Amy Cooper Needs Accountability—Not Forgiveness
Forgiveness Without Accountability Does Harm
Each time a white person does something harmful to a Black person or person of color, the first thing we hear from white people and those who don’t want to think critically, are cliched responses about forgiveness and how people deserve a second chance. There’s too much that is overlooked or minimized with these laughable arguments to give a white person a pass. Let’s use Amy Cooper who is back in the news after calling the cops on a Black man in Central Park as an example.
White Women—Liberal or Conservative—Are Part of The System
In May, Amy Cooper was walking her dog in a section in Central Park that forbids dogs being off leash when she encountered Chris Cooper (no relation), a Black man and avid bird watcher. When he told her to leash her dog, she got mad and approached him. She was even more incensed when she realized that he was, smartly, recording the encounter. She told him that she was going to call the cops if he didn’t stop, though he wasn’t doing anything wrong and he told her to maintain her distance as she kept trying…
