“Karen” 👀

At first I thought “Karens” were predominantly white women that falsely and very flagrantly called the police on people of color for simply existing. Playing in the pool, standing on a shelf to get something down from a higher surface, barbecuing, selling lemonade in front of your own house, walking down a street in your neighborhood, bird watching, babysitting children of a different race, etc are the types of things “Karens” would call the police for and it would be ridiculous. Fascinating. Even laughable. Of course after the fact. 

However, just as so many movements take on a different perspective or characteristic once it becomes nationwide, so has the ideology of “Karen”. As I peruse social media I see people, not just white women, being classified as “Karen” if they disagree with a post or a meme or an opinion or an example. Video “evidence” of a white woman cutting someone off in traffic assumes them to be a “Karen”. And here as of late; I saw a video of a woman pointing a gun at a black girl, or family or both, threatening for them to “back off” and “get out of the way”. 

My first reaction was- shit has gotten out of hand! When has it become acceptable for people to point loaded guns in someone’s face in broad daylight in front of a Chipotle?! I remember my mom always being protective over my younger brother and I. She fought our battles for us. We didn’t have many because we weren’t children that went out and found mess or drama or conjured up issues with people so believe me it was few and far between if there was an issue with another person for us but if there was my mom always taught us, you don’t know what goes on in people’s head. You don’t know what drugs or instabilities they may have. People are crazy!  

After no effort of my own I came across the same incidence, but this time a more extended version of what happened and it didn’t begin with the lady pointing the gun at the camera (the young woman or her mother). It began at the door of Chipotle where obviously the incident happened. It seems the white lady, who’s been deemed “Karen” bumped into the 15 year old girl as they, I don’t know which, walked through the door. “Karen” didn’t apologize, the young lady told her mother, and the incident begins. If I’m wrong, I’m sure I’ll read about it or hear the interview soon but according to what was said in the video; the woman bumped into the 15 year old and didn’t say excuse me. I’ve posted the link from YouTube below.

What do you think?

I think, if the bump or push or shove, etc was that bad definitely say something. Then after speaking your peace and acknowledging that you addressed the issue; keep it moving. Like, for me; that’s too much energy and time out of my day to badger the lady about bumping me. Even if I was indignant about the lady bumping me and happened to follow her or begin filming her it would’ve ended once she got in her car. 

My unpopular opinion is that this went way too far, and I don’t see this particular incident as one of RACE as I see it as one of COURTESY. Once it escalated it became an incident of, leave me alone, I’m not fighting you, but since you’ve now escalated the situation to stand behind my car to prevent me from leaving until you get what you want, I’m pulling my gun on you!

You’ve heard these stories before, I have. Gun packing granny’s and such. If you threaten them in any way they are subject to pull a gun on you. 

Is it right? 

No.

Is it justified?

No. 

Is it illegal?

It should be!

Should someone be threatening anyone?

No. 

Should ALL people just simply practice common human decency? 

Absolutely, Yes!

There’s a litany more of questions that I could calculate and rightly criticize, but for what?! 

This, to me, is not a “Karen” issue at all. And the only reason I’m even writing this blog about the incident is because there’s an entire spectrum of people that do classify this as a “Karen” incident when it clearly is not once you view the video in it’s entirety. It’s a sad, dangerous, and gross situation, but it has nothing to do with “Karen”. It’s a human decency issue and shit is getting out of hand!