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If You See Something Say Something
But what if you’re too scared?
Last week I witnessed what looked like excessive police force against a person of color; in this case, a Black youth: teen or pre-teen. I did not see his face as it was turned away from the street while he was being frisked.
I was on my way to Whole Foods (where all us Karens shop) to return something useless I bought the day before, from boredom.
The most succinct definition I have found describes a “Karen” as white (non-specific age, though the name Karen was popular back in the fifties and sixties, so I do not know if any millennial, Gen X, Gen Y, or Zoomer would qualify).
In other words, is the “Karen” label ageist as well as misogynistic?
Seems that way, but in any event, a “Karen” was described somewhere as a white woman who “demands to speak to the manager” i.e. is about to make someone else’s life hell for having annoyed or frustrated or pissed off this woman, for some (minor) reason.
In fairness, there are times when you could and should ask to speak to a manager and it does not always entail taking down an employee. So I take exception to this definition and would like a…
