You are Amy Cooper too.
You are Amy Cooper when you toss the resume with a "Black sounding name" in the no pile.
You are Amy Cooper when you clutch your purse walking past a Black man on the street.
You are Amy Cooper when you talk over your Black colleague at the team meeting.
You are Amy Cooper when you go to the 98% White golf/swim/tennis club with all your White friends.
You are Amy Cooper when you promote your less talented, less experienced White colleague instead of your Black colleague.
You are Amy Cooper when you don't consider letting your kids play with the Black kids outside of school.
You are Amy Cooper when you try to tone police the concerns of your Black colleagues' experiences of microaggressions.
You are Amy Cooper when the last 50 books you've read have been by White people.
You are Amy Cooper when you gossip about your Black colleague to your shared supervisor to get the promotion ahead of her.
You are Amy Cooper when you say you "don't see color."
You are Amy Cooper when you say "it's a meritocracy."
You are Amy Cooper when you don't self-reflect on the advantages you've gained because of your unearned privilege and power.
You will continue to be Amy Cooper until you do your personal development work to not be Amy Cooper anymore.