[78] Meme The Original Karen

The karen meme describes the quintessential white woman who rocks an edgy highlighted bob and demands to speak to the manager.

[78] Meme The Original Karen . Cnn karen sun is a far cry from the karen meme that has spread widely over social media in recent years. According to a popular meme karen is a middle aged white woman with an asymmetrical bob asking to speak to the manager who happens to be as entitled as she is ignorant. But it s cold comfort against the violent truth of white nationalism.

The karen meme is being used to describe women who commit racist acts in public like unjustly calling the police on black people. The karen meme sends up a laughable often feckless symbol of racism in america. The karen meme is.

She s entitled and rude to service staff and always wants a good deal particularly if she s in possession of an expired coupon. When the karen named actress ask why you are white then the other girl says omg karen you can t just ask people why they re white. Others believe that the popularity of the name may come from the character karen from the 1989 gangster film goodfellas clip below.

Needless to say this might be the origin of this meme who knows how it becomes this popular. Karen as an insult may be new but names as insults are as old as names themselves there s plenty of. The karen meme in fact is part of a long tradition and a pejorative one at that.

Origins of the karen meme can be found from a movie mean girl movie. Aside from a shared first name sun a 23 year old chinese american doesn t exactly.