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Archae

(46,348 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 07:22 PM Jun 2020

Another "Karen" this one in North Carolina.

And this one is vicious. just plain vicious.

(Video at link)

Woman caught on video yelling racial epithets at family in N.C.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS/CNN) - A video shows a woman yelling racial slurs at a family from Charlotte.

“She continued to say racial slurs to my face continue to call me n*** over and over and over again. It was the most blatant display of racism that I have ever experienced,” Aisha Sabur said.

Sabur said she and her family were visiting from Charlotte on their way to a birthday dinner when a woman, later identified as Rachel Ruit, started yelling racial slurs from behind them.

Another family member started recording while they all stood behind the camera.

“She wanted me to know that ‘if you touch me, I will call the police and you will be held accountable,’ and that’s a big part of why I didn’t lose my cool,” Sabur said.

https://www.wbay.com/content/news/NC-woman-caught-on-video-yelling-racial-epithets-at-family--571293191.html

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Another "Karen" this one in North Carolina. (Original Post) Archae Jun 2020 OP
Wow, that's a megakaren. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #1
That's flat out nuts. And she 'studied' criminal justice in skool. Lord. CurtEastPoint Jun 2020 #2
An Aside ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #3
Karen? Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 #4
Cell phone videos have released the madness genie from the bottle. brush Jun 2020 #5
That's not a Karen, that is just a good old fashioned racist. Marrah_Goodman Jun 2020 #6
Yes, that's an important distinction. Beartracks Jun 2020 #7
She did flaunt her white privilege. Mariana Jun 2020 #9
+1, Karen's seem to be more privileged and entitled than just racist uponit7771 Jun 2020 #8
Combination of all three, far too often. Archae Jun 2020 #10
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #15
Yes, wasn't a Karen expressing something different treestar Jun 2020 #26
Karens are both racist and entitled white privilege garbage. I've run by a few who displayed their onetexan Jun 2020 #28
Wow, some people don't care about their vile being made public TristanIsolde Jun 2020 #11
People constantly tell me how progressive NC is, because they visited a liberal family here. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #12
That shark has been jumped multiple times whistler162 Jun 2020 #13
Stop it. PTWB Jun 2020 #16
Nope, the poster is right obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #19
Nope, the poster is wrong. PTWB Jun 2020 #23
Nope, stupid to use Karen! Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #21
Why is it stupid to use Karen? PTWB Jun 2020 #22
Just say "Racist Asshole", problem solved. Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #24
agreed obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #18
I 100% agree. Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #20
You're equating "Jemima" with "Karen"? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #32
The Woman's Nane Is Rachel Ruit.... usedtobedemgurl Jun 2020 #14
Doesn't work there Johnny2X2X Jun 2020 #25
Thank you. nt usedtobedemgurl Jun 2020 #33
They probably fired her ass dalton99a Jun 2020 #34
Why is it always necessary to have them fired? treestar Jun 2020 #27
Seriously? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #30
You think she's going to learn from this? treestar Jun 2020 #36
Yes, I do StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #40
Employers are learning it is bad for business to employ vocal racists. PTWB Jun 2020 #31
+1. Employers don't want troublemakers dalton99a Jun 2020 #37
I know, but then she just gets another job treestar Jun 2020 #38
If racist assholes don't want to be identified by the public, they should change their behavior dalton99a Jun 2020 #35
I didn't say don't hurt her feelings treestar Jun 2020 #39
Disgusting. llmart Jun 2020 #17
None of this is anything new StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #29

brush

(53,871 posts)
5. Cell phone videos have released the madness genie from the bottle.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 08:21 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Tue Jun 16, 2020, 09:10 PM - Edit history (1)

There are a ton of crazed, near-demonic racists in the country with hair-trigger tempers just waiting spew their vitriol at someone.

It requires a cool head to deal with them If you accidentally just brush one with a fingertip you can set them off.

I do like the video from the gas station/convenience store in Phoenix last week where the somewhat overweight "Karen" grabbed arm of a Latinx woman she wanted to leave the country. The Latina was cool though and within her rights to slap the sh_t out of her, which she promptly did since she was assaulted.

Cell phones have given us a glimpse of the real world, naked and ugly as it is sometimes.

