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This is fascinating spin on that whole "put yourself in the shoes of someone who has to experience X". Most non-Karens probably do not empathize with normal peo
by bmmayer1 5y ago
This is fascinating spin on that whole "put yourself in the shoes of someone who has to experience X". Most non-Karens probably do not empathize with normal people named Karen -- how could you? But even surface-level discrimination based on something as arbitrary as a name can lead to real feelings of alienation and dehumanization.
- exo-pla-net 5y agoYep. I have a friend named Karen in my life. The meme has caused her sufficient distress that she has considered changing her name.
- Jerrrry 5y ago
- swimfar 5y ago"how could you?" How could you not? It blew my mind how little push back there was against the use of this slur. Even more frustrating was that a lot of people using it were the people who claimed to be fighting against bigotry. Even if you didn't think it was racist or sexist, it was clearly something that would make anyone named Karen feel bad. It doesn't take extreme empathetic ability to understand that.
- rogual 5y agoIt's a very weird and worrying look into the way people think. There was a company who ran a marketing stunt where they gave you a discount if you were called Karen, and IIRC a social media mob formed, called them racist, and they ended the promotion with a groveling apology. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53589897 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53589897
- tromp 5y agoWonder what would've happened if they had extended the discount to people called Kareem as well...
- tsol 5y agoI'm surprised at how everyone adopted it. It sounds like the mean jokes me and my friends who spent too much time online would make in high school. And even back then it was inappropriate. It's like 4chan culture became mainstream and everyone bought in because they didn't realize where that 'fun internet culture' came from