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Replying to @MilesKlee
Is there an equivalent categorization for men? No, of course not.
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Well, that’s sort of the point. “Karen” is a reminder to white women that despite their oppression as women, they hold certain privileges and can oppress others when they demand to speak to the manager or call the police on POC people just trying to have a cookout in the park.
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I don’t see that as the point at all. The misogyny is still there. How is the white woman any more privileged than the white man? He, in fact, is more privileged than her. And how is demeaning any group a step on the path to where we want to be?
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Stereotypes are dangerous. Every group has a shadow side, but identifying an entire group by their shadow is where the greatest evil comes from. The fact that it starts out as a “joke” just makes it even more dangerous. Trump does that. We shouldn’t. Just my opinion…
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Replying to @yoadri_n @MplansT @MilesKlee
Actually, racist/toxic behavior IS a universal shadow side. And I do not believe “white women” should be lumped together in a group and blamed for anything. Do I feel this particularly strongly because I’m a white woman? Of course I do. But there are jerks & saints in every group

May 14, 2020 · 3:41 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @yoadri_n @MplansT @MilesKlee
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Replying to @marwilliamson @yoadri_n @MilesKlee
The unfortunate reality is that white privilege makes every white person a participant in oppression, even if we don’t intend to be. While not all white women are Karens, all white women have privileges that POC don’t have.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @yoadri_n @MplansT @MilesKlee
Racism isn’t just individual acts. It’s systemic and institutional and all white people benefit from racism, which means it’s collective shadow work for white people to dismantle racism. Recommended for shadow work for white people: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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