IMO, there are no right answers regarding how we respond to Amy Cooper and lots of people are offering threads as learning opportunities.

My hope is it& #39;s another chance for us (i.e. White women of a certain age) to consider our role as bystanders. https://twitter.com/JennBinis/status/1086650638493196289">https://twitter.com/JennBinis...

Everything I& #39;ve read and learned about what it means to be a bystander basically comes down to the power of muscle memory. That, in the moment, if we haven& #39;t thought about and practiced how to engage, we fall back on habits based in fear (generally speaking.)

And White women& #39;s habits around Black men can be deadly. There& #39;s a vast library of historical evidence that speaks to that pattern. So, we have to actively choose and teach ourselves what muscles to kick in when we& #39;re a bystander.

There& #39;s no way of knowing if other people were around in that moment or if they tried to intercede but IMO, it& #39;s worth us considering what we would do if we were bystanders and how we& #39;re going to make sure "call the police" is so far down on the list, it doesn& #39;t even occur to us.

And if your goal is to avoid the path Amy followed... https://twitter.com/ShanaVWhite/status/1265316663844646921">https://twitter.com/ShanaVWhi...

H/t @xianb8 for sharing this thread. https://twitter.com/ellle_em/status/1265236259494125568">https://twitter.com/ellle_em/...