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Call it Revenge of the Canceled.
Earlier this month, as New York City nurse Sarah Comrie was completing a 12-hour hospital shift, she was confronted by a group of teens when she tried to access a city bike she had paid for. But what happened after that became all too common.
A video of a motorcycle brawl went viral and Comrie was dubbed “City Bike Karen” only because the teenager in question was black and she was white. rice field.
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Renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump posted a tweet depicting Comrie, incidentally six months pregnant, as a racist stealing bikes and hiding tears from poor innocent black teens. Posting on social media has exploded, including.
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Comrie’s employer, Bellevue Hospital, shamelessly put her on leave. called the incident “disturbing”.
This is usually the part of the story in which a falsely accused “racist” sneaks away hoping the incident will eventually be forgotten, but Comrie is not, not just of the metaphorical kind, but of the receipt. using it to fight back valiantly against slander.
Last week, her lawyers filed a series of records proving that it was Comrie who rented the bike and then was harassed by teenagers who physically prevented her from riding home. bottom.
Like many others, Crump quietly deleted a tweet accusing Comrie of racism, but it’s likely that she will take legal action against such potentially defamatory and false statements. He didn’t say sorry, probably out of legitimate fear that he might take it.
Perhaps Crump believed that this was an exception to the rule and how racist she was, even if the bike was rightfully hers, even if she was wrongly rushing to conclusions. He probably didn’t think an apology was necessary because he believed it was an exception that proved he had the right to do so based on how he was treated. what our society should be like.
But let me be clear, he doesn’t have that right. No one has the right to him, and no one has the right to spout demeaning claims against other human beings simply because of the color of their skin. Actually, there is a word that expresses it.
Crump’s baseless claim that Comrie’s tears were fake and intended to elicit sympathy is itself a racist stereotype of what they call “white tears.” Crump didn’t need more evidence than the color of her skin to conclude what he didn’t know.
Let’s put ourselves in her shoes. You’re accessing City’s motorcycle when suddenly the teens grab it, surround you and start filming. Wouldn’t a normal person find this offensive? Everyone, especially pregnant women, will ask for help and end up in tears, right?
What people like Comrie have learned after more than a decade of “cancellation culture” is that neither apologies nor compromises work. They must firmly declare their innocence for the crimes they are alleged to have committed and demand their recoil.
It wasn’t long ago that New Yorkers slammed pots and pans out of open windows to celebrate nurses battling COVID-19 while working from home. Now the nurse is stigmatized as a racist by those fueling the fires of constant anger.
A safe course of action for Comrie after being infamous would have been to apologize for overreacting and acknowledge how race made the situation complicated and nuanced. Thankfully, this is not a choice she made.
Nor is it a choice made in response to Daniel Penney’s allegations that the strangulation that tragically killed homeless rider Jordan Neely was racially motivated.
What people like Comrie have learned after more than a decade of “cancellation culture” is that neither apologies nor compromises work. They must firmly declare their innocence for the crimes they are alleged to have committed and demand their recoil.
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For what it’s worth, celebrities like J.K. Rowling and Dave Chappelle have successfully defied attempts to cancel, even when their careers seemed to be ruined.
Until recently, mere allegations of racism, even if unproven, were enough to destroy lives and livelihoods. And the only thing worse than being called racist was denying it. Some racist fanatics call this “white vulnerability.”
It’s a clever trick worthy of a witch trial. The easiest way to prove someone is racist is if they deny it.
Well, it doesn’t work anymore.
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We need more Sarah Comrie, we need more people standing up for themselves and for the truth when the cancellation hordes come calling with digital rakes.
It takes courage, but in the end everyone has to refuse to cancel.
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