Dear White HR Ladies, We Need To Talk
<p>I woke up Tuesday to yet another trending news story about a white woman calling the police on an innocent black man. This time, Amy Cooper, a white professional New York resident was violating the dog leash rules for a popular birding spot in Central Park, when an avid bird watcher, approached. Christian Cooper (no relation) asked Amy to leash her dog, and that is when the familiar scene unfolded.</p>
<p>In the video, the woman repeatedly threatens to call the police before finally doing so. But it was what she said in her threat that made this video feel so different from the many others we have seen before. “I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.” Those words landed on many of us like a heavyweight punch to the chest. Christian Cooper was not at all threatening her life, in fact, he repeatedly asks her to give him space. Yet as a viewer, you know just how impactful her accusation was, and so did she.</p>
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