Ok, I'm a Karen, but...

[ThereRoseaLamb]

I had no idea "Karen" was even a thing, geesssh

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The company didn't pick out the name Karen at random. "Karen" has, in recent years, become a widespread meme referencing a specific type of middle-class white woman, who exhibits behaviours that stem from privilege.
To give some examples, "Karen" is associated with the kind of person who demands to "speak to the manager" in order to belittle service industry workers, is anti-vaccination, and carries out racist micro-aggressions, such as asking to touch black people's hair.
But a predominant feature of the "Karen" stereotype is that they weaponise their relative privilege against people of colour - for example, when making police complaints against black people for minor or even - in numerous cases - fictitious infringements.

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What exactly is a 'Karen' and where did the meme come from? - BBC

Oh, ho I feel so much better about myself. lol I will stop using that name because it sure doesn't apply to me. Sheesh!!

 

[Tall_Timbers]

Is a "Karen" a complainer?

A karen is unreasonable and obnoxious and can't be pleased.

 

[ThereRoseaLamb]

A karen is unreasonable and obnoxious and can't be pleased.

I would have to check but I believe it all started with a woman named Karen who called the police over a situation with her dog in a park and someone who was black. They had some sort of run in. I believe that's where it all started.

 

[gb9]

I would have to check but I believe it all started with a woman named Karen who called the police over a situation with her dog in a park and someone who was black. They had some sort of run in. I believe that's where it all started.

i had forgot about that, but i am pretty sure you are correct, that is where it began...

 

[Moses_Young]

I would have to check but I believe it all started with a woman named Karen who called the police over a situation with her dog in a park and someone who was black. They had some sort of run in. I believe that's where it all started.

The woman's name was Amy Cooper, though... So perhaps in lieu of Karen, we should be using the name "Amy" or "Cooper"? Except the black guy's name was also Cooper, so probably to invoke the name of "Cooper" wouldn't differentiate between perpetrator and victim.

https://people.com/the-true-story-b...-s-central-park-birdwatching-incident-7510993

 

[ThereRoseaLamb]

The woman's name was Amy Cooper, though... So perhaps in lieu of Karen, we should be using the name "Amy" or "Cooper"? Except the black guy's name was also Cooper, so probably to invoke the name of "Cooper" wouldn't differentiate between perpetrator and victim.

https://people.com/the-true-story-b...-s-central-park-birdwatching-incident-7510993

Hummm, then how did we get to the name Karen? Going to have to look that up.