Re:Put tiny businesses back into residential neighborhoods
by NovemberWhiskey on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:51AM
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"Karen" is rooted in the stereotype of an over-bearing, entitled person in a customer service setting. Our prejudices tell us that person is probably a white soccer mom. So she gets a name we associate with the white soccer mom demographic.
You argue that "Karen" doesn't refer to whiteness, the middle-classes or the female gender - it just refers directly to the stereotype and therefore it's OK.
I invite you follow the same logic here.
Consider the stereotype of a gun-toting street gang member. Our prejudices may tell us that person is probably a young black male that lives in a big city. So he gets a name we associate with the young black urban male like "Deshawn" .
The logic is the same, yes?
If you're OK with "there goes Karen calling the cops on the Walmart clerk again", you should be OK with "there goes Deshawn shooting the neighborhood up again".
You argue that "Karen" doesn't refer to whiteness, the middle-classes or the female gender - it just refers directly to the stereotype and therefore it's OK.
I invite you follow the same logic here.
Consider the stereotype of a gun-toting street gang member. Our prejudices may tell us that person is probably a young black male that lives in a big city. So he gets a name we associate with the young black urban male like "Deshawn" .
The logic is the same, yes?
If you're OK with "there goes Karen calling the cops on the Walmart clerk again", you should be OK with "there goes Deshawn shooting the neighborhood up again".
Are you?