Denne study guide hjælper dig med at analysere Terina Allens artikel “3 Things Amy Cooper Did In Central Park To Damage Her Reputation And Career” fra 2020. Artiklen indgik i den skriftlige eksamen i Engelsk B på STX den 25. maj 2021. Ud over hjælp til analyse af artiklen så giver vi dig også et summary og idéer til at diskutere teksten. Endvidere får du hints til at skrive selve opgaven.
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Terina Allen’s article was published on the Forbes website four days after the Central Park birdwatching incident. At that point, the video published by Christian Cooper had become viral with over 40 million views.
Allen mainly targets US citizens, as the incident took place in Central Park, New York. Throughout the article, she makes the point that racism is widespread in the US, and that Amy Cooper’s behavior is just one symptom of the general issues.
Allen’s article is also addressed to white people who, like Amy Cooper, might rely on white privilege to get certain advantages. In the following example, Allen highlights the wrongful practice of white people who believe that their skin color makes them superior:
Using nothing but the color of his skin, Amy sent the message that she was superior to Christian and that he needed to step back in his place because he was a black man. That is racist, and that kind of behavior can damage reputations and careers (ll. 47-49).
Allen’s article also targets the police in the US, and she notes that the typical behavior of the police makes it likely that the situation could have ended very badly after Amy Cooper’s call: “With her performance, Amy Cooper raised the ...
