]

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:39 PM

radius777 (3,406 posts)

7. Just proves how much racial justice matters

and isn't all about 'class' issues (although class obviously is important).

Because as Malcolm X noted, even a 'black man from Harvard' is still 'just a nigger' in the eyes of many/most whites.

This black man is/was accomplished upper class professional - yet was treated as 'just a scary nigger in the park threatening the safety of a (mediocre) white woman'.

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39 replies	Author	Time	Post
Amy Cooper: New York Woman Calls Police on Black Man Who Asked Her to Leash Dog [View all]	dalton99a	May 2020	OP
I hope they charge her with filing a false police report	still_one	May 2020	#1
+1	dalton99a	May 2020	#5
It translates to "I'm going to get you arrested for being black."	Hortensis	May 2020	#34
And that poor dog...she's kind of hanging him.	likesmountains 52	May 2020	#2
dog surrendered	Demovictory9	May 2020	#24
Man is Harvard grad and science editor	mcar	May 2020	#3
+1	dalton99a	May 2020	#6
+1	betsuni	May 2020	#10
And while we're at it...	Cirque du So-What	May 2020	#13
And the women caught on video calling cops on minorities didn't work at Waffle House	dalton99a	May 2020	#14
Exactly	Cirque du So-What	May 2020	#16
Yep. It's everywhere.	mcar	May 2020	#32
Let's not pretend it isn't the SINGLE BIGGEST thing we can do	Hortensis	May 2020	#35
The Animal Rescue has taken possession of Amy Cooper's dog.	mcar	May 2020	#4
Good	MustLoveBeagles	May 2020	#8
Just proves how much racial justice matters	radius777	May 2020	#7
We still live in a culture that trusts the word of a white person over that of any person of color	dalton99a	May 2020	#21
That video is crazy.	Renew Deal	May 2020	#9
Franklin Templeton...	Suburban Warrior	May 2020	#11
Good! She was clearly out of her mind and blatantly racist.	smirkymonkey	May 2020	#30
Yeah, and tells Christian Cooper she's going to say "he's threatening her life".	Cha	May 2020	#12
+1. Sounded like she had experience doing it	dalton99a	May 2020	#15
Sounds like she was threatening him with Death By Cop.	Iggo	May 2020	#18
Good point!	Cha	May 2020	#19
Ouch. Name and employer.	Iggo	May 2020	#17
Wow...just a simple "I'm sorry, I'll put him on a leash right now." would have solved the problem.	roamer65	May 2020	#20
Clearly, she's not open to people or thoughts that are not like hers.	UTUSN	May 2020	#22
she wasn't shy about the racism "I'm going tell the cops there is an afri am man threatening"	Demovictory9	May 2020	#23
She was well aware of the implications	dalton99a	May 2020	#26
yep. she was counting on the cops arresting, beating or doing worse to Mr Birder	Demovictory9	May 2020	#29
dailymail picked up the story.. now she's a worldwide poster child of racism	Demovictory9	May 2020	#25
"People are sitting on Rikers Island on the basis of nothing more than an accusation"	dalton99a	May 2020	#28
Yes. Dreadful before, and now with the cultural backlash	Hortensis	May 2020	#36
Amy Cooper has been put on admin leave from her job	Demovictory9	May 2020	#27
What eventually happened? Did the cops show up? Did he	Luz	May 2020	#31
As noted in other articles about the incident...	Boomer	May 2020	#39
She needs to be more careful in choosing her victims. nt	Hortensis	May 2020	#33
I'm assuming they are not related	democrattotheend	May 2020	#37
She wasn't scared, she was vindictive	Boomer	May 2020	#38

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