Lakitha Tolbert
1 min readMay 14, 2022

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I didn’t decide that. This was something that happened decades before I was born.

I didn’t make this rule, I just don’t give a f*ck about their feelings because things are too dire to care about that, they’re going to be fine, and I’m too busy coping with being a Black woman in America to spend time crying about their weightless bullshit! Someone will take care of them.

Being called a Karen bears no comparison to Black oppression. Before the term Karen Black people used to call these type of women Miss Anne, and at one point they were called Betsys or something. The name changes over time and is usually based on whatever popular name white people are naming their daughters during a specific period.

It only applies to white women who are actin racist! You got that? They need to be acting a damn fool to get the term applied. It is not a term you throw at anyone simply named Karen, and if the definition doesn’t apply to them why are they whining?

I know some Black Karen’s myself. I have a cousin named Karen. She’s fine! I have a white co-worker named Karen who is well aware of the term and just laughs and jokes about it. Shes a great work friend, who knows the term doesn’t apply to her.

So yeah, here’s the worlds tiniest violin playing just for the worlds ultimate victim…Karen.

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Lakitha Tolbert
Lakitha Tolbert

Written by Lakitha Tolbert

(She/Her) Busybody librarian from Ohio.

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