Circumstances

When working with the article “3 Things Amy Cooper Did In Central Park to Damage Her Reputation And Career” by Terina Allen, it is important to take note of the circumstances of its publication. 

At the time when Allen’s article was published, the US dealt with several racial issues. One of those issues is the tendency of white people to call the police on black people without having a valid reason to do so. As a result, black people often have to deal with police violence, and there have been cases where black teenagers were killed by police officers after the police – or civilians – mistakenly identified innocent objects as guns, or otherwise interpreted their behavior as threatening. One of the most famous cases is that of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was killed in 2012 because his shooter thought ...