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In reply to the discussion: Is the term "Karen" a stereotype sexist term? [View all]qwlauren35
(6,309 posts)I don't see it as sexist at all.
It is typically women who are calling the police. And it is white women calling the police. And it is white women SAYING that they feel threatened by the presence of a black man who are calling the police.
White men don't do this. White men don't feel threatened enough by black men to call the police for protection. Men SHOOT black men who they think are threatening their way of life. Women (except cops) expect white men to defend them, including shooting and killing the black man who is causing them distress.
If you think this is sexist, look at it from our point of view. Ever since Emmett Till, white women have been accusing black men of all kinds of things, and in response, white men kill the black man.
It's not something white men do. It's something white women do. They play "helpless".
So, we have to fear white men who kill us, and white women who incite white men to kill us.
If we put a name to it, it's just a short-hand for a behavior that ONLY white women do.