Is the slur Karen only for white women?

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Hi
Just that really. I was interested in the other Karen thread on how women feel silenced. I am a woman of colour who is outspoken but I havent experienced this...yet!

While the popular history of the term Karen is that it was born of black women towards racist white women in the US, I've also read that it came from incel chat sites to describe their ex-wives. They have form for this eg Chad's and Stacy's.

Whatever its origin, its broad meaning is now misogynistic eg 'shut up woman' no matter race, ethnicity, class, etc etc

This is the problem with euphemisms. They obscure the real meaning so people try to take meaning from context and everyone reads context differently so terms degenerate quickly.

Far simpler to say racist people are being racist

100%. You're much more elegant in your expression than me. Exactly that.

To my knowledge @whosaidth1 no one has. @334bu is being obtuse, it will continue.

I agree - racism and derogatory behaviour needs to be called out for what it is time and time again regardless of the age, social class, gender or ethnicity of the perpetrator which is irrelevant and a distraction from the incident.

The terminology is also stereotype shorthand to mask oppression on the basis of age, social class, gender and ethnicity.

Killing (oppressing) two birds with one stone.

racism unless direct is at times hard to call out

so the term Karen for many will fit the behaviour that is being directed at them

Since when are people being labeled as Karen's for standing up for women's rights, safeguarding of children etc???

I assume that this is with reference to GC.

Yes when used by a white male to a women the racism angle is clearly .......... missing

Yes.

My supposedly woke DDs call ME a Karen. Bloody annoys me.