The 9-year-old Black girl whose New Jersey neighbor called the cops on her while she was out killing invasive lanternflies has managed to find a silver lining to the traumatic experience: being recognized by several groups for environmental efforts.
during the city of Caldwell’s council meeting this week, giving her the Sustainability Award for her work to save trees and eradicate lanternflies.
In a recording of the phone call, previously obtained by The Daily Beast through the neighbor’s attorney, a man tells the police “a little Black woman” was spraying stuff on the sidewalks.“She’s a real small woman, real tiny,” he continues. “She’s got a hood on. You can’t miss her.” Joseph’s 13-year-old daughter, Hayden Wilson, also spoke on her sister’s behalf, saying that Bobbi “was not only doing something amazing for our environment, she was doing something that made her feel like a hero.”An attorney for the neighbor has previously denied to The Daily Beast that his client racially profiled Bobbi., however, had a different tone—and she was finally celebrated as the “hero” her family has always known her to be.
“I’m just so thankful she has people that are helping her,” Bittel said, who noted his privilege as a cis-gender, white male. “When I saw [Bobbi’s] story, it really touched my heart because this is my life,” Yale assistant professor Dr. Ijeoma Opara explained to The Daily Beast. “This is my passion. Being able to empower Black girls, being able to protect them.”
The 9-year-old’s time in the spotlight does not seem to be ending any time soon. Next week, the United States Department of Agriculture is taking her on a tour of a New Jersey manufacturing plant. Cecilia Sequeira, Public Affairs Specialist at the USDA,
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