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‘Karen’ Stories From 2024: Isaac Hayes’ Son Confronts ‘Karen’ Who Tried To Stop Him From Entering Gated Community, ‘Karen’ Calls Amazon Driver The N-Word, ‘Councilwoman Karen’ Drops Racial Slur At Work, ‘Airplane Karen’ Unleashes Racist Tirade And Others

The year was chock full of Karens going Full Karen.

WATCH: Isaac Hayes’ Son Confronts Karen Blocking Him From His Suburban Atlanta Home, You Won’t Believe What She Says to Him

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The son of the legendary Isaac Hayes recently shared a disturbing video on Instagram of a Karen who tried to prevent him from entering his gated community. In the clip, the woman—who was seemingly intoxicated—also told him that he should be “white.” — Candace McDuffie

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Trump’s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?
Trump’s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?

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WATCH: ‘Karen’ Calls Amazon Driver the N-Word, But That’s Not All...

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Because it’s a day that ends in “y,” yet another video has surfaced on social media of a “Karen” doing what they do best – threatening to call the police on someone because they feel they have been wronged. — Angela Johnson

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This Pennsylvania ‘Councilwoman Karen’ Allegedly Dropped N-Word at Work, Here’s What Happened Next

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A Black deputy city clerk in Allentown, Penn. is speaking up about the hostile workplace environment that she’s been dealing with for the last 15 years — primarily at the hands of one woman — Noah A. McGee

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Another Airplane ‘Karen?’ L.A. Airplane Passenger’s Racial Tirade Is the Latest in a Long Line of Airline ‘Karen’ Behavior

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Airports are inherently chaotic, and apparently they serve as the perfect breeding ground for Karens to act out. Earlier this last year, there was one being downright rude to a Spirit Airlines employee at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. — Candace McDuffie

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No She Didn’t! Eternal Karen Megyn Kelly Comes For Joy Reid’s Hair in New Rant

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Eternal “Karen” Megyn Kelly is once again running her mouth about MSNBC host Joy Reid. This time, Kelly believes the network will fire Reid after her latest comments about President-elect Donald Trump. — Candace McDuffie

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Leave it To Internet ‘Karen’ Bethenny Frankel To Drag Another Black Woman, This Time It’s Kamala Harris

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On Wednesday, reality star and resident internet Karen Bethenny Frankel took to Instagram to share her thoughts on why Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential election. — Candace McDuffie

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Ohio Police Karen Posted He Wouldn’t Help People Who Voted For Kamala. Guess What He Blamed it On...

As Election Day crept up, voters have been rather loud in publicizing who they’re voting for. But in some cases, shouting out their candidate of choice went loud and wrong...enter John Rodgers. — Noah A. McGee

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The Florida Karen Who Shot a Black Mother of Four Dead Through a Front Door Learns Her Fate

Defendant Susan Lorincz, left, who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute, listens to proceedings during her sentencing hearing Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in Ocala, Fla. Photo: AP Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner via AP, Pool

Over a year after four Black kids lost their mother to a shooting stemming from a neighborhood feud, the white woman who fired the fatal bullet is finally facing her punishment for the heartbreaking incident. — Kalyn Womack

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N-Word Slinging Karen Tells Police She Hit A Pregnant Woman With a What!?

Photo: Henry County Jail Division

Indiana law enforcement said last week they received a disturbing call from a white woman admitting to unleashing her violent Karen tantrum on her neighbor. However, the condition of victim made matters even more concerning. — Kalyn Womack

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Washington Karen Who Allegedly Hurled Racism at Black, Hispanic Teens Messes Around and Finds Out

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A Washington white woman who initially claimed that a teenager assaulted her is now the one on the wrong end of the law. — Noah A. McGee

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‘GOP Karen’ Nancy Mace Catches Hell For Intentionally Butchering Kamala’s Name On CNN

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A CNN panel featuring Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) quickly went to hell after the GOP Karen repeatedly mispronounced Vice President Kamala Harris’s name. — Candace McDuffie

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WATCH: Movie Karen Loses it After Finding a Child Sitting in Her Seat

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One thing that’s guaranteed to happen when you run into a Karen is that they are going to overreact over the smallest inconvenience. Just look at this white woman in Connecticut who lost her cool after a Black child mistakenly sat in her reserved seat during a screening of “Despicable Me 4.” — Noah A. McGee

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This ‘Karen’ Judge Had No Idea A Colleague Was Recording Her Racist Comments And Now She Has to Pay for Her Mess

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A racist suburban Detroit judge was recorded making homophobic and anti-Black remarks—and the Karen was ultimately removed from her docket because of it. Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan had her phone conversations secretly recorded by the court’s administrator who was deeply disturbed by her comments. — Candace McDuffie

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WATCH: ‘Pack Of Wild Karens’ Gang Up On Black Burger King Worker in Viral Video

