Yale University Offers Bobbi Wilson A Full Scholarship!

Yale to honor a little girl who had the law called on her for protecting her neighborhood from an invasive species.

In late 2022, a former Republican councilman called the law on a 9-year old Black girl spraying trees to catch an invasive animal. The controversy sparked outrage over racial profiling.

Former Caldwell Borough Council member Gordon Lawshe, who is white, called local police on the girl.

The far right often dismiss racial stories as hoaxes because they are often skeptical of allegations.

Well it appears that the nation reacted to the young girl's interest in science.

Yale University has offered an opportunity for her to be a part of their institution.

The Yale School of Public Health held a ceremony honoring the budding scientist's recent work.

The university entered Bobbi's collection of 27 spotted lanternflies — an extremely invasive species that is harmful to trees and other plants — into the Peabody Museum of Natural History database. Bobbi was also presented with the title of "donor scientist" during the Jan. 20 ceremony.

"We wanted to show her bravery and how inspiring she is, and we just want to make sure she continues to feel honored and loved by the Yale community," Ijeoma Opara, an assistant professor at the school, said in a statement.

Police released the recording in which the white man claimed that a little woman spraying trees scared him.

"There's a little Black woman walking, spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees on Elizabeth and Florence," Lawshe told the dispatcher, according to a call obtained by CNN.

"I don't know what the hell she's doing. Scares me, though," Lawshe added.

Yale has honored a young scientist who wanted to change the world. Bobbi will never forget this experience because a lot of Black and Brown people know what it's like being racially profiled for something.