Marianne WilliamsonVerified account

not every older white woman is a Karen! spot the difference: KAREN banned from book club hair by stylist she doesn’t tip drinks bc of husband, Greg Nextdoor user KIM just vibing stories about the ‘70s veggie garden wonderful hats

Is there an equivalent categorization for men? No, of course not.

Well, that’s sort of the point. “Karen” is a reminder to white women that despite their oppression as women, they hold certain privileges and can oppress others when they demand to speak to the manager or call the police on POC people just trying to have a cookout in the park.

I don’t see that as the point at all. The misogyny is still there. How is the white woman any more privileged than the white man? He, in fact, is more privileged than her. And how is demeaning any group a step on the path to where we want to be?

Nobody is saying a white woman is more privileged or more racist than their male counterpart. But despite the misogyny they experience, white women “demean” POC with micro aggressions and and outright racism. Those are Karens.

A Karen could be an outstanding teacher who is paid less than her male counterpart despite working twice as hard, but she still insists on moving to an all-white community because the “schools are better.”

A Karen has been treated terribly by men when she worked in the service industry, so why does she “demand to speak to a manager” when she is given the wrong order at a restaurant by her POC server? Could it be her white privilege?