Amanpour and Company

June 11, 2020

Christiane speaks with Christian Cooper, who was threatened by a white woman Central Park in what became a viral video, about the incident. She also talks to former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid about how his skin color held him back in London's financial district. Hari Sreenivasan talks to sociologist Michael Eric Dyson about his book "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America"

Christian Cooper Reflects on Central Park Incident

2m 59s

The viral video of bird watcher Christian Cooper being threatened by a white woman in Central Park showed, as Deval Patrick said, that the woman understood that with one call to police, she could “rain hell down on the life of a Black man.” To discuss what the incident represents and what needs to change, Christiane speaks with Cooper, alongside his sister Melody, who posted the original video.

Previews + Extras

  • Dyson: White People Need to Confront Truths About Racism: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dyson: White People Need to Confront Truths About Racism

    S2020 E2249 - 18m 3s

    Michael Eric Dyson is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University who has written extensively about race relations. In 2017 he authored "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America," which calls on white people to confront uncomfortable truths about racism – as he explains to Hari Sreenivasan.

  • Racism in London's Financial District: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Racism in London's Financial District

    S2020 E2249 - 1m 24s

    Sajid Javid was, until March, the UK’s chancellor of the exchequer – and he says he has been deeply moved by the protests. He wrote this week about choosing to leave Britain for New York early in his career, partly because his class and the color of his skin held him back in London’s financial district.

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