No Clean Slate for Karens!
https://www.city-journal.org/central-park-amy-cooperOn Memorial Day, in Central Park, a white woman—derisively dubbed “Karen” before she was doxed as New York City resident Amy Cooper—lost her cool after being confronted by an apparently outraged birdwatcher (a black man) named Christian Cooper (no relation). After threatening Amy Cooper’s dog (by his own admission), and telling her that he would do something “you’re not going to like,” Christian Cooper began to record the visibly distraught dogwalker, who then called the police, emphasizing the race of the man she claimed was harassing her.
Christian Cooper’s video was posted online, and, within hours, a Twitter mob had figured out the then-unknown dogwalker’s name and where she worked. As soon as the information hit the Internet, her employer, Franklin Templeton, where she was a senior portfolio manager, began receiving demands for her termination. Within hours, the company announced her firing on Twitter, stating, “We do not tolerate racism.” The Twitter mob celebrated.
The successful campaign to end Amy Cooper’s career and ruin her reputation reminds us that, when it comes to anything remotely resembling racism, polite society has zero tolerance. This is a world away from the social dynamics that existed in the 1960s, when de jure racial discrimination was commonplace. It’s easy to lose sight of this progress in the fog of insistence that white supremacy still permeates every aspect of American life.
What Amy Cooper did was idiotic. However, she is treated worse than a criminal.
The left has severe cognitive dissonance.
