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I have Googled a few times to see if she has been identified yet. It's still early on the West Coast and as I post this and no one has come forward yet to give her name and identity.
I live within less than 10 miles of Manhattan Beach in South Bay Los Angeles County. It is not unusual for me to use PCH and not the 405 Frwy on my way back from LA at prime commute times. PCH goes right through Manhattan Beach. There are pet supply stores, fast food restaurants and gas station and grocery and hardware stores along the way that I travel to get home. I find it convenient at times to stop at these places and shop on my way home.
If this latest Karen is working for someone or for an industry or business in my area and travel route, I wish to know so that I make it known how disgusted I am by her conduct by not patronizing this business or organization. There is no excuse for her bad behavior and unwarranted racist rant.
Yes, striking, shooting, killing, teargassing, etc., is worse...but IMO this is the beginning of where this violent racist behavior starts and is allowed to escalate and continue. IMO, adverse consequences for this kind of lying and racist language and totally unwarranted 911 call should be immediate. It may help to stem and prevent more violent and offensive conduct at a later time. As to 911...someone may have needed immediate aid and this Karen may have prevented a valid 911 emergency response.
No, I don't believe that it will make the offender less racist or hateful. However, economic consequences such as an immediate firing and loss of income may prevent this kind of horrible treatment based on race and the use of emergency public service hot lines for lying racists rants and lies.
Let's face it...everyone has an absolute right to be a racist...in his or her mind and heart. These assholes just DO NOT have a right of any nature to interfere with the rights of others based solely on hatred of that person's demographic characteristics.
Here she is:
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Here is a link to what she did:
California Beach Karen Goes On Racist Rant, Calls Cops On Black Woman
https://www.bet.com/news/national/2020/08/31/california-manhattan-beach-karen-goes-on-racist-rant-calls-cops-on-black-woman.html
Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)majority of Americans don't have such issues as obviously 'Karen' has, and this sort of ridiculous behavior needs to stop. It's ridiculous, ignorant, pathetic, and racist (of course).
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)I am an white old lady, in my 70s. Yes, there is racism and there has always been racism. However, in all my years, I have not seen it so overtly applauded. It has busted out of that closet and struck out at people -- black, Asian, Mexican. I have never seen it as open as it is now. The racist acts are applauded!!!! What the hell?????
I simply don't understand it. What the hell do I have to fear and hate a person who is differently ethnically, racially and/or demographically from me???
I simply do not understand the hatred...it's seems to take so much energy that could be put to better use.
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)enabled. I do think, that the vast majority of Americans (the silent majority, the vast majority of us) aren't this way. I know this for literally 99.9 percent of my friends aren't this way (racist, bigoted, etc.).
The loudmouthed bullies have had their sick day in the sun, and before long, they'll be crawling back under the toll bridges, stones from where they came from.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)I am totally appalled at what I am seeing om today's world. It's all the way from fat shaming to hatred and out and out racial and ethnic bigotry and violence. The violence and bullying is at a level which I have never seen in the past.
It's seems that it is now OK to be a hateful, bullying, bigoted asshole...and, yes, it's frickin' applauded!!!
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Not my choice of words...but this is how all of the articles about this identify the maker of the racist rant.