Beartracks

(12,821 posts)
7. Yes, that's an important distinction.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 09:52 PM
Jun 2020

I thought a Karen was someone who is blissfully elitist or who flaunts their (often white) privilege.

But this woman is definitely outside the bounds.

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Mariana

(14,861 posts)
9. She did flaunt her white privilege.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 09:59 PM
Jun 2020

The threatened to call the cops on the family, and assured them they'd be in trouble if she did.

Archae

(46,348 posts)
10. Combination of all three, far too often.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 02:42 AM
Jun 2020

The woman in the OP was off her nut, in addition to being just plain vicious and snotty.

onetexan

(13,061 posts)
28. Karens are both racist and entitled white privilege garbage. I've run by a few who displayed their
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:14 AM
Jun 2020

entitlement subtly. These videos of these overtly racist Karens really turns my stomach though.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
12. People constantly tell me how progressive NC is, because they visited a liberal family here.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 04:49 AM
Jun 2020

Not really. I live here. I know better.

Glad to see one of the bigots out themselves and it ending up online. That is the ONLY way they will ever pay. Nothing from inside the state will ever do anything about them. Some Twitter justice might be the only way they ever have to answer for their bigoted actions.

The rest of the time, the ones like me who might say something to them get surrounded by the majority who think like them and told to STFU. I hope Twitter goes after them hard. I'd love to finally see just one bigot in NC have to pay for the horrid crap they do besides just having those views. The things done by them are never punished, including illegal actions like killing black transgender women without having to face hate crimes charges, stealing absentee ballots and gerrymandering districts "with surgical precision." They have done far worse things where I live, specifically, but the majority where I live always work together to hide that shit, including blaming random black people for crimes, just pinning it on them, group gay bashing and raping this lesbian in the name of God. Karma is such a fucking slap on the wrist.

I hope internet/Twitter justice brings them down hard, because no governing body inside this state will ever do anything about bigotry even when they are committing crimes based on that bigotry.

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
13. That shark has been jumped multiple times
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 05:59 AM
Jun 2020

time to stop with the Karen crap.... most of you would go ballistic if someone started a meme using the name Jemima! But..... but..... but... It is different wawawa!

 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
16. Stop it.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:26 AM
Jun 2020

Karen is simply a new word for someone who is behaving badly - more specifically, someone exploiting their privilege often in a racist way.

This woman was being a racist Karen. If it had been a man we would say he was being a racist Dick.

Do you object to that, too?

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
32. You're equating "Jemima" with "Karen"?
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:12 AM
Jun 2020

"Who cares about the vicious racism being spewed in these incidents ... what about the poor oppressed KARENS!?!?"

usedtobedemgurl

(1,145 posts)
14. The Woman's Nane Is Rachel Ruit....
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:22 AM
Jun 2020

Her FB page says she works at Extended America. It would be a shame if a bunch of people contacted corporate and she got fired. Whatever you do, you should not do that!!!!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
27. Why is it always necessary to have them fired?
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:10 AM
Jun 2020

Racists without jobs are a desirable thing? Then what will they do? Probably get even more racist. What's with the deep need for employment based revenge on them?

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
30. Seriously?
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jun 2020

What consequences do you propose. A stern talking to?

Funny how people balk at proactive remedies because they supposedly punish all white people (because, of course, "not all white people&quot and they insist that we just deal with the individual acts of racism when they occur.

And then when they occur, we get this ... and from the same quarters.

 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
31. Employers are learning it is bad for business to employ vocal racists.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:18 AM
Jun 2020

I certainly do not want to patronize businesses that allow such behavior.

dalton99a

(81,597 posts)
37. +1. Employers don't want troublemakers
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:27 AM
Jun 2020

And they don't want people who bring them negative publicity.





dalton99a

(81,597 posts)
35. If racist assholes don't want to be identified by the public, they should change their behavior
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:26 AM
Jun 2020

in public.

Yeah, let's not hurt their feelings

llmart

(15,555 posts)
17. Disgusting.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:41 AM
Jun 2020

Of course this is NC, so she probably won't even get a slap on the wrist. Many would want to give Rachel Rat a high five instead.


 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
29. None of this is anything new
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jun 2020

Most black people have had to deal with this all our lives.

It's just now getting attention.

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