White people make ‘Karen’ jokes to distance themselves from their own complicity to white supremacy. It’s just become another way to not have serious conversation about race. Before making jokes, ask yourself if you’re distancing yourself from a narrative you’re very much part of
The Karen discourse is actually about the ways in which white supremacy and patriarchy/gender interact to mean that white women deploy racial violence in unique way. And ‘Karen’ decribes one of those ways and what it looks like. It’s not about Bob-cut wigs
@divanificent talks about individualising racism to avoid complicity when they talk about white privilege, which you should read. And if you’re white, maybe bookmark it because something isn’t clicking 🙃 https://twitter.com/divanificent/status/1218120479082524673?s=21
https://twitter.com/ifegrillo/status/1265614603632947202?s=21

Here’s a perfect example of what I mean https://twitter.com/ifegrillo/status/1265614603632947202
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