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> In any case: the term "Karen" well before it was an internet meme was coded language for people of color to talk about white women exploiting their gender and racial privilege to boss PoC around when they're doing something the Karen doesn't like. --- Edit: my bad, I had Karen confused with "Becky." Becky is the term used by PoC to describe privilege-abusing white women. ---

I had no idea.

> Karen is a Karen not because she wants to "speak to the person in charge" but because she thinks she's special and important...and in turn demands to speak to people in charge.

I feel like that was the original use of the term and then it grew to anyone who wants to "speak to the manager" and then to white women being racist.

> A store or restaurant employee who loses their job if they don't follow a company policy is not a blankface.

Depends on the policy really.



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