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).

> 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.

>>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.

>>>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.

It’s absolutely awful. Imagine being named Karen.

There are shrill self absorbed people of all genders and races. We need a better term.

Google “Dane Cook the friend that nobody likes”. That is the origin of Karen. Nothing sexist or racist about it.

>Nothing sexist or racist about it.

What about Dane Cook?

What about him?

> that's why it's a 100% racist term against white people

yikes

It’s not a “de facto dog whistle.” It is a straight up slur directed to white women.

Basically, its a politically correct way to call someone a nosy cunt.

It's racism against white women, another socially validated jab at a singular race without any repercussions.

It's a description of a specific type of behavior usually found in a subset of white women. Also, completely appropriate because it is borne of privilege.

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.

Karen is simply that friend that nobody likes. Karen is a douchebag. Google “Dane Cook the friend nobody likes”. That is the origin of “Karen”