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>is Karen about whiteness? I assumed it was about being entitled. Both >Karen is a pejorative term for a white woman perceived as entitled or demanding beyond
by haunter 4y ago
>is Karen about whiteness? I assumed it was about being entitled.
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>Karen is a pejorative term for a white woman perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang)
- dijit 4y agoAfter reading that: I am not a fan of how wikipedia calls Karen ageist, sexist & racist but the wikipedia page for mansplaining says that it's "one of the most creative new words in the last decade". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansplaining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansplaining To me these two terms are basically identical: Take a behaviour (Entitlement, Obnoxiousness) and genderise/racialise it. It's stupid and divisive, but what I find is that right wing people are happy to use Karen and get mad about Mansplain, but left wing people are happy to use Mansplain but get mad at Karen. Why is this?