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From what I understand the specific behavior is actually and intrinsically linked to the idea of a white woman in America and has historically existed for quite
by TeaDrunk 6y ago
From what I understand the specific behavior is actually and intrinsically linked to the idea of a white woman in America and has historically existed for quite a while among black circles (from the 1800s at least). Discussing Karen as if it’s new belies the actual history of it. [0]
0. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/14/891177904/whats-in-a-karen https://www.npr.org/2020/07/14/891177904/whats-in-a-karen
- bbarnett 6y agoWhat a weird assertion, when you link to an article that asserts something entirely different. The above NPR, states that a Karen is a new label, started in the 2010s (which is just last year, even). It also shows how the Karen label is different from other, prior labels. It delineates how a Becky is different, a "Miss Ann" is different. We've historically had labels like this for people, which are racially linked. But this is 2020, this is a NEW label, and other NEW labels keep popping up. We need to collectively STOP this. No more racist, sexist, ageist, anything-ist labels. It's all wrong. (Not saying you were defending label use... just clarifying my position)
- TeaDrunk 6y agoI’m arguing that the idea of a karen is not new, sorry to be unclear.
- bbarnett 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs Slurs are not new. And as I mentioned, what you showed were not Karens, but 'white women who act poorly in certain ways'. "Kaben" has unique connotations, a specific meaning. While I agree that "white women have had slurs" before 'Karen', I'm going to have to disagree that it's germane here.