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by pitterpatter 1984 days ago
>It's possible she decided on the spot to weaponize the mans race against him

I mean, that's the point I'm trying to make. The fact that she could weaponize his race is a problem to being with.

>Keep in mind this lady was a vocal supporter of BLM before this incident happened.

And mind you, I don't actually think she's some kind of virulent or bad person. It's more about recognizing some of the injustices we unfortunately live with.

> But her behavior may be explained as her just describing the man in a manner she's seen on TV shows

And you know, you're right she could be. But that just speaks to how pervasive a lot of these kinds of structures are.
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oh_sigh 1984 days ago
But...did she weaponize his race? She called the cops and described him. The cops showed up. Both people had already left at that point. It didn't seem that Cooper was in much fear of his race being weaponized against him. It did become a talking point after the fact though.

> But that just speaks to how pervasive a lot of these kinds of structures are.

Cop dramas are popular even in largely monoracial societies that have high respect for their police, and the same tropes exist there(regarding describing suspects in certain terminology).

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Jochim 1983 days ago
> But...did she weaponize his race? She called the cops and described him.

Would she have told a white man that she was going to "call the cops and tell them a white man was threatening her"?. The prevailing opinion of the situation seems to be that she wouldn't have. IIRC this was also steeped in the context of a number of other videos where people had been explicitly mentioning a black person's race for "help" in contrived/unthreatening situations that they had often started.

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oh_sigh 1983 days ago
But that's not what she said - or rather not the whole quote. An equivalent would be like "a white man in a red t shirt and jeans", which sounds much more like a description than a weaponization of someone's race.

The context this video was steeped in has nothing to do with whether this lady decided to weaponize his race or not. They were completely unrelated events, with unrelated people, that we're not even sure the lady knew about.

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