Karen is a pejorative term for a woman seeming to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. The term also refers to memes depicting White women who use their privilege to demand their own way.[1][2] Depictions also may include demanding to "speak to the manager", being racist or sporting a particular bob cut hairstyle.[3] The term has been criticized for being sexist, ageist, misogynistic, or seeking to control female behavior.[3] As of 2020, the term was increasingly being used in media and on social media as a general-purpose term for middle class White women, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests.[1] The term has also been applied to male behavior.[3][4] The Guardian called 2020 "the year of Karen".[5]
I'm sick of hearing the name "Karen" being used as a pejorative term. It's a disgustingly racist and misogynistic term for anyone to use, especially colored people....
Re: Karen is a Racist Term!
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 1:58 am
by Burning Petard
Yes indeed all those terms and names must be sent to the dustbins of history. In particular, the two words racist and misogynistic. They are clearly used only to demean and insult.
I don't know if it is a general characteristic only in America, or generally throughout the so-called Western world. But it is a clear case of magical thinking. Believing that by saying words, reality is changed. Nobody uses 'the N word' now. We have told each other to use 'negro' 'colored' or 'Afro American' or 'people of color' but the reality remains that individuals (the news story so carefully identifies the dead human being by the very proper current politically correct nomenclature) are still shot dead by cops for flimsy excuses and they are on 'administrative leave pending investigation'. Too often the shooter only suffers the inconvenience of moving on to work for another police department, or no consequences at all.
