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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question - I'm assuming there would not be this amount of outrage (or any at all) if she had not called the police? Or if she hadn't referred to him as 'African American'? What if she had just said 'F U, I'll do what I want and won't leash my dog' (asshole move for sure, but things like this surely happen every day among people of all races). I'm just trying to differentiate between racist behavior and being a run of the mill asshole (I am white, but have both been the asshole and had others of all races be the asshole to me throughout my life).

This may sound ignorant but I'm trying to understand.[/quote]

If she hadn't taunted him by threatening to call the police saying that she was being threatened by an African American man, and if she hadn't dramatically raised her voice in a parody of a delicate flower of white womanhood terrified by an African American man -- I, for one, wouldn't be viewing this as racist.  The walking the dog in a protected area was entitled.  Had she just argued with Mr Cooper, I'd go with "run of the mill asshole".  Had she backed away -- instead of moving threateningly toward HIM in the video --, found an apparently safer environment, and waited to talk with the police, I might speculate about the racism in society that supported her craziness, but my view of her as a racist would be more measured and contextual.

A big point that I haven't seen discussed, despite 70+ pages is: If Ms Cooper was genuinely distressed and certain that she was in the right, why didn't she wait around for the police or leave the park and contact the police about the incident?  A frightened victim with right on her side would do that, right?[/quote]

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