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Offline dutch508

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Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« on: May 26, 2020, 03:11:54 PM »
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Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
From pop culture slang it's a new word I've heard/seen used in the past couple of months. My first recollection is the woman and the smart ass cat split picture.

Of the context I've seen it seems implied that it berates a woman who complains. Generally a white woman. Maybe sexist and racist?

I'm interested in the views others might have on it.

Most 'Karens' are liberal POSs so...

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Star Member fleur-de-lisa (9,120 posts)

3. No.

Yes, it is used to shame white women, but those women were

RACIST

ASSHOLES

TRYING

TO

GET

INNOCENT

BLACK

PEOPLE

ARRESTED

'votes leftist'

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SoonerPride (6,235 posts)

6. No. It is short hand for an entitled example of privilege (which is almost always white privilege)

It is neither sexist nor racist.

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Star Member CatWoman (73,513 posts)

8. why would it be?

I was first introduced to the Karen meme via cat pics.







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Star Member Aristus (50,541 posts)

13. No.

I subscribe to a number of Facebook pages for current and former tank crewman. We have name for the tank driver who was always getting us stuck in the mud, or turning too fast and throwing a track, or whatever. We call him Karl.

When someone posts a pic of a tank stranded in the middle of a river, or something, everyone chimes in "Thanks a lot, Karl!"

I don't think the Karls of the world mind too much...

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Re: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2020, 03:31:50 PM »
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Star Member fleur-de-lisa (9,120 posts)

3. No.

Yes, it is used to shame white women, but those women were

RACIST

ASSHOLES

TRYING

TO

GET

INNOCENT

BLACK

PEOPLE

ARRESTED


That's why we what to know this "Karen's" DUmmie name.
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Re: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2020, 04:23:57 PM »
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Re: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2020, 04:34:53 PM »
So is this racist?  :fuelfire: :fuelfire: :whistling:

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Re: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2020, 07:33:36 PM »
I'm Brianna Stetler and I want to talk to your manager.
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Re: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2020, 07:31:49 AM »
My first exposure to that term was hearing it used by an ultra- left- wing black woman who directed it specifically against white women (The genuinely repulsive political commentator Danielle Young, who at the time was working for the incredibly racist black online publication known as The Root).
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Re: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2020, 01:45:14 PM »
An unsurprising "Ooooopsie!"

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amy-cooper-central-park-racist-dog-walker-trump-a9533581.html

It looks like Amy Cooper, the white woman in the viral Central Park video, is a liberal. That's important

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However, campaign contribution information — with donations to Democrats such as Barack Obama, Pete Buttigieg, and John Kerry — leaked online earlier today appeared to suggest that Amy actually identifies as a liberal. If true, this matters, because in this political era, during this most critical US presidential election, it is necessary that we understand and recognize that white violence transcends party lines and political ideology.
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Re: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term?
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2020, 02:03:05 PM »
I'm still waiting for my white privilege KAREN.
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