Four years after a racist encounter with a so-called “Karen,” Christian Cooper has earned the ultimate payback: a Daytime Emmy Award for his passionate love of birdwatching. The racially charged incident, which took place in 2020, not only spotlighted systemic racial issues but also paved the way for Cooper’s extraordinary success.

  • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The guy is a wildlife photographer. If he asks once and gets ignored he’s going to escalate because you then become a nuance to his job. It’s like someone coming to your job and overflowing all the toilets or tying up the phones. Obviously it’s a reoccurring problem and being nice about it doesn’t work.

    And again if she just leashed her dog when he asks like she was suppose to be doing in the first place none of this would have happened. You’re acting like he threw a rock at her dog

    • TheFonz@lemmy.world
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      Oook. So we both agree he also escalated the situation? Maybe he was having a bad day or he was fed up with all the off leash dogs. I agree. I think I can totally understand. I can think of a million other ways to handle the situation. If you want him to be your hero that’s fine. That lady was going to have her racist feelings revealed one way or another either way she had it coming.