I just want to cry. Because you can't see people's faces, you can't make human connection, we can't hug people, we can't hold their babies.
警察Karen
“A Karen demands the world exist according to her standards with little regard for others, and she is willing to risk or demean others to achieve her ends.”
“Karen们要求世界按照她们的标准存在,很少考虑别人,她们愿意冒着风险或贬低别人来达到自己的目的。”
一群黑人在公园烧烤时,一名白人女子报了警,于是“BBQ Becky”诞生了。
Alison Ettel, a San Francisco cannabis business owner, went viral after video emerged of her saying she was calling police on an eight-year-old black girl for "illegally selling water without a permit".
而美国真人秀嘉宾Kate Gosselin的发型则被网友用来丰富Karen人设。她的侧分金色波波头成为Karen的标志,甚至有了对应的表情包。
New York woman Amy Cooper lost her job after getting into an argument with African-American man Christian Cooper, no relation, in Central Park after he asked her to leash her dog – in a leash area.
2017年,一名Reddit用户在该平台宣泄了对前妻Karen的不满并设立标签,称她在离婚过程中带走了他的孩子和房子。之后,这个标签吸引了超过60万粉丝,大家都在这里分享自己与中年白人妇女不愉快的经历。
中央公园Karen
所以,Karen到底是谁?怎么几乎到了人人喊打的地步?
下次看到有人吐槽Karen,再别真的将名叫Karen的姑娘对号入座啦!
Permit Patty
许可证Patty
也有商家为了对付Karen们,在标语上硬核喊话“Grow up Karen”。
今天也就才屏蔽了26个Karen吧,我得加把劲了。
Karen人设
其中最著名的,就是那位纽约中央公园Karen了。一名黑人男子要求她拴住她的狗后,她出言不逊地报了警,还向警察捏造了罪名。
In 2017, an anonymous Reddit user went viral on the platform after posting rants about ex-wife Karen, who he said had taken his children and their house during the divorce proceedings.
“怀特费什卡伦”(Whitefish Karen)是以她所在的蒙大纳州小镇命名的,她对着一对夫妇咳嗽,因为他们要求她在一家食品杂货店里戴上口罩。
带着这些疑问,我们看看网上那些“Karen名场面”。
Whitefish Karen (named for her town in Montana) coughed on a couple when they called her out for not wearing a mask inside a grocery store.
A New Jersey woman calling the police to report her Black neighbors were putting in a stone patio without a permit.
“克罗格卡伦”(Kroger Karen)以事发的连锁超市命名的,她挡住了一位非洲裔美国母亲的汽车,使其无法把车开出超市的停车场。
BBQ Becky
After a white woman called the police on a group of Black folks barbecuing in a public park, the term "BBQ Becky" was coined.
我再也受不了这些Karen了。希望老天让我遇上一个,我不知道别人是怎么能忍住不发火的,我可不行。
新冠病毒Karen
社交媒体上,不断能看到人们对Karen的嘲讽吐槽,仿佛Karen是过街老鼠一般:
在所有的名字梗中,Karen流传最广。
Whitefish Karen
Karen其实是一个名字梗,代指中年、白人、歧视有色人种的女性,她们喜欢抱怨、小题大做、不相信科学、处处不配合。
Permit Karen
Karen啥也不是,不信你去我上班的酒吧问问看,人人都这么说。
许可证Karen
Kroger Karen
疫情期间,Coronavirus Karen被用来指代不配合戴口罩,社交距离等政策的中年妇女。她们热衷于刁难工作人员,更是随时随地要求“speak to the manager”(和经理谈谈)。
纽约女子Amy Cooper因与非裔美国男子Christian Cooper发生争执而丢掉了工作。两人非亲非故,争执起因是Christian在中央公园要求艾米把她的狗拴住。
Kroger Karen, named after the supermarket chain, blocked an African-American mother’s car so the woman couldn’t leave the market’s parking lot.
Karen们,老实在家呆着吧。
堪萨斯州立大学的Heather Suzanne Woods教授认为:
I don't feel good. I can tell you right now I wasn't getting enough oxygen.
我不舒服,此时此刻,我觉得缺氧。
烧烤Becky
杂志编辑Rachel Charlene Lewis认同该解读:
Central Park Karen
我只想哭。因为看不到大家的脸,不能建立人际联结,不能拥抱其他人,不能拥抱婴儿。
一名白人妇女因为不愿意戴口罩超过45分钟而哭泣的视频在网上疯传。
Officer Karen
实际上,名字梗的玩儿法历史悠久。
Karen名场面
Georgia police officer Stacy Talbert teared up on Facebook Live while describing how "nervous" she felt while waiting for a McDonald's order.
在现代社会,随着视频行业发展,名字梗开始风靡,比如Permit Patty和BBQ Becky。
克罗格Karen
旧金山印度大麻企业主Alison Ettel的一段视频在网上疯传。视频中,Alison说她正在报警,举报一名8岁黑人女孩“未经许可非法卖水”。
美国新泽西州一名女子向警方报案,说她的黑人邻居在没有许可的情况下建了石砌庭院。