最近，Karen这个名字在美国变得似乎特别招人恨。
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：
今天也就才屏蔽了26个Karen吧，我得加把劲了。
Karen啥也不是，不信你去我上班的酒吧问问看，人人都这么说。
Karen们，老实在家呆着吧。
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。
所以，Karen到底是谁？怎么几乎到了人人喊打的地步？
Karen名场面
带着这些疑问，我们看看网上那些“Karen名场面”。
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。
Central Park Karen
中央公园Karen
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. 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。 "I'm taking a picture and calling the cops," Amy Cooper is heard saying in the video. "I'm going to tell them there's an African-American man threatening my life." 视频中可以听到Amy Cooper说: “我正在拍照，等下就报警。”“我要告诉警察，有一个非裔美国人威胁我的生命。”
Kroger Karen
克罗格Karen
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. “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。
Whitefish Karen
怀特费什Karen
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. “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。
Permit Karen
许可证Karen
A New Jersey woman calling the police to report her Black neighbors were putting in a stone patio without a permit. 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。
Officer Karen
警察Karen
Georgia police officer Stacy Talbert teared up on Facebook Live while describing how "nervous" she felt while waiting for a McDonald's order. 乔治亚州警官Stacy Talbert在脸书直播时，谈到在麦当劳等餐时的“紧张”情绪而哭泣。
Karen人设
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。
堪萨斯州立大学的 Heather Suzanne Woods教授认为:
“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。”
杂志编辑Rachel Charlene Lewis认同该解读：
“A Karen sees no one as an individual, instead moving through the world prepared to fight faceless conglomerate of lesser-than people who won’t give her what she wants and feels she deserves.” “Karen并不把人看作个体，相反，他们把人看作一群面目模糊的乌合之众，时刻做准备，同那些不愿满足她们想当然需求的陌生人展开斗争。”
实际上，名字梗的玩儿法历史悠久。
乔治亚理工大学的André Brock教授指出，在美国黑奴制度废除之前，Miss Ann曾被用来指代那些想要对黑人施加权力的白人妇女。
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。
Permit Patty
许可证Patty
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". 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”。
BBQ Becky
烧烤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. 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。
在所有的名字梗中，Karen流传最广。
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。
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.
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。
新冠病毒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）。
Aggressively refusing to wear a face covering to help protect others from the virus has been seen as a new iteration of the stereotype of the entitled Karen who harasses service industry workers.
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。
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。 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. 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。
也有商家为了对付Karen们，在标语上硬核喊话“Grow up Karen”。
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！
编辑：李雪晴
实习生：康喆
参考来源：CNN 纽约时报 澎湃新闻 BBC等
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