What is particularly insidious about Amy Cooper's threat is what she was able to leave unsaid. Simply saying she would call the cops and tell them an African-American man was threatening her was enough to convey her message: "I can marshal lethal force to have you killed."
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As Kimberle Crenshaw (
@sandylocks) has pointed out, this video is a distressing example of how whiteness is weaponized and used to intimidate POC. Whiteness functions both as a shield that protects those who are white, and as a weapon that is deployed against those who are not.Näytä tämä ketjuKiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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