I kind of want to see the baby name stats for Karen in a few years lol. Guessing it'll drop to almost nothing.
Karen as a name dropped out of common use in the mid 70's. It's a boomer name attached to a boomer stereotype.
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#12'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.
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#13'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.
It's more obviously sexist than racist, and more obviously harmful to actual people named Karen. It's Reddit garbage talk that should stay on Reddit and die.
> obviously harmful to actual people named Karen
That's like saying "Peeping Tom" is harmful to Tom's (it isn't).
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#14'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
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.
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#15'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.
It's more obviously sexist than racist, and more obviously harmful to actual people named Karen. It's Reddit garbage talk that should stay on Reddit and die.
> It's Reddit garbage talk that should stay on Reddit and die.
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.
Re: Nextdoor’s ‘Karen Problem’
#16'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.
It's more obviously sexist than racist, and more obviously harmful to actual people named Karen. It's Reddit garbage talk that should stay on Reddit and die.
>>It's more obviously sexist than racist, and more obviously harmful to actual people named Karen.
Your comment is such a fantastical stretch that I thought it was posted by a Romanian gymnast.
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#17'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.
> that's why it's a 100% racist term against white people
yikes
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#18Yet another example of how companies that try to shy away from the responsibility of providing any sort of moderation will ultimately create a fertile ground for racists and worse.
In this case it's the moderation that's causing the problem. Get rid of the moderators. Get rid of the "real name" policy. Then people will be free to take the piss out of uptight idiots broadcasting nosiness/panic/hate. Having a small power structure creates a low stakes political game which allows these busybodies to dominate, similar to homeowners associations. Note how the examples mostly threaten to call the police and similar impotent crabbing, rather than actually doing anything themselves.
FWIW has anyone tried using NextDoor before moving to an area, to gauge how problematic the neighbors would be?
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#19'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.
It’s not a “de facto dog whistle.” It is a straight up slur directed to white women.
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#20'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.
It's a term against abusers of a certain type of privilege, which is why you generally don't see it applied to black people.