You know the story, right? Of course, both people involved were, let’s generously call them assholes (he threatened her prior to filming)
Amy Cooper knew exactly what she was doing. This Memorial Day, she unleashed her dog in a part of Central Park where dogs are supposed to be on leashes. As it tore through the planting, she encountered a black male bird-watcher who asked her to follow the rules lest they scare the birds away.
What occurred next — recorded by the bird-watcher, 57-year-old Christian Cooper (no relation), on his phone from several feet away — was one of the most malicious and deliberate performances of victimization I have ever seen.
After demanding that he stop recording, Amy takes several purposeful steps in his direction. When he refuses, and asks that she not come any closer, she then, in a tone that can only be described as whiny and affronted — wait, no, more like the audible version of a child sticking out their tongue in defiance — threatens to call the police.
“Please, call the police,†Christian says, calmly.
“I’m going to tell them that there is an African-American man threatening my life,†she says, rolling her neck and raising her eyebrows almost gleefully. She’s wearing a mask, and though you can’t see her mouth, the “You’ll be sorryâ€Â smirk reaches her eyes.
Whoops! Looks like Adrienne Green forgot to mention the part about him threatening her before filming. And, one just has to wonder what else went on prior to filming. We’ve seen too many instances where what was on film was manipulated to get a response on film. Or, it could be that she’s just an ahole, right? Regardless, it is interesting that Adrienne, who, yes, is black, is saying that there are millions of these types of people in liberal run cities.
Also, it’s interesting that it is seemingly OK for Adrienne to make this kind of generalization, which would be deemed racist if a white person said something similar about black people.
It’s also interesting that she hasn’t written anything at New York magazine nor her Twitter about the racist, supremacist comment Joe Biden recently made.
“I’m not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any way,†she told CNN later on (she was fired from her job at investment firm Franklin Templeton and has voluntarily relinquished custody of her pup). Amy joins a sorority of may-I-speak-to-your-manager ladies, the ones trying to huff their way into grocery stores without a mask, the “Karens,†as social media has dubbed them. The severity of the instances varies (the spectrum of entitlement isn’t limited to calling to cops), but they’re connected to the same playbook. Play the victim whenever they feel a person of color is intruding in “their†space — in a park, in a neighborhood, in the spotlight — cocky and certain that things will work out for them by privilege and design.
That whole diatribe would be considered racist if said against a black person, would it not? People can’t have things both way. But, I do enjoy her calling millions of Democrat voting women in Democrat run cities racists.
Teach makes this entire episode about Democrats? And the writer discussing racism is the racist.
The only person breaking the rules was the woman. And she went nuts when he asked her to leash her dog. Charging at him as he calmly asked her to stay away. And Teach leads with “he threatened her!”
Now, what if the races were reversed? A 57 yr old white man peacefully walking through the park watching birds and a hysterical Black woman charging at him, threatening him. Who would Teach defend in that case. We know the answer.