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It seems like everyday there is a new Karen wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting person of color. Recently, a group of them ganged up on a Black worker at a Burger King in Chappell Hill, Texas. — Candace McDuffie

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DJ Vlad Pulls a Karen By Dragging Black Female Princeton Prof Over Kendrick-Drake Beef

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The Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef is the most exciting moment in music right now: On Saturday, K. Dot once again dragged Drake for utter filth with his latest diss track “Not Like Us.” — Candace McDuffie

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Florida Karen Rants on Tiktok About Black People’s Long Names

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Black people are unique. We do things differently. The way we dress, the way we interact with each other, how we speak, and even how we spell our names. It’s what makes “Black culture,” the greatest thing in the world. — Noah A. McGee

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Surprise Surprise! Professional Karen— Megyn Kelly— Defends Caitlin Clark At The Expense of Black WNBA Players

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Leave it to Megyn Kelly — a keeper of many words but few coherent thoughts — to insert herself into the Caitlin Clark discourse without much of a clue regarding anything about the WNBA. — Ebenezer Nkunda

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Social Media is Convinced 50 Cent Was Flirty With ‘Ultimate Karen’ Lauren Boebert at the White House

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Since he transitioned from rapper to business mogul, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has found himself in some interesting situations. But even he was probably shocked to find himself hanging out at the White House on Wednesday. — Stephanie Holland

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Karen Gets Dragged For Degrading Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Her Deathbed

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Guess which one of Trump’s minions is getting dragged this week? A white nationalist personality who was caught on social media putting all types of racist slander and expletives on Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who recently passed from pancreatic cancer. — Kalyn Womack

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This San Francisco Incident Is Exactly Why Karens Need to Mind Their Own Business

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A Black man was accused by a nosey (male) Karen of harassing a homeless person when it was revealed in court that the homeless person was the one acting erratically. The incident ended up in the Black man getting charged, but luckily a jury saw through the bull. — Kalyn Womack

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WATCH: Male Karen Hurls Racist Threats at Black Grandmother During Road Rage Incident in Miss

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A Black grandmother in Biloxi, Mississippi was the victim of a racist road rage incident and managed to record the disturbing episode on camera. Neco Eley was driving down U.S. 90 on her way to a doctor’s appointment with her 6-year-old son when a white man in a silver Mercedes-Benz started driving erratically near her. — Candace McDuffie

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Republican Karen Tells Black Folks To ‘Get The F*** Out’ Of America On Juneteenth

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Valentina Gomez, a Colombia-born secretary of state candidate in Missouri, has gone viral for another hateful online tirade. In addition to using homophobic rhetoric to boost her GOP campaign, she disparaged Black Americans and the holiday of Juneteenth — on Juneteenth. — Candace McDuffie

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Guess Where the N-Word Karen Plans To Work Now That She Has Been Fired

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What a world we live in. Instead of a white woman facing the consequences and backlash for wrongly using a racial slur in a video online, she is now turning it into a career opportunity. — Noah A. McGee

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Black ‘Karen’ Candace Owens Just Lost Her Job at The Daily Wire, And You Know Why

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On Friday, it was announced that obnoxious conservative commentator Candace Owens has seemingly been let go from the Daily Wire. “Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship,” the company’s CEO Jeremy Boreing stated in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter). — Candace McDuffie

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Welp! Here’s What Happened to the Karen Who Casually Used N-Word in Viral TikTok Video

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The unmitigated gall of some white people. Despite the number of times we tell them not to use the N-word casually, too many of them still do. — Noah A. McGee

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After Kelly Rowland, Cannes Karen Gets Into it With Another Actress of Color

L-R: Kelly Rowland, Massiel Taveras Photo: Getty Images

The cantankerous Cannes security guard who had a red carpet run in with Kelly Rowland is in the news again. This time, her beef was with a Dominican actress after a video of their confrontation went viral. — Angela Johnson

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Political ‘Karen’ Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Coming For Rep. Ilhan Omar Over Mistranslated Speech

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) (Left), Deputy Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (Right). Photo: Getty Images Anna Moneymaker, Alex Wong

Outspoken GOP congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene once again has her sights set on sabotaging Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) — this time over a mistranslated speech. — Jessica Washington

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Watch This Airport Karen Meet Her Match During a Spirit Airlines Confrontation

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You know the feeling: You arrive at the airport nearly two hours early only to end up dashing to your gate like an Olympic sprinter minutes before your flight because the person in front of you in the security line just doesn’t want to part with that 5-ounce shampoo bottle in their carry-on. — Angela Johnson

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These Tallahassee Karen Cops Completely Botched The DUI Arrest of a Black Man

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A few Tallahassee cops were just exposed for their shiesty behavior during the DUI arrest of a Black man who says his life was nearly ruined because of their shoddy work. — Kalyn Womack

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