Karen
[ kair-in ]
WHAT DOES KAREN MEAN?
Karen is a
pejorative slang term for an obnoxious, angry, entitled, and often racist middle-aged white woman who uses her privilege to get her way or police other people's behaviors.
As featured in memes,
Karen is generally stereotyped as having a blonde bob haircut, asking to speak to retail and restaurant managers to voice complaints or make demands, and being an
anti-vaxx ,
Generation X soccer mom.
In 2020,
Karen spread as a label used to call out white women who were captured in viral videos engaging in what are widely seen as
racist acts.
Karen is a slang term often used to describe a middle-aged women who is perceived as obnoxious, angry, and entitled, particularly in situations involving public interactions. The stereotype associated with Karen is often a women with a blond bob haircut who frequently asks to speak to retail and...
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Using Karen as pejorative is racist and misogynistic. Where’s AOC and the rest of the left in condemning the use of this language?