There& #39;s a really excellent sociology paper by Yale professor Elijah Anderson on what that Central Park woman (Amy Cooper) tried to do by calling 911 on the Black birder. It& #39;s called "The White Space": https://sociology.yale.edu/sites/default/files/pages_from_sre-11_rev5_printer_files.pdf">https://sociology.yale.edu/sites/def...

This article by @fordm doesn& #39;t reference the sociology paper, but it struck me how white people at Yale itself are still utilizing 9-1-1 to remind Black folks how the university is also "a white space": https://twitter.com/fordm/status/1265076802533429250?s=20">https://twitter.com/fordm/sta...

"The White Space" was assigned during grad school and I remember almost crying on the bus to class while reading it. This sociology paper thoughtfully explained so many feelings and experiences I had but no previous name for. The power imbalance often felt when you are not white.