Justin Ward
1 min readMay 28, 2020

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A Karen isn’t just like an uncool middle-aged suburban white lady. The term is defined according to specific behaviors typical of or associated with suburban middle aged white ladies, particularly racism and entitlement. You can have those demographic characteristics and not be a “Karen” because you don’t act like a Karen. Don’t really understand this need to be all defensive and say #NotAllKarens. If the shoe don’t fit nobody’s forcing you to wear it or to justify your choice of footwear. Just saying.

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Justin Ward
Justin Ward

Written by Justin Ward

Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD

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