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You may have heard people use the slang term ‘Karen’. It's a derogatory term most often used to describe irate white, middle-aged women who are overreacting to a situation or displaying an inflated sense of entitlement (see; frequent "I want to speak to your manager" memes).
Whilst the term has caused uproar and debate for years, it's recently come into the spotlight again due to Uber suspending its D&I chief, following criticism from employees. The workforce raised concerns after a Zoom session named ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ was held, which aimed to highlight the experiences of white women at the company.
Workers, particularly from black and hispanic backgrounds, said the session focused too much on the issues that impact white women as a result of the slang name, as opposed to the challenges faced by people of colour because of white privilege.
The use of the word ‘Karen’ was popularised on social media in videos, particularly from America, which showed women from this demographic being critical of, and sometimes calling the police about, black people for seemingly non-existent offenses. As a result, it became widely accepted that the word represented women from this demographic who utilise their privilege as a white person over marginalised ethnicities.
Given the context of ‘Karen’ being used to describe someone who benefits from white privilege, it was likely tone-deaf for the Uber D&I to not realise the cultural context of this word in-line with the demographic of its employees, almost half of which identify as Hispanic, Black or Asian.
