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In reply to the discussion: If you spend more time and effort complaining about racist white women being called "Karen" [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)50. Black people are not and aren't responsible for the term being used to
describe "women complaining."
If that's happening, it's being done by white people, mostly white men.
Anyone who is upset about that should go talk to them instead of complaining about how black people use the term.
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If you spend more time and effort complaining about racist white women being called "Karen" [View all]
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
OP
When I reply to this thread that will be three Karen threads in the top three spots.
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
#3
If white people can make being called Karen as bad as the oppression BIPOC face, then solving racism
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#55
Labeling some abusive white women with a generic catch-all name isn't divisive.
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
#10
I think it is entirely possible to try to understand, face, and address the damage...
Pacifist Patriot
Jun 2020
#9
Isn't the term Karen morphing into a more generic insult toward any irrational entitled person?
Sapient Donkey
Jun 2020
#11
Many of that thread's replies refute this attempt to hijack the debate. The Karen meme has been
Celerity
Jun 2020
#51
If you're not among those who spend more time fussing about the term "Karen" than fighting racism
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#21
K&R. White people will do anything to avoid talking about the actual problem.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#25
White women voters have broken for the Democratic presidential candidate only twice since 1952, so
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#38
When it comes to presidential elections, there's no "keeping" to be done.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#43
If some random black folk calling racist WW "Karen" is enough to keep them from voting with us
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#44
As I said, if the fact that some black people they don't know refers to some white people they don't
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#60
The term Karen actually is a reminder that white women are the handmaidens of white supremacy.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#62
It started in the service industry with workers talking about middle aged women complaining.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#76
+1. I do only because I fit the description and now I get a flash if I do anything in public.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#112
White men voted for Trump, but they lacked the votes to put him in office
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#63
"Anna Karenina," the story of a Karen who will totally throw herself under a train if
betsuni
Jun 2020
#29
I did not blame black people for the creation of Karen. That was not the conversation I am having.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#57
If you're trying to have a conversation about how white men use "Karen" to subjugate white women
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#65
The meme was created mostly by customer service industry which consists mostly of younger people.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#73
"you are part of the problem". I try very hard to address what is being said. I would suggest that
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#92
Being "a part of the problem" of racism in America doesn't make someone a racist
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#99
You are right, my experience does not equate to the harm inflicted on AA. My experience is the HARM
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#116
White women are both a tool and a weapon in the system of white supremacy; their role
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#82
Exactly -- they're willing to sell out quite a bit to get the crumbs the white patriarchy deigns to
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#113
I don't object to the "Karen" usage, but people are capable of worrying about both
Lucinda
Jun 2020
#70
You seem to have missed the small but mighty word "If" that started the title of my OP
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#90
Who do you know interested in the fight against racism who would lose interest
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#126
They're no more a waste of time and effort than complaining about them are
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#129