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The Karen

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The Reddit Karen and COVID-19

Lizzie O'Leary: The Reddit Karen's treatment of retail workers is the most damning and far reaching thing about her. It speaks to her deep and nasty entitlement, but it also means that she was not primarily known as a person practicing racism. She worked her privilege and entitlement on anyone in the service industry including other white people included.

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