Ah, but you may have overlooked the intersection of racism and classism in the United States.
It's not shown in the memes, but the person Karen is screaming at in those memes is usually not white.
It's not shown in the memes, but the person Karen is screaming at in those memes is usually not white.
I don’t track my meme views, but I expect I’ve seen the meme thousands of times and experienced Karen IRL dozens of times and it’s usually directed toward a person of the same race. For IRL I think it depends on where it occurs (ie, Karens in white areas are more likely to scream at whites).
This is pretty minor, but I think it’s important to accurately assign racism where it exists. If everything is racist, then it’s not as important and it’s harder to differentiate racism that is a much higher priority to stop.
That seems like an extremely dubious claim. Do you have any racial statistics for customer-facing service sector workers to back that up? In my experience, businesses in most American communities tend to hire young relatively attractive white people for these roles (there is an ageism and racism angle to their hiring, but that's beyond the point being discussed here.)