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Topic	Woman says KAREN is the new RACIST SLUR for WHITE PEOPLE!! Is she right???
adjl 09/28/20 7:19:42 AM #25:	Collat posted... The only people that it should be offensive to is any reasonable person who happens to be named Karen. Pretty much. I feel a little bad for such people, as well as for any parents that named their kid Karen 2-3 years ago (presumably, the name's popularity has plummeted in the past year), but the term is not racist or misogynist in any way because it describes behaviour, not race or sex. That the stereotypical Karen is a white woman is a consequence of that being the largest demographic of Karens, not any inherent racist or sexist sentiment. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:945176417] in Woman says... [t:79003858]...</cite> <quote>Collat posted... </cite> <quote>The only people that it should be offensive to is any reasonable person who happens to be named Karen.</quote> Pretty much. I feel a little bad for such people, as well as for any parents that named their kid Karen 2-3 years ago (presumably, the name's popularity has plummeted in the past year), but the term is not racist or misogynist in any way because it describes behaviour, not race or sex. That the stereotypical Karen is a white woman is a consequence of that being the largest demographic of Karens, not any inherent racist or sexist sentiment. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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