Christian Cooper Accepts Apology From Central Park Karen For ‘Racist Attack’
Christian Cooper, the black man who was involved in a disturbing confrontation with Amy Cooper, also known on the internet as Central Park Karen, has accepted her apology.
After the incident that occurred on Memorial Day in New York City’s famed park, Christian’s video went viral adn has sen resulted in her apology, loss of work and pet, which she was seen choking during her race-driven rant.
While speaking with ‘The View‘ days later, Christian recalls the moments leading up to, during and after the incident. By interview’s end, he says, “I do accept her apology. think it’s a first step. I think she’s gotta do some reflection on what happened because up until the moment when she made that statement and phone call … it was just a conflict between a birder and a dog walker, and then she took it to a very dark place. I think she’s gotta sort of examine why and how that happened.”
In addition, Christian warns viewers, “It’s not really about her and her poor judgement in a snap second. It’s about the underlying current of racism and racial perceptions that’s been going on for centuries and that permeates this city and this country that she tapped into. That’s what we really have to address; not the specifics of her, but why are we still plagued with that and how do we fix it”
He continues, “If you think that what she did was wrong, that she was trying to bring death by cop down on my head, then there is absolutely no way you can justify then turning around and putting a death threat on her head. [There’s] no excusing that it was a racist act because it was a racist act. But [does] that define her entire life? Only she can tell us if that defines her entire life by what she does going forward.”