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The Karen

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The Reddit Karen and the COVID Karen

CNN's Jarrett Bellini looks at the rise of "Karen" as a symbol of white entitlement. In recent months, there has been an endless stream of people trying to enforce their own personal set of rules in response to coronavirus. For many white people, COVID Karen was the kind of crash course in the Karen that they only undertook when they realized it also posed a threat to them.

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