The Brothers' Network wants you to know 'Black equals brilliance'
WHYY By Keith Russell, program manager for urban conservation at Audubon Mid-Atlantic. (Ximena Conde) It’s been almost a year since Keith Russell, an ornithologist in Philadelphia, read about how Christian Cooper’s bird-watching trip in Central Park went awry. It was a scene that, as someone who goes out bird watching often, is familiar to Russell. Amy Cooper, a white woman, had her dog off the leash in a part of Central Park where birds like to visit. Christian Cooper, who is Black, asked her to leash the dog as is required in the area. Tension between birders and dog owners is not unusu...
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