Racism is a sociological imagination. This is a critical perspective that goes beyond the surface level explanations of personal and looks to the social context. The context of racism in sociological imagination looks at the intersection of history and biography to place things in the necessary context to fully understand them. The biography refers to the life story of Christian Cooper who was bird watching in the woods in Manhattan's Central Park when he politely asked Amy Cooper to put her dog on a leash, she refused. He then started recording their interaction, and she threatened to call the police, telling them that "an African american man was threatening her life." This is an example on the ideas about white women shaping the history of racism and having a perspective from one that emphasizes the experiences of the individual to one that understand the broader social context in which that individual lives.
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