The name Karen has certainly gained notoriety in recent years, but to call it a slur?
white women of a certain age. Usually over 40, but under 60. Whiteness is intrinsic to the privilege that it takes to be a Karen. And before you ask, of course this “journalist” is a white woman. Look, only a white woman can say something so outrageous and be completely serious. And the kicker is that this particular white woman is named, please tell me how Karens are oppressed — I’m on the edge of my seat here.to unpack here.
“Karen” was a term created *specifically by Black women* to talk about white women’s interpersonal + state violence against us and our communities: calling the police on us for getting coffee, threatening to have us fired, talking down to us at work .Because these women see themselves as the victim and never the perpetrator, believing Karen is a slur makes sense. In their minds, because they’ve turned into the joke, they’re somehow marginalized now.
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