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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]is your wife's named karen? its so so so odd how white people want to be persecuted.  Karen is in no way shape or form similar to the N word.

Its not a racial slur, its calling white bigots by a nickname.

If white people refuse to look at how their actions affect BIPOC people - even their school choice in the name of doing the best for their children - then the system perpetuates.

I have no idea why people think Wilson and Deal are so great other than it has a lot of white kids.[/quote]

We have entire threads about "Karen" and I don't wish to rehash those discussions but, simply put, the name is used in many contexts such that it is impossible to say exactly what it means. It definitely is not used only for white bigots and you did not use it that way in your earlier post. No, my wife's name is not Karen.

It is strange that not wanting to be labeled as a "white bigot" simply for being a middle-aged white woman is considered "wanting to be persecuted". I am happy to look at how my actions affect BIPOC people and I would argue that my moderation of this website reflects that I do think about that quite a bit. It is unclear to me why considering the impact of things on BIPOC people means that I shouldn't consider the impact of negative stereotypes on non-BIPOC people. 
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