Deconstructing the ‘Karen’ meme - Harvard Law School
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Deconstructing the ‘Karen’ meme - Harvard Law School
It’s a scene we unfortunately see too often now: A white woman pulls out her phone to call the police to patrol Black people in public spaces. They become memes, the kind that are studied by Apryl Williams, a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Aug 5, 2022
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