central park
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The Black Man ‘Central Park Karen’ Put in Danger Just Achieved An Extraordinary Win
The subject of the viral bird watching incident of 2020 earned one of the greatest awards in television at the Daytime Emmys over the weekend.
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Central Park Karen Claimed She Was “In Fear of Her Life” When Approached by Birdwatcher
Amy Cooper wrote an opinion piece explaining “her side” of the viral Central Park incident.
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Central Park Five Member Calls Trump’s Indictment: “Karma”
Donald Trump called for Yusef Salaam and the other members of the Central Park 5’s deaths.
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Exonerated Five's Kevin Richardson Reflects On Receiving Honorary Degree from Syracuse University, Using It As an Opportunity to Inspire Others
In 2019, many of us learned the story of Kevin Richardson, who was one of five teenagers wrongly convicted for the 1989 rape of a white woman jogging in New York City’s Central Park. Netflix’s When They See Us gave us a glimpse into Richardson’s life before and after it was derailed by our corrupted…
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Christian Cooper Says He Will Not Participate in Prosecution of the White Woman Who Threatened to Call 911 on Him
Earlier this week, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said his office had filed charges against Amy Cooper, a white woman who went viral earlier this summer when she frantically threatened to call the cops on a Black bird watcher. She’s been charged with filing a false police report, a class “A” misdemeanor.” But the man…
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Amy Cooper Will Face Charges for Calling the Cops on Christian Cooper
Two months ago, or three years in 2020 time, a video was uploaded showing a white woman calling the police and making a false accusation against a Black man after he simply asked her to put a leash on her dog. The video resulted in the woman losing her job, temporarily losing her dog and…
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Whiteness Will Never Be Canceled
It was white supremacy. It was never just about “discrimination” or “privilege” or “racism” or “anti-blackness” or “lack of diversity” or “hate” or “intolerance” or “police brutality” or “inequality” or any of the symptoms of America’s longest-lasting pandemic. There is no synonym for white supremacy. No euphemism exists that makes this disease more tolerable. If…