This week, a White woman called the police on a Black man who asked her to put a leash on her dog in Central Park. He’s a Harvard grad, former Marvel comic writer, STEM editor, birding enthusiast, gay rights activist, and a generally handsome guy named Christian Cooper. I don’t want to know any of this about him. But Twitter told me. In an effort to humanize him, to rescue him from non-identity as “the Black Man in a Verbal Altercation with a Karen,” someone unearthed his bio. I understand why they did it. I just don’t think it had the exact effect they expected. …
The Curious Case of Christian Cooper
