We have home-brewed Karens here

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 | 20 Views |

According to a popular meme, Karen is a denigrator term for a middle-aged white woman with an asymmetrical bob who is always asking to speak to the manager.

She's entitled, she's ignorant, and she's often a racist, too. Locally we do have our own black Karens with asymmetrical bobs (and sometimes without) who always want to speak to the manager. Well, racist is pushing it of course. Karen though is not always female and not always white.

The quintessential Karen has the following traits

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