'Karen' has become a de-facto racist dog-whistle meaning 'white woman'.
If it was merely about the entitled attitude there should be plenty examples of black 'Karens'. There are none, that's why it's a 100% racist term against white people.
If it was merely about the entitled attitude there should be plenty examples of black 'Karens'. There are none, that's why it's a 100% racist term against white people.
It's Reddit garbage talk that should stay on Reddit and die.
That's like saying "Peeping Tom" is harmful to Tom's (it isn't).
KnowYourMeme.com traces it back to Dane Cook, so it's actually just comedy (which is only occasionally funny).
Reddit is just a representation of what a broad spectrum of the internet is talking about.
Your comment is such a fantastical stretch that I thought it was posted by a Romanian gymnast.
Well, Tim Pool called out the recent NYC park incident between a white woman and a black man as "two Karens":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt22YivWOoM
Let's see how the term evolves now that it has really gone viral.
There are shrill self absorbed people of all genders and races. We need a better term.
What about Dane Cook?
yikes