As a white woman who was not born in a garbage dump, had plenty to eat as a child, had two functional parents and took out multiple school loans to go to college (which by the way took the next 20 years to pay off and no government, certainly not the president or the governor of New York, let me off the hook, rather they dogged my footsteps weekly with phone calls and threats if a payment was late), I deeply resent and am quite sick of the rise and use of the word "Karen" to describe white women "of privilege" who, through no fault of their own, had and have everything they need and through habit expect a level of comfort in life and are therefore considered to be racists.
This is considered acceptable by the masses. Nobody has spoken out against the Karen put-down or in defense of this type of woman, and in fact on Facebook there are several "Karen" pages full of snarky sarcasm and photos of blond white women related to the whole thing.
Now imagine if it became acceptable to use the name "Sh'amiqa" to describe a black woman who grew up in poverty, fatherless, was often hungry as a child, had four children with four different men by the age of 21, blames all whites for her predicament, and is considered to be a pathetic victim worthy of derision.
I said imagine.
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