Find Out What's so #WhitePrivilege about #Karen (#BeingAKaren, #SuchAKaren) @TheAtlantic @DaneCook @reddit @FuckYouKaren
'That name' (below-hyperlinked to Snopes' repost of the article from The Conversation) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The name “Karen” is either a short form of the name "|Katherine," a Western form of the masculine name "|Garen," or a name built on Japanese words that mean "Flower of the |Lotus or -Water |Lily."
The article linked above claims that 'white-privilege Karen' emerges from sort-of an amalgam of sources: besides the name's status as most-popular white girl name in 1965, the article cites 1) the name as one of a collection of names used by African-Americans to typify white women calling the police on the mundane activities of black people---like #bbqbecky, #permitpatti, #golfcartgail and #cornerstonecaroline,
2) comedian Dane Cook's giving that name to "the friend in your group whom you all hate" (and he named the male 'friend in your group whom you all hate' Brian),
and 3) a popular Reddit-user complaining about his ex-wife Karen, who won the family-home & custody of the children (and who probably 'asks to speak to the manager,' etc.)
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