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By now I thought someone should have already written about the prejudice, instigation and stigma that is attached to this word.

However, as we fight the older prejudices, we sometimes invariably introduce new ones that at the beginning are harmless but as they go mainstream and widely used and accepted, they start to effect behavioral attitudes, instigation, and prejudice.

The word I am referring to is Karen. There is a special needs teacher whose name is Karen, there is a child in kindergarten named Karen, there is a child in high school named Karen. There is a special child named Karen. There is a mother of teenagers named Karen. Some managers may put aside a resume of an individual named Karen and the list goes on.

We are setting all these women up for unwanted prejudice and discrimination. The prejudice that starts in the mind and thoughts and could take many ugly shapes. This is not just the spelling anyone that got a name that sounds like it would be discriminated against if don’t stop this while in its track and we collectively do have the power to do so.

So, my ask to you is that anytime you see someone using the word Karen to associate with a certain behavior, stop them. The danger it poses and vulnerability it creates are